15 Top historical books like Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe by Rebecca Erbelding

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Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe

By: Rebecca Erbelding

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD For more than a decade, a harsh Congressional immigration…

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1. Between Two Worlds

By: Upton Sinclair

4.31

Format: 871 pages, Hardcover

From the rise of Fascism in Europe to the stock market crash on Wall Street, the second installment… read more

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  • historical
Cover of The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple

2. The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency

By: Chris Whipple

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions--and i… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"At a farewell party, his staff presented him with a gift: a beaten-up car seat—a nod to his Secret Service code name."

-Chris Whipple, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency

"When government works, it is usually because the chief understands the fabric of power, threading the needle where policy and politics converge."

-Chris Whipple, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency

Cover of The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedländer

3. The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945

By: Saul Friedländer

4.24

Format: 870 pages, Hardcover

With The Years of Extermination, Saul Friedländer completes his major historical work on Nazi Germa… read more

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  • history
  • jewish
  • historical
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
"Esa sensación de extrañeza me parece que refleja la percepción por parte de las desventuradas víctimas del régimen, al menos durante los años treinta, de una realidad tan absurda como ominosa, de un …"

-Saul Friedländer, The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945

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4. I Don't Believe in Atheists

By: Chris Hedges

3.50

Format: 296 pages,

The "New York Times" bestselling author speaks out against those who attack religion to advance the… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction

5. World Order

By: Henry Kissinger

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Henry Kissinger offers in World Ordera deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and gl… read more

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6. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

By: David McCullough

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

On December 31, 1999, after nearly a century of rule, the United States officially ceded ownership … read more

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7. The Infernal Library: On Dictators, Their Books, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy

By: Daniel Kalder

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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Cover of The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America by Daniel Okrent

8. The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

By: Daniel Okrent

4.07

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE “100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR” BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW “An extraordina… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. A Bookshop in Berlin

By: Françoise Frenkel

3.86

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

The memoir of a Jewish bookseller on a harrowing fight for survival across Nazi-occupied Europe. … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
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11. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

By: Brad Meltzer

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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12. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

By: Liz Cheney

4.60

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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14. King: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig

4.67

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson

15. Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941

By: Lynne Olson

4.18

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed author of Citizens of London comes the definitive account of the debate over Ame… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"After Rep. Martin Sweeney of Ohio delivered a scathing attack on the Roosevelt administration for allegedly using conscription as a way to get the United States into the war, Rep. Beverly Vincent of …"

-Lynne Olson, Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941

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16. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

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17. MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman

By: Ben Hubbard

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling roya… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Mohammed bin Salman declined to be interviewed for this book"

-Ben Hubbard, MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman

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18. The Book Spy

By: Alan Hlad

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, Marie Benedict, and Pam Jenoff and inspired by true stories of the … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
Cover of The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future by Franklin Foer

19. The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future

By: Franklin Foer

3.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Franklin Foer tells the definitive insider story of the first two years of the Biden presidency, wi… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

20. The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

By: Jonathan Freedland

4.37

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In a book that is part thrilling adventure, part exploration of some of the darkest secrets of the … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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21. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress by Wesley Lowery

22. American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress

By: Wesley Lowery

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

“American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.” — Ibram X. Kendi, author of  How to Be an Ant… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

By: Adam Serwer

4.25

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

"Trump summoned the most treacherous forces in American history and conducted them with the ease of… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The cruelty is the point"

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

"Multiracial democracy is hard and messy and sometimes rude, but it is preferable to the alternatives"

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

"Since the Civil War, American Jews have built a place for themselves here much the way other minorities have-by holding the United States accountable to its own principles"

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

"American religious pluralism, however imperfectly practiced, is centuries older than the European commitment to purging anti-Semitism, which is younger than Israel itself."

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

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24. The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground

By: Justus Rosenberg

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable World War II memoir set in Nazi-occupied France and filled with romance and advent… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe by Rebecca Erbelding

25. Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe

By: Rebecca Erbelding

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD For more than a decade, a harsh Congressional immigration… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • jewish
  • historical
  • politics
  • judaism
  • united states
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941 by Susan Ronald

26. Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941

By: Susan Ronald

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Susan Ronald, acclaimed author of Hitler's Art Thief takes readers into the shadowy world of the ar… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution by Lindsay M. Chervinsky

27. The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

By: Lindsay M. Chervinsky

4.20

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The US Constitution never established a presidential cabinet--the delegates to the Constitutional C… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Overdose: Heartbreak And Hope in Canada’s Opioid Crisis by Benjamin Perrin

28. Overdose: Heartbreak And Hope in Canada’s Opioid Crisis

By: Benjamin Perrin

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing and powerful look at the ongoing opioid health crisis--the only book of its kind in … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba by Mark Braude

29. The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba

By: Mark Braude

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, and yet the Emperor's ten-month exi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of SUDDEN COURAGE by Ronald C. Rosbottom

30. SUDDEN COURAGE

By: Ronald C. Rosbottom

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The author of When Paris Went Dark  returns to World War II to tell the remarkable story of the you… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009 by Neal Gabler

31. Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009

By: Neal Gabler

4.52

Format: 1264 pages, Paperback

From the author of Catching the Wind comes the second volume of the definitive biography of Ted Ken… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

24 must-read history books like Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe by Rebecca Erbelding

Transform Your Habits

The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency

Chris Whipple

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945

Saul Friedländer

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

Daniel Okrent

4.07

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

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29 must-read history books like Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941 by Susan Ronald

Transform Your Habits

The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

Brad Meltzer

4.16

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

Transform Your Habits

Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice

Tom Clavin

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets

Burkhard Bilger

4.09

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