11 best-selling historical books like Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History by Jeff Nussbaum

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Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History

By: Jeff Nussbaum

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been…

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1. The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made

By: Walter Isaacson , Evan Thomas

4.09

Format: 864 pages, Paperback

A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original be… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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2. Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Robert F. Kennedy

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over it… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction

3. Is It You, Me, or Adult ADD? Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder

By: None

4.27

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Everyone involved with AD/HD will find the information in this book invaluable, especially people w… read more

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4. American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804

By: Alan Taylor

3.14

Format: 54 pages, Hardcover

Often wishfully understood as a high-minded, orderly event, the American Revolution builds in this … read more

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5. The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

By: Joel F. Harrington

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of a Renaissance-era executioner and his world, based on a rare and overloo… read more

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6. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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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  • american history
  • 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

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8. 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There (24 Hours in Ancient History)

By: Donald P. Ryan

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Ancient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life wa… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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9. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America

By: H.W. Brands

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Robert E. Lee: A Life

By: Allen C. Guelzo

4.25

Format: 588 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion comes a sweeping, intimate biography of … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

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  • american history
  • historical
  • politics
  • presidents
  • audiobook
Cover of After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations by Eric H. Cline

12. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America by Steve Inskeep

13. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America

By: Steve Inskeep

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From journalist and historian Steve Inskeep, a compelling and nuanced exploration of the political … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Writing history is a relay, which is also true of history itself. We build, if we can, on the legacies that are left us."

-Steve Inskeep, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America

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14. Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History

By: William Alexander

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author William Alexander takes readers on the surprisingly twisty journe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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15. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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16. Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage

By: Nathalia Holt

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early da… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A woman who will tell you her age will tell you anything"

-Nathalia Holt, Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage

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17. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • leadership
Cover of Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation by Tiya Miles

18. Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation

By: Tiya Miles

3.56

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning historian shows how girls who found self-understanding in the natural world became… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer?: A Visual Guide to the Spiritual Practice Most of Us Get Wrong by Skye Jethani

19. What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer?: A Visual Guide to the Spiritual Practice Most of Us Get Wrong

By: Skye Jethani

4.52

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Good things come to those who believe . . . right? People like to say, “Prayer works.” But what doe… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Consider how you've been taught to engage the Bible. Do you see it primarily as a book of answers--a guide to the way to live your best life now? Or, do you engage the Bible as a window through which…"

-Skye Jethani, What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer?: A Visual Guide to the Spiritual Practice Most of Us Get Wrong

Cover of Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity by Michele Norris

20. Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

By: Michele Norris

4.62

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Peabody Award–winning journalist Michele Norris offers a transformative dialogue on race and identi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Racism is a shape-shifter. It is not the same thing today as it was yesterday, and it will not be the same tomorrow or ten years from now. That’s shorthand for the academic definition that describes …"

-Michele Norris, Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

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21. Gather

By: Kenneth M. Cadow

4.43

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more

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22. Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta

By: Beverly Lowry

3.41

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins by Stefanos Geroulanos

23. The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins

By: Stefanos Geroulanos

3.76

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

An eminent historian demonstrates how claims about the origins of humanity have been used to justif… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History by Jeff Nussbaum

24. Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History

By: Jeff Nussbaum

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been… read more

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  • audiobook
  • american history
  • american
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • presidents
  • anthologies
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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25. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

By: Michael Wolraich

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of how the murder of femme fatale Vivian Gordon in 1931 brought about the downfa… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Best American Poetry 2019 by Major  Jackson

26. The Best American Poetry 2019

By: Major Jackson

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The 2019 edition of The Best American Poetry —“one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world… read more

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  • anthologies
Cover of The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis

27. The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

By: Bridgett M. Davis

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of Detroit in the 1960's and 1970's, the story of the life of a one-of-a-k… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"That was my mother's policy: Feel free, feel welcome. Be happy."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

"My mother's message to black and white folks alike was clear: It's nobody's business what I do for my children, nor how I manage to do it."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

"She also loved beautiful things, and seems to have embraced early a philosophy penned by the writer Toni Cade Bambara: "Beauty is care, just as ugly is carelessness."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

"The word secret is so loaded, suggests its country cousin shame ; but I wasn't ashamed of anything because our family secret wasn't dark and my mother acted neither apologetic nor embarrassed."

-Bridgett M. Davis, The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

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28. Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made

By: David Gergen

3.91

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestseller is an “inspiring and useful” (The Washington Post) guide to … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything by Martin Ford

29. Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything

By: Martin Ford

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The  New York Times –bestselling author of  Rise of the Robots  shows what happens as AI takes over… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us by Rachelle Bergstein

30. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

By: Rachelle Bergstein

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

31. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • leadership

21 Top audiobook books like Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History by Jeff Nussbaum

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

Transform Your Habits

24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There (24 Hours in Ancient History)

Donald P. Ryan

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Robert E. Lee: A Life

Allen C. Guelzo

4.25

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The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

Dallas Willard , Richard J. Foster

4.22

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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.27

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The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited

Scot McKnight

3.75

Transform Your Habits

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Scot McKnight

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