6 Best biography books like Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom by Spencer W. McBride

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Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom

By: Spencer W. McBride

4.11

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

By the election year of 1844, Joseph Smith, the controversial founder of the Church of Jesus Christ…

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1. Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper

By: Geoffrey Gray

3.22

Format: None pages, Audio CD

I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me. That was the note handed to a stewardess b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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2. Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet

By: John G. Turner

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

Brigham Young was a rough-hewn craftsman from New York whose impoverished and obscure life was elec… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • mormonism
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction

3. The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

By: Martin Bunton

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles… read more

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4. Massacre at Mountain Meadows

By: Richard E. Turley Jr. , Ronald W. Walker , Glen M. Leonard

3.00

Format: None pages,

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5. Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News

By: Stephen E. Robinson

4.51

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

Author Stephen Robinson illustrates the power of the Savior as he uses analogies and parables, such… read more

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  • lds
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
"What the Lord is saying here is: “It doesn't matter what you did. Whatever it was, no matter how horrible or vile, is not the issue. The issue here is that whatever your sin was or is I can erase it,…"

-Stephen E. Robinson, Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News

"God uses no magic wand to simply wave bad things into nonexistence. The sins that he remits, he remits by making them his own and suffering them. The pain and heartaches that he relieves, he relieves…"

-Stephen E. Robinson, Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News

6. Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary

By: None

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sport… read more

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7. American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

By: Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a pr… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • mormonism
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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8. Boldly, Nobly, and Independent: 1893–1955 (Saints, #3)

By: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

4.61

Format: 757 pages, Paperback

Also available in ebook and audiobook. After decades of opposition, the Latter-day Saints have d… read more

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  • christian
  • biography
  • history
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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9. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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10. Original Grace

By: Adam S. Miller

4.57

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In Original Grace, Adam S. Miller proposes an experiment in Restoration thinking: What if instead o… read more

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  • lds
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
Cover of Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier by Benjamin E. Park

11. Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier

By: Benjamin E. Park

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • mormonism
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Seekers Wanted: The Skills You Need for the Faith You Want by Anthony Sweat

12. Seekers Wanted: The Skills You Need for the Faith You Want

By: Anthony Sweat

4.61

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

*Do you sometimes wonder what is and isn’t Church doctrine? *Have you heard something unsettling ab… read more

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  • lds
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
Cover of Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath by Richard E. Turley

13. Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath

By: Richard E. Turley

4.39

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking Massacre at Mountain Meadows Published in 2008, M… read more

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  • history
  • mormonism
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father by Peter Stark

14. Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father

By: Peter Stark

4.01

Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition

A new, brash, and unexpected view of the president we thought we knew, from the bestselling author … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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15. Let's Talk about the Translation of the Book of Mormon

By: Gerrit J Dirkmaat

4.35

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Ever since it was first published in 1830, the Book of Mormon has been intensely scrutinized by bot… read more

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  • lds
  • history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood

16. Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution

By: Gordon S. Wood

4.21

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood elucidates the debates o… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Terrible Revolution: Latter-day Saints and the American Apocalypse by Christopher James Blythe

17. Terrible Revolution: Latter-day Saints and the American Apocalypse

By: Christopher James Blythe

4.48

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The relationship between early Mormons and the United States was marked by anxiety and hostility, h… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom by Spencer W. McBride

18. Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom

By: Spencer W. McBride

4.11

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

By the election year of 1844, Joseph Smith, the controversial founder of the Church of Jesus Christ… read more

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  • american history
  • christian
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • cults
  • mormonism
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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19. Mormonism and White Supremacy: American Religion and The Problem of Racial Innocence

By: Joanna Brooks

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

To this day, churchgoing Mormons report that they hear from their fellow congregants in Sunday meet… read more

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  • politics
  • mormonism
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) by Dennis E. Taylor

20. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.38

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

The number one best-selling series that Audible listeners call “wonderfully entertaining”, “packed … read more

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Cover of America's Deadliest Election: The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History by Dana Bash

21. America's Deadliest Election: The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History

By: Dana Bash

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Let chaos come.” The fast-paced story of the extraordinary election that led to hundreds of mur… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

14 Top history books like Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom by Spencer W. McBride

Transform Your Habits

Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper

Geoffrey Gray

3.22

Transform Your Habits

Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet

John G. Turner

3.63

Transform Your Habits

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Boldly, Nobly, and Independent: 1893–1955 (Saints, #3)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

4.61

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16 best-selling audiobook books like Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath by Richard E. Turley

Transform Your Habits

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me

Russell M. Nelson

4.87

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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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