20 Best history books like The Deadline by Jill Lepore

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The Deadline

By: Jill Lepore

4.30

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

TIME • 10 Best Books of August 2023 A book to be read and kept for posterity, The Deadline is th…

If you liked the history plot in The Deadline by Jill Lepore , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow

1. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Maddow's Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."

-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Cover of Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher

2. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

Similar categories in Kara Swisher's Burn Book: A Tech Love Story book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality by William Egginton

3. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

By: William Egginton

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more

Similar categories in William Egginton's The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • biography
  • history
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben  Goldfarb

4. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

By: Ben Goldfarb

4.45

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more

Similar categories in Ben Goldfarb's Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

5. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Klein's Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Cover of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson

6. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

Similar categories in Heather Cox Richardson's Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words by Jenni  Nuttall

7. Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

By: Jenni Nuttall

3.82

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language--and what we can l… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Nuttall's Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • 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

Similar categories in Steve Coll's The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • 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

Similar categories in Tim Alberta's The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading by Dwight Garner

10. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

By: Dwight Garner

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more

Similar categories in Dwight Garner's The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • essays
  • audiobook
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

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11. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

Similar categories in John Vaillant's Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Age of Grievance by Frank Bruni

12. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

Similar categories in Frank Bruni's The Age of Grievance book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

13. 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

Similar categories in Adam Higginbotham's Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • 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

Cover of Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky

14. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

By: Steven Levitsky

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Steven Levitsky's Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

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

15. 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

Similar categories in Fareed Zakaria's Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism by Adam  Nagourney

16. The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism

By: Adam Nagourney

4.22

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of “the paper of record,” The … read more

Similar categories in Adam Nagourney's The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

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

17. 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

Similar categories in Jonathan Blitzer's Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST by Martin Baron

18. Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST

By: Martin Baron

4.20

Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition

“A closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil.” — T… read more

Similar categories in Martin Baron's Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press by Calvin Trillin

19. The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press

By: Calvin Trillin

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, opinionated portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces c… read more

Similar categories in Calvin Trillin's The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy by Brian Stelter

20. 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

Similar categories in Brian Stelter's Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Deadline by Jill Lepore

21. The Deadline

By: Jill Lepore

4.30

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

TIME • 10 Best Books of August 2023 A book to be read and kept for posterity, The Deadline is th… read more

Similar categories in Jill Lepore's The Deadline book and Jill Lepore's The Deadline

  • cultural
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook

21 Best audiobook books like The Deadline by Jill Lepore

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

William Egginton

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

Ben Goldfarb

4.45

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18 best-selling audiobook books like The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

Jonathan Karl

4.28

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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