12 Top presidents books like The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe by Kevin R.C. Gutzman

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The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe

By: Kevin R.C. Gutzman

3.72

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A lively and essential chronicle of the only consecutive trio of two-term presidencies of the same …

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1. The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.04

Format: 466 pages, Hardcover

Watch a video Read discussion questions for "The Last Stand." The bestselling author of "Mayflow… read more

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  • american history
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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Martin Van Buren by Ted Widmer, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

2. Martin Van Buren

By: Ted Widmer , Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

3.89

Format: 310 pages,

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  • american history
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  • nonfiction
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3. Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

By: Thomas Sowell

3.49

Format: 16 pages, Hardcover

This is the revised and enlarged edition of a new kind of introduction to economics for the general… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham

4. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

By: Jon Meacham

3.44

Format: 336 pages,

Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more

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5. To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World

By: Arthur Herman

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

To Rule the Wavestells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

6. Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times

By: H.W. Brands

3.19

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller In this, the first major single-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in decades,… read more

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7. Den of Thieves

By: James B. Stewart

3.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

A #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thievestells the full story of the insider-trading scan… read more

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8. William Henry Harrison (The American Presidents, #9)

By: Gail Collins , Sean Wilentz

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

The president who served the shortest term--just a single month--but whose victorious election camp… read more

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9. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

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  • american history
  • american
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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10. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

By: Bob Drury

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more

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  • historical
  • american history
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  • nonfiction
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11. The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

By: Jim Sciutto

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The essential new book by CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto, reporting from the… read more

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  • politics
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12. 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

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Cover of A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland by Troy Senik

13. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

By: Troy Senik

4.16

Format: 384 pages, ebook

“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more

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  • american history
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  • historical
  • politics
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14. 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
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"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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15. 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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  • american history
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  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory by Thomas Hertog

16. On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory

By: Thomas Hertog

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Stephen Hawking’s closest collaborator offers the intellectual supersta… read more

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"We can compare spacetime to an open, conic cup. We move forward in time by following the cone upward to the top. We move through space by going around in circles. If we imagine going back in time, we…"

-Thomas Hertog, On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory

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17. 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

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  • politics
  • historical
  • american history
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Cover of To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment by Bret Baier

18. To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment

By: Bret Baier

4.40

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

 Instant New York Times Bestseller #1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how Geo… read more

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  • american history
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Cover of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy by Erich Schwartzel

19. Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy

By: Erich Schwartzel

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening and deeply reported narrative that details the surprising role of the movie business… read more

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Cover of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan in the White House and the World by William Inboden

20. The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan in the White House and the World

By: William Inboden

4.50

Format: 596 pages, Hardcover

An in-depth and masterful account of how Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy "team of rivals" ended the … read more

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"Fortunately, Marhsall found an eager audience in fellow intellectual Ikle, who recognized at once that ONA's analysis and prescriptions for the Cold War reinforced Reagan's intuitions. Together Ikle …"

-William Inboden, The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan in the White House and the World

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21. On Grand Strategy

By: John Lewis Gaddis

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught… read more

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Cover of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham

22. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

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Cover of On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White Jr.

23. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

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Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

24. 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

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  • american history
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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"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

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25. Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

By: Edward J. Larson

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington … read more

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  • historical
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Cover of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West by David E. Sanger

26. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

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  • politics
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  • nonfiction
Cover of Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics by H.W. Brands

27. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics

By: H.W. Brands

4.01

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the sho… read more

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Cover of The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History by Edward Achorn

28. The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History

By: Edward Achorn

4.51

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The vivid, behind-the-scenes story of perhaps the most consequential political moment in American h… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
Cover of Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants by H.W. Brands

29. Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants

By: H.W. Brands

4.13

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteen… read more

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Cover of The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America by Jim Sciutto

30. The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America

By: Jim Sciutto

4.10

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Are we losing a war few of us realize we’re fighting? Jim Sciutto, CNN’s Chief National Security … read more

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Cover of The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe by Kevin R.C. Gutzman

31. The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe

By: Kevin R.C. Gutzman

3.72

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A lively and essential chronicle of the only consecutive trio of two-term presidencies of the same … read more

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26 Top history books like The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe by Kevin R.C. Gutzman

Transform Your Habits

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Martin Van Buren

Ted Widmer , Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

Thomas Sowell

3.49

Transform Your Habits

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Jon Meacham

3.44

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13 Best history books like To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World by Arthur Herman

Transform Your Habits

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

David McCullough

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II

Eugene B. Fluckey

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

James D. Hornfischer

2.50

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