24 Best history books like Lincoln In Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President by Ronald C. White

Cover of Lincoln In Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President by Ronald C. White

Lincoln In Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President

By: Ronald C. White

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses, a revelatory glimpse…

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Cover of Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America by Garry Wills

1. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America

By: Garry Wills

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence t… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • civil war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion by Harold Holzer

2. Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion

By: Harold Holzer

4.02

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Harold Holzer makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Lincolns leadership by showi… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • civil war
  • nonfiction

3. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

By: James L. Swanson

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • civil war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years by Carl Sandburg

4. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years

By: Carl Sandburg

4.00

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Civil War and history buffs--as well as all lovers of fine writing--will delight in the detail and … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • civil war
  • nonfiction
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5. To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862

By: D. Scott Hartwig

4.00

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

In September 1862 the Federal army huddled within the defenses of Washington, disorganized and disc… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction

6. Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War

By: Brian Matthew Jordan

4.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For well over a century, traditional Civil War histories have concluded in 1865, with a bitterly wo… read more

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7. 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
  • politics
  • presidents
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • us presidents
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8. The Presidents' War: Six American Presidents and the Civil War That Divided Them

By: Chris DeRose

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For the first time, readers will experience America's gravest crisis through the eyes of the five f… read more

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9. Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.19

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

As the day for Lincoln's second inauguration drew near, Americans wondered what their sixteenth pre… read more

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10. The Secret of the Mansion (Trixie Belden #1)

By: Julie Campbell , Mary Stevens , None

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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11. 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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  • politics
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12. Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

By: Edward Achorn

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had slaughtered more than 700,000 Americans and left intractable wo… read more

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  • american history
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  • history
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  • civil war
  • american civil war
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"Fondly do we hope—fervently do we pray—that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty y…"

-Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

"Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never!-All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own e…"

-Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

13. 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
  • historical
  • politics
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation by Michel Hendricks

14. The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation

By: Michel Hendricks

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Could brain science be the key to spiritual formation? Why does true Christian transformation seem … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

15. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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  • american history
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  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Thirteenth Fairy (Never After, #1) by Melissa de la Cruz

16. The Thirteenth Fairy (Never After, #1)

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Nothing ever happens in Filomena Jefferson-Cho's sleepy little suburban town of North Pasadena. The… read more

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Cover of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

17. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

By: Beverly Gage

4.37

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more

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  • american history
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  • nonfiction
Cover of Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer

18. Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration

By: Harold Holzer

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln’s grapp… read more

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

19. 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.

20. 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 I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign by D. Scott Hartwig

21. I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign

By: D. Scott Hartwig

4.79

Format: 984 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day of the Civil War. The memory… read more

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Cover of A Regrettable Proposal (Memorable Proposals, #1) by Jennie Goutet

22. A Regrettable Proposal (Memorable Proposals, #1)

By: Jennie Goutet

4.05

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Orphaned at a young age, Eleanor wants nothing more than to settle in a home of her own. Stratford,… read more

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

23. 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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Cover of John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial by Dan Abrams

24. John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial

By: Dan Abrams

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening story of America on the edge of revolution, revealing the life of young John Adams a… read more

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Cover of Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times by David S. Reynolds

25. Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times

By: David S. Reynolds

4.41

Format: 1088 pages, Hardcover

From one of the great living historians of 19th century America, a revelatory and enthralling new b… read more

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  • american civil war
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Cover of Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas by Stephen Budiansky

26. Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas

By: Stephen Budiansky

4.22

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Oliver Wendell Holmes twice escaped death as a young Union officer in the Civil War when musket bal… read more

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Cover of Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation by Joshua Zeitz

27. Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation

By: Joshua Zeitz

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Lincoln's wartime spiritual journey from heretic son and cold skeptic to America's first evangelica… read more

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"These are trying times,' Samuel Piper of the 158th Pennsylvania wrote to his wife, 'and we should all humble ourselves and try to live as we should and as we will wish we should have done when we com…"

-Joshua Zeitz, Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation

Cover of Lincoln In Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President by Ronald C. White

28. Lincoln In Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President

By: Ronald C. White

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses, a revelatory glimpse… read more

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Cover of Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America by Megan Kate Nelson

29. 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

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Cover of Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith by Obery M. Hendricks Jr.

30. Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith

By: Obery M. Hendricks Jr.

4.23

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

A timely and galvanizing work that examines how right-wing evangelical Christians have veered from … read more

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Cover of Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader by Michael Gerhardt

31. Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader

By: Michael Gerhardt

3.89

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and novel examination of how Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of leadership “Abraham Li… read more

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11 must-read historical books like Lincoln In Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President by Ronald C. White

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

James L. Swanson

3.78

Transform Your Habits

To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862

D. Scott Hartwig

4.00

Transform Your Habits

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

Troy Senik

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

Edward Achorn

4.29

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14 Top history books like Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith by Obery M. Hendricks Jr.

Transform Your Habits

The Witchcraft of Salem Village

Shirley Jackson

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Cross and the Lynching Tree

James H. Cone

4.51

Transform Your Habits

White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

Anthea Butler

4.27

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