29 best-selling history books like Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power by Timothy W. Ryback

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Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power

By: Timothy W. Ryback

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th…

If you liked the history plot in Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power by Timothy W. Ryback , here is a list of 29 books like this:

Cover of Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters by Brian Klaas

1. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

By: Brian Klaas

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War by Jim Sciutto

2. The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

By: Jim Sciutto

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The essential new book by CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto, reporting from the… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

3. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • world history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House by Jared Cohen

4. Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

By: Jared Cohen

4.27

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most pow… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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
  • politics
  • war
  • 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

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6. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

7. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

8. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta

9. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power by Dana Mattioli

10. The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power

By: Dana Mattioli

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in in… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

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  • world war ii
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

12. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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13. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria

14. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West by David E. Sanger

15. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms by Mike Hixenbaugh

16. They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms

By: Mike Hixenbaugh

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas subu… read more

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

17. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

18. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

By: Jonathan Blitzer

4.49

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

19. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power by Timothy W. Ryback

20. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power

By: Timothy W. Ryback

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • world history
  • politics
  • war
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
Cover of Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World by David L. Roll

21. Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World

By: David L. Roll

4.44

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Fra… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • world history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022 by Frank Trentmann

22. Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022

By: Frank Trentmann

4.08

Format: 856 pages, Kindle Edition

A groundbreaking new history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to to… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy by Brian Stelter

23. Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy

By: Brian Stelter

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  HOAX,  “[a] rare look inside the profoundly influential… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever by Joseph Cox

24. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

By: Joseph Cox

4.12

Format: None pages, None

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy by Isaac Arnsdorf

25. Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy

By: Isaac Arnsdorf

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An explosive, behind-the-scenes look at how a radical group of activists — supported by former Pres… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig Whitlock

26. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

Cover of When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz

27. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations by Patrick K. O'Donnell

28. The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Indispensables , the unknown and dramatic story of irregular gue… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • war
Cover of Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics by Elle Reeve

29. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

By: Elle Reeve

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum

30. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

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31. The Expat

By: Hansen Shi

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A fresh and vivid new voice brings a contemporary edge to the classic espionage novel. At 26, Pr… read more

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Transform Your Habits

Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

Transform Your Habits

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

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Jared Cohen

4.27

Transform Your Habits

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

Erik Larson

4.24

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

Erik Larson

4.24

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The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll

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