Lincoln's Body: A Cultural History
By: Richard Wightman Fox
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
In a stunning feat of scholarship, insight, and engaging prose, Lincoln's Body explores how a presi…
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1. Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe
By: Deborah Cadbury
4.04
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted most international power and … read more
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- history
- biography
- 19th century
- nonfiction
- audiobook
2. Shooting Lincoln: Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and the Race to Photograph the Story of the Century
By: Nicholas Pistor
2.50
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
They took the most memorable photographs of the Civil War. Now their long rivalry was about to clim… read more
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- history
- biography
- presidents
- civil war
- nonfiction
3. Lincoln in the Bardo
By: George Saunders
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transc… read more
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- audiobook
4. The Death of a President: November 1963
By: William Manchester
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The author of the bestsellers American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 and The Last Lion offer… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- nonfiction
5. Ashes in the Wind
By: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
3.47
Format: None pages, Paperback
Disguised as a boy, lovely Alaina MacGaren flees the Yankee troops ravaging her Virginia plantation… read more
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- civil war
- american civil war
6. Lincoln
By: David Herbert Donald
4.19
Format: 714 pages, Paperback
A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portr… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
7. March: Book Two (March, #2)
By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin
4.48
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues! Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and on… read more
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8. "They Have Killed Papa Dead!": The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance
By: Anthony S. Pitch
4.30
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is a central drama of the American experience. Its impact is f… read more
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9. Kindred
By: Octavia E. Butler
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindredhas become a cornerstone of black Americ… read more
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10. Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
By: Allen C. Guelzo
3.60
Format: 137 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed Civil War historian, and coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the legendary … read more
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11. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
By: Candice Millard
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject po… read more
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12. American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
By: Michael W. Kauffman
3.08
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
It is a tale as familiar as our history primers: A deranged actor, John Wilkes Booth, killed Abraha… read more
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13. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
By: Daniel James Brown
3.59
Format: 464 pages,
In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Il… read more
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14. Lost Illusions
By: Honoré de Balzac , Ellen Marriage , George Saintsbury
4.16
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his … read more
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- 19th century
"For avarice begins where poverty ends."-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions
"ci sono uomini-quercia, io sono forse solo un arbusto elegante, e ho la pretesa di essere un cedro."-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions
"Conscience, my dear, is a kind of stick that everyone picks up to thrash his neighbor with, but one he never uses against himself."-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions
"căci excesele de orice soi împing trupul pe calea spre care e predispus din naştere: ca şi învăţătura multă, beţia îl îngraşă pe cel gras şi îl slăbeşte pe cel slab."-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions
15. 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
- civil war
- american civil war
- 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
16. 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
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. 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
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
By: Dan Carlin
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apoca… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"But it's never wise to bet against any of the four horsemen long term. Their historical track record is horrifyingly good."-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"It may seem strange to suggest that high levels of illness might make human beings tougher, but the effect on a society of relatively regular and lethal epidemics and the mortality they cause certain…"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"The human ripples of pain are still heartbreaking when made visible to us now. Our friend Agnolo the Fat wrote: “Father abandoned child, wife husband, one brother another; for this illness seemed to …"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up,' Voltaire reportedly said. The observation refers to the argument that fortunes of nations or civiliza…"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
19. Liberation Day
By: George Saunders
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores i… read more
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- audiobook
"...or said some racist thing out loud at church..."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It is always regrettable to have attracted the attention of adult son Mike."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
" You are trapped in you, the beam said. Yeah, well, who isn’t? she thought."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
"It was always falling down around you, everything has always been falling down around us. Only we were too alive to notice."-George Saunders, Liberation Day
20. The Ministry for the Future
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
3.88
Format: 563 pages, Hardcover
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's fu… read more
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"What's the monetary value of human civilization? Trying to answer that question proves you are a moral and practical idiot."-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"Of course there is always resistance, always a drag on movement toward better things. The dead hand of the past clutches us by way of living people who are too frightened to accept change."-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"It was so hard to imagine that a mind could be gone. All those thoughts that you never tell anyone, all those dreams, all that entire pocket universe: gone. A character unlike any other character, a …"-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"Ideology, n. An imaginary relationship to a real situation. In common usage, what the other person has, especially when systematically distorting the facts. But it seems to us that an ideology is a n…"-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
21. Ship Wrecked (Spoiler Alert, #3)
By: Olivia Dade
3.54
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
After All the Feels and Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade once again delivers a warm and wonderful romanti… read more
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- audiobook
"But empathy requires imagination, and he didn’t have enough of either."-Olivia Dade, Ship Wrecked (Spoiler Alert, #3)
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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- biography
- history
- presidents
- civil war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe
By: Angela Kelly
3.78
Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition
THE OFFICIAL BOOK, FULLY ENDORSED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH II From Her Majesty’s trusted confidant and D… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980
By: Rick Perlstein
4.34
Format: 1107 pages, Hardcover
A complex portrait of President Ronald Reagan that charts the rise of the modern conservative brand… read more
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- biography
- history
- presidents
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
By: Loren Grush
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment
By: Allen C. Guelzo
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln’s powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the C… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- civil war
- nonfiction
27. Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War
By: Roger Lowenstein
4.24
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From renowned journalist and master storyteller Roger Lowenstein, a revelatory financial investigat… read more
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- biography
- history
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
28. You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
By: Alexis Coe
3.74
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first—and finds he's not qu… read more
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- biography
- history
- presidents
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
By: Rachel E. Gross
4.42
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A scientific journey to the center of the new female body. The Latin term for the female genital… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Medicine is supposed to be unbiased," she says. "But when we look at the bigger picture of it, we can see that it is far from that."-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
"Darwin's attitudes toward women were a direct outgrowth of his ideas about other animals—or, rather, each reinforced the other. Throughout his career, he insisted that female animals were less capabl…"-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
"Your vagina is another planet. If you could shrink down to the size of a grain of sand and go between your own legs, you'd find a wondrous realm of humid jungles, cool caves, and viscous pits of mucu…"-Rachel E. Gross, Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
30. Saving Savannah: The City and the Civil War
By: Jacqueline A. Jones
3.58
Format: 510 pages, Hardcover
A panoramic portrait of the city of Savannah before, during, and after the Civil War—a poignant sto… read more
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- history
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
31. Lincoln's Body: A Cultural History
By: Richard Wightman Fox
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
In a stunning feat of scholarship, insight, and engaging prose, Lincoln's Body explores how a presi… read more
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- 19th century
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- american civil war
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