27 must-read nonfiction books like O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Mark Clague

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O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

By: Mark Clague

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Editors' Choice The fascinating story of America’s national anthem and an exami…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Mark Clague , here is a list of 27 books like this:

Cover of Filthy Rich: The true story behind the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal by John Connolly, James  Patterson, Tim Malloy

1. Filthy Rich: The true story behind the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal

By: John Connolly , James Patterson , Tim Malloy

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A shocking true crime tale of money, power, and sex from the world's most popular thriller writer. … read more

Similar categories in John Connolly's Filthy Rich: The true story behind the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough

2. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

By: David McCullough

4.25

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

Published on the fortieth anniversary of its initial publication, this edition of the classic book … read more

Similar categories in David McCullough's The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
"One has the feeling that if you could pick it up and turn it over, you would see MADE IN AMERICA stamped on it."

-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

"What I wanted-what I needed-was a story wherein the principal characters took on something big and admirable and difficult, and did it right."

-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

"Nothing lasts forever. The most unforseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you. Washington A. Roebling quoted by"

-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

"Everywhere about her, lesser men, witless, vulgar, corrupt, men of narrow ambition and the cheapest of values, were prospering as never before, grabbing up power, money, or just about anything else t…"

-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

Cover of Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila

3. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

By: Chester Nez , Judith Schiess Avila

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Na… read more

Similar categories in Chester Nez's Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. How Soccer Explains the World

By: Franklin Foer

3.81

Format: 4 pages,

Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. In fact, it's a perfect window into the cro… read more

Similar categories in Franklin Foer's How Soccer Explains the World book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound

5. The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance

By: Mensun Bound

4.12

Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition

"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ... Bound's account is a triumph. The… read more

Similar categories in Mensun Bound's The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear

6. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

By: C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more

Similar categories in C.W. Goodyear's President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul by Brian Kilmeade

7. The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul

By: Brian Kilmeade

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and th… read more

Similar categories in Brian Kilmeade's The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin

8. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

Similar categories in Doris Kearns Goodwin's An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

9. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

Similar categories in Antonia Hylton's Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. The Facemaker

By: Lindsey Fitzharris

4.29

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true s… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Fitzharris's The Facemaker book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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11. The Old Lion

By: Jeff Shaara

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • politics
  • historical
  • american history
Cover of Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets by Burkhard Bilger

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

By: Burkhard Bilger

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a boy growing up in Oklahoma, Burkhard Bilger often heard his parents tell stories about the Ger… read more

Similar categories in Burkhard Bilger's Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle

13. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

By: Rebecca Boyle

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Boyle's Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

14. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

Similar categories in David Zucker's Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner

15. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life

By: Dacher Keltner

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Awe is mysterious. How do we begin to quantify the goose bumps we feel when we see the Grand Canyon… read more

Similar categories in Dacher Keltner's Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • nonfiction
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16. 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 Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith

17. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

Similar categories in Tommie Smith's Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

18. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.16

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Toobin's Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wyoming Wild (Savage Wells, #3) by Sarah M. Eden

19. Wyoming Wild (Savage Wells, #3)

By: Sarah M. Eden

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Hearts collide when a sheriff’s daughter asks a hardened US Marshal to join her fight for justice a… read more

Similar categories in Sarah M. Eden's Wyoming Wild (Savage Wells, #3) book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • historical
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20. Healing Hearts (Savage Wells, #2)

By: Sarah M. Eden

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Wyoming Territory, 1876 As the only doctor in the frontier town of Savage Wells, Gideon MacNamara k… read more

Similar categories in Sarah M. Eden's Healing Hearts (Savage Wells, #2) book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • historical
"All of us are broken in some way, Miriam. How we respond to our troubles, the strength we show in our trials, is far more telling than any imperfection."

-Sarah M. Eden, Healing Hearts (Savage Wells, #2)

"I am broken," she said. "I always will be." "All of us are broken in some way, Miriam. How we respond to our troubles, the strength we show in our trials, is far more telling than any imperfection."

-Sarah M. Eden, Healing Hearts (Savage Wells, #2)

Cover of The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster

21. The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

By: Simon Shuster

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Time  correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the definitive account of the Russian invasion of Ukrain… read more

Similar categories in Simon Shuster's The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton

22. Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation

By: Maud Newton

3.34

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed writer goes searching for the truth about her wildly unconventional Southern family–an… read more

Similar categories in Maud Newton's Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game by Tim          Brown

23. The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game

By: Tim Brown

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"This isn’t just a story about baseball. It’s about life and the beauty of knowing and accepting wh… read more

Similar categories in Tim Brown's The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

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

24. 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

Similar categories in John Ganz's When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths by Brad   Fox

25. The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

By: Brad Fox

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeous account of William Beebe's 1930 Bathysphere expedition, the first-ever deep-sea voyage t… read more

Similar categories in Brad Fox's The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ted Kennedy: A Life by John A. Farrell

26. Ted Kennedy: A Life

By: John A. Farrell

4.35

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

An enthralling and groundbreaking new biography of one of modern America's most fascinating and con… read more

Similar categories in John A. Farrell's Ted Kennedy: A Life book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Mark Clague

27. O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

By: Mark Clague

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Editors' Choice The fascinating story of America’s national anthem and an exami… read more

Similar categories in Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner" book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • music
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America by Megan Kate Nelson

28. Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America

By: Megan Kate Nelson

3.70

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From historian and critically acclaimed author of The Three-Cornered War comes the captivating stor… read more

Similar categories in Megan Kate Nelson's Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America by Heather Hendershot

29. When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America

By: Heather Hendershot

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, blow-by-blow account of how the network broadcasts of the 1968 Democratic convention sh… read more

Similar categories in Heather Hendershot's When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

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

30. 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

Similar categories in Nancy Pelosi's The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House book and Mark Clague's O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of But First, Coffee: A Guide to Brewing from the Kitchen to the Bar - A Coffee Book by Jordan Michelman

31. But First, Coffee: A Guide to Brewing from the Kitchen to the Bar - A Coffee Book

By: Jordan Michelman

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Everything you need to know about brewing, using, and enjoying coffee at home, featuring more than … read more

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4.25

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3.56

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4.07

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