11 best-selling history books like The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History by Darren Parry

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The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History

By: Darren Parry

4.17

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

Even though the Bear River Massacre was a defining event in the history of the Northwest Band of th…

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1. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

By: Dan Flores

3.41

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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2. The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

3.94

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From one of Outsidemagazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

3. All The Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West

By: David Gessner

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all ov… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

4. Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt

By: Parley P. Pratt , Maurine Jensen Proctor , Scot Facer Proctor

3.91

Format: 2 pages,

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5. Annapurna

By: Maurice Herzog , Janet Adam Smith , Eric Shipton , None

3.67

Format: 272 pages,

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6. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West

By: Bernard DeVoto , Wallace Stegner

3.42

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

John Wesley Powell fought in the Civil War and it cost him an arm. But it didn't stop him from expl… read more

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7. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

By: Jon Meacham

4.04

Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition

In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

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8. 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
  • religion
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

By: Ben Goldfarb

4.45

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. For a Lifetime (Timeless, #3)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.55

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Grace and Hope are identical twin sisters born with the ability to time-cross together between 1692… read more

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11. One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder

By: Brian Doyle

4.62

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

From a "born storyteller" ( Seattle Times ), this playful and moving bestselling book of essays inv… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Every creature on earth has approximately two billion heartbeats to spend in a lifetime. You can spend them slowly, like a tortoise and live to be two hundred years old, or you can spend them fast, l…"

-Brian Doyle, One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder

"So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment. We are utterly open with no one, in the end -- not mother and father, not wife or husband, not lover, not c…"

-Brian Doyle, One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder

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12. In This Moment (Timeless, #2)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.48

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Maggie inherited a gift from her time-crossing parents that allows her to live three separate lives… read more

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13. Both Things Are True

By: Kate Holbrook

4.47

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

Joseph Smith’s observation that “by proving contraries, truth is made manifest” has become a belove… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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14. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

By: Beth Brower

4.31

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count thi… read more

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15. The Lost Wife

By: Susanna Moore

3.56

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Drawn partly from a true story, a searing, totally immersive novel about a devastating Native Ameri… read more

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  • american history
  • native american
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16. The Handyman Method

By: Nick Cutter

3.27

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more

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"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

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17. When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice? Libby has been given a powerful gift: to l… read more

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"Only God is in control of our destiny. He alone is sovereign. When we try to control the people and events around us we are telling Him He doesn't know what's best for us. We're setting ourselves up …"

-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

"And what about faith? Hadn't Mama taught me that God is a good and faithful father, that He knew the plans He had for me, and they were plans to proper me and not to harm me? If she had lived through…"

-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

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18. The White Hare

By: Jane Johnson

3.94

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

For fans of Alice Hoffman and Kate Morton, The White Hare is a spellbinding novel about mothers and… read more

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19. White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better

By: Regina Jackson

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A no-holds-barred guidebook aimed at white women who want to stop being nice and start dismantling … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Mist (Hidden Iceland #3) by Ragnar Jónasson

20. The Mist (Hidden Iceland #3)

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland. The snowstorm should have shut everybody ou… read more

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21. The Plotters

By: Kim Un-Su

3.58

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

From the novelist dubbed "the Korean Henning Mankell" (The Guardian) comes a fantastical crime nove… read more

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"Black tea is steeped in imperialism. That's what gives it its flavor. Anything this flavorful has to be hiding an incredible amount of carnage."

-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters

"That's life. Not much to it. Just one big stinking, filthy squalid mess. But once you get a taste of it - ah! Then it's not so bad. Sometimes it's even delicious."

-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters

"He believed that people should emulate whales. He said that people had grown as small and crafty as rats , and that the days of taking slow, huge, beautiful strides had vanished, The age of giants wa…"

-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters

"But just as a vaccine company facing bankruptcy will ultimately survive not by making the world's greatest vaccine but, rather, the world's worst virus, so, too, did bodyguard and security firms need…"

-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters

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22. Bitch: On the Female of the Species

By: Lucy Cooke

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom. Studying zoology m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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23. If the Tide Turns

By: Rachel Rueckert

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivi… read more

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24. I Never Thought of It That Way

By: Monica Guzmán

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions. Partisanship is up,… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood by W. Paul Reeve

25. Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood

By: W. Paul Reeve

4.77

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Few topics related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are as complex and painful to… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
"[Samuel Chambers] explained 'Some think it is small to be a deacon,' but then he countered that, 'I think there is nothing small in the kingdom of God."

-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood

"Brigham Young spoke... with extreme hyperbole. He even admitted as much in 1848 when he acknowledged, 'I frequently sa[y] 'cut his infernal throat'; I don't mean any such thing."

-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood

"...[Y]ou are free to hate anyone you choose. That is until you take upon yourself the name of Christ. At which point the right to hate is no longer available to you. - Catherine Stokes"

-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood

"One late nineteenth-century memoir recounted... 'that one acquainted with [Mormons] could tell a Mormon when he met him by the look upon his face almost as well as if he had been of a different color."

-W. Paul Reeve, Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood

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26. Manmade Monsters

By: Andrea L. Rogers

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-… read more

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  • native american
  • indigenous
Cover of Short Tails: Chet & Bernie Short Stories (A Chet & Bernie Mystery) by Spencer Quinn

27. Short Tails: Chet & Bernie Short Stories (A Chet & Bernie Mystery)

By: Spencer Quinn

4.19

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

From Spencer Quinn, short stories in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series that Steph… read more

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28. Every Needful Thing

By: Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

4.37

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A collection of essays from accomplished academics and professionals who speak about discipleship n… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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29. The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History

By: Darren Parry

4.17

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

Even though the Bear River Massacre was a defining event in the history of the Northwest Band of th… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • native americans
Cover of The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness by David  Roberts

30. The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness

By: David Roberts

3.95

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A personal and historical exploration of the Bears Ears country and the fight to save a national mo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • native american
Cover of Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest by David  Roberts

31. Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest

By: David Roberts

3.48

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Famed adventure writer David Roberts re-creates the extraordinary 1,700-mile journey of the eightee… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

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McKay Coppins

4.36

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Brian Doyle

4.62

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Kate Holbrook

4.47

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W. Paul Reeve

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Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Amanda Peters

4.14

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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