20 best-selling history books like Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia by Gregory J. Wallance

Cover of Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia by Gregory J. Wallance

Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia

By: Gregory J. Wallance

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru…

If you liked the history plot in Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia by Gregory J. Wallance , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

1. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • travel
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

2. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

3. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner

4. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

By: Rebecca Renner

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston

5. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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6. American Girls

By: Jessica Roy

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, deeply reported narrative about religious extremism, radicalization, and the bonds of … read more

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  • biography
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery by Earl Swift

7. Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

By: Earl Swift

3.98

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new wor… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation by Richard Snow

8. Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation

By: Richard Snow

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy—a little-known event… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media by Darrell Hartman

9. Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media

By: Darrell Hartman

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"Absolutely gripping… a perfectly splendid read—I highly, highly recommend it” -- Douglas Preston, … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • travel
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice by C. Alexander Hortis

10. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice

By: C. Alexander Hortis

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was P… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy by Dominic Erdozain

11. One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy

By: Dominic Erdozain

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second A… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin

12. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more

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  • history
  • travel
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon

13. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

By: Elizabeth Varon

4.15

Format: 516 pages, ebook

An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

Cover of The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson

14. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

By: Steven Johnson

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

15. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

Cover of Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia by Gregory J. Wallance

16. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia

By: Gregory J. Wallance

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more

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  • russia
  • biography
  • history
  • travel
  • historical
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
Cover of God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man by Jack   Kelly

17. God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man

By: Jack Kelly

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Benedict Arnold committed treason— for more than two centuries, that’s all that most Americans have… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József  Debreczeni

18. Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

By: József Debreczeni

4.53

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

The first English language edition of a lost memoir by a Holocaust survivor, offering a shocking an… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul by Scott W. Berg

19. The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul

By: Scott W. Berg

3.76

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE • The "illuminating" ( New Yorker ) story o… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 by Matthew J. Davenport

20. The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

By: Matthew J. Davenport

4.03

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Matthew J. Davenport’s The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers by Jim             Morris

21. The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers

By: Jim Morris

3.97

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The story of a group of Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers fatally exposed to toxic chemicals, the la… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

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Erik Larson

4.24

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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

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Erik Larson

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Steve Coll

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