10 Best military history books like The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi by Timothy B. Smith

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The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi

By: Timothy B. Smith

4.51

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Benjamin Grierson's Union cavalry thrust through Mississippi is one of the most well-known operatio…

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Cover of Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1) by Rex Stout, Loren D. Estleman

1. Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

By: Rex Stout , Loren D. Estleman

3.97

Format: 285 pages, Mass Market Paperback

As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man.… read more

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"You are so engrossed in the fact that you are oblivious to its environment"

-Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

"[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant."

-Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

"...it is our good fortune that the exigencies of birth and training furnish all of us with the opportunities for snobbery."

-Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

"To pronounce French properly you must have within you a deep antipathy, not to say scorn, for some of the most sacred of the Anglo-Saxon prejudices."

-Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

Cover of The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 by Gordon C. Rhea

2. The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864

By: Gordon C. Rhea

4.37

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderne… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • war
  • military history
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
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3. Endless Night

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

Strapped by a chauffeur's wages, Michael Rogers' want of a better life seems out of reach. Especial… read more

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4. The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Shelby Foote begins a tremendous, sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in our histor… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • war
  • nonfiction
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5. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • war
  • military history
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It by William Garrett Piston, Richard W. Hatcher III

6. Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It

By: William Garrett Piston , Richard W. Hatcher III

3.36

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the se… read more

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  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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7. Batman: Haunted Knight

By: Jeph Loeb , Tim Sale

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This graphic novel includes three dark tales of horror and intrigue featuring Batman facing off aga… read more

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8. After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #29)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister in this classic from … read more

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9. The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth

By: Peter Cozzens

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

During the late summer of 1862, Confederate forces attempted a three-pronged strategic advance into… read more

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10. Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson

By: S.C. Gwynne

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the prizewinning New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Mooncomes a thri… read more

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11. The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)

By: Agatha Christie

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, has invited Hercule Poirot to her estate for a week… read more

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"I, Hercule Poirot, am not amused."

-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)

"The past is sometimes a very good place to live"

-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)

"Some people are wise - they never expect to be happy. I did."

-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)

"What does one say to a woman who has just killed her husband?"

-Agatha Christie, The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)

12. The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville

By: Wiley Sword

4.28

Format: 320 pages,

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13. Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, 1863

By: Wiley Sword

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Historian Wiley Sword offers a richly detailed account that captures the vivid personalities behind… read more

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14. Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War

By: Larry J. Daniel

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The battle of Shiloh, fought in April 1862 in the wilderness of south central Tennessee, marked a s… read more

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15. Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas

By: John J. Hennessy

3.62

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

"This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. … read more

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16. To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign

By: Stephen W. Sears

3.48

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This is a history of the largest and bloodiest campaign of the American Civil War - one in which a … read more

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17. Stanton: Lincoln's Staunch Secretary of War

By: Walter Stahr

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Walter Stahr, award-winning author of the New York Timesbestseller Seward, tells the story of Abrah… read more

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18. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek

By: None

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

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19. Unholy Sabbath: The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory

By: Brian Matthew Jordan

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Many readers of Civil War history have been led to believe that the battle of South Mountain (Septe… read more

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20. Personal Memoirs

By: Ulysses S. Grant , Geoffrey Perrett

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant's are lucid, compelling, and brutally honest, a chronicle of triump… read more

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21. The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution

By: John Oller

4.15

Format: 563 pages, Kindle Edition

A popular, comprehensive biography of Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," covering his famous engageme… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • war
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  • nonfiction
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22. 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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  • american history
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"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 To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Jeff Shaara

23. To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Jeff Shaara

4.43

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara takes on Pearl Harbor, the world-changing attack that… read more

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  • american history
  • war
  • military history
Cover of Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy by Donald L. Miller

24. Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

By: Donald L. Miller

4.41

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing story of the longest and most decisive military campaign of the Civil War in Vicksb… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Classified Dossier: Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula by Christian Klaver

25. The Classified Dossier: Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula

By: Christian Klaver

3.71

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The first in a stylish new series, in which the worlds of Sherlock and the uncanny collide. Sher… read more

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Cover of Gettysburg's Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the "Commanding Ground" Along the Emmitsburg Road by James A. Hessler

26. Gettysburg's Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the "Commanding Ground" Along the Emmitsburg Road

By: James A. Hessler

4.52

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

A “fascinating illumination of little-known accounts and personalities” by two experts on the Battl… read more

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  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
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Cover of The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi by Timothy B. Smith

27. The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi

By: Timothy B. Smith

4.51

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Benjamin Grierson's Union cavalry thrust through Mississippi is one of the most well-known operatio… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • war
  • military history
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863 by David A. Powell

28. Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863

By: David A. Powell

4.29

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

“The definitive account of Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans’ operational masterpiece—the almost… read more

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  • american history
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  • civil war
  • american civil war
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Cover of The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series) by Stuart W. Sanders

29. The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series)

By: Stuart W. Sanders

3.97

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

On January 19, 1862, Confederate and Union forces clashed in the now-forgotten Battle of Mill Sprin… read more

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  • civil war
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Cover of Predator - Original Years Omnibus - Vol 01 by Mark Verheiden

30. Predator - Original Years Omnibus - Vol 01

By: Mark Verheiden

4.03

Format: 1008 pages, Hardcover

The hunt begins! As the Predators make their Marvel debut, experience their original comics legacy!… read more

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Cover of Outwitting Forrest: The Tupelo Campaign in Mississippi, June 22 - July 23, 1864 (Savas Beatie Battles & Leaders Series) by Edwin C Bearss

31. Outwitting Forrest: The Tupelo Campaign in Mississippi, June 22 - July 23, 1864 (Savas Beatie Battles & Leaders Series)

By: Edwin C Bearss

4.00

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Published here for the first time, this is the classic study on the little-known but significant Tu… read more

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10 Best history books like The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi by Timothy B. Smith

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The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864

Gordon C. Rhea

4.37

Transform Your Habits

The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

Shelby Foote

3.41

Transform Your Habits

The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It

William Garrett Piston , Richard W. Hatcher III

3.36

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Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

1776

David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

I'm Staying With My Boys...: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC

Jim Proser

4.17

Transform Your Habits

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Amity Shlaes

3.76

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