14 must-read american history books like The NRA: The Unauthorized History by Frank Smyth

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The NRA: The Unauthorized History

By: Frank Smyth

3.68

Format: None pages, None

Independent investigative journalist Frank Smyth's THE NRA: THE UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY, the entire st…

If you liked the american history plot in The NRA: The Unauthorized History by Frank Smyth , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Timequake

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Think of Timequake, Kurt Vonnegut's 19th and last novel (or so he says), as a victory lap. It's a c… read more

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2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

By: Tony Judt

4.37

Format: 933 pages, Paperback

Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of th… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Broken eggs make good omelettes. But you cannot build a better society on broken men."

-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

"Far from addressing the Soviet nationalities question, the Afghan adventure had, as was by now all too clear, exacerbated it. If the USSR faced an intractable set of national minorities, this was in …"

-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

"The imposition of a Russian rather than a German solution cut Europe’s vulnerable eastern half away from the body of the continent. At the time this was not a matter of great concern to western Europ…"

-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

"Maastricht had three significant side-effects. One of them was the unforeseen boost it gave to NATO. Under the restrictive terms of the Treaty it was clear (as the French at least had intended) that …"

-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

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4. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

By: Marcus Luttrell , Patrick Robinson

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan fo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

5. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Area 51 is the most famous military installation in the world--& it doesn't exist. Located 75 miles… read more

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6. Eat the Buddha

By: Barbara Demick

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

The new book by award-winning journalist and National Book Award finalist Barbara Demick. read more

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7. Lucky You

By: Carl Hiaasen

3.33

Format: 153 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Virtually unnoticed, JoLayne Lucks stops by the Grab'n'Go to play the same numbers she's played eve… read more

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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
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956

By: Fredrik Logevall

4.55

Format: 792 pages, Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kenne… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

By: Dan Flores

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa So… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The prescription I've come to seems to be this. Know the heaven and earth that was, but experience the world that is."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"Our disruption of ecologies around the world isn't just threatening wildife extinctions. It's posing an existential threat to our own species."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"And it wasn't just passenger pigeons and buffalo. A legacy of animal cleansing was visible everywhere you looked in the United States of the 1920s."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"...we Americans have never been good at accepting blame for screwing up the world. Surely the gods, or the government, or the Chinese, or the sun! must be doing this. It can't be us."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

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11. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth

By: Bryan Burrough

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths,… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

By: Sarah McCammon

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next by Bradley Onishi

15. Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next

By: Bradley Onishi

4.33

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Watching the eerie footage of the January 6 insurrection, Bradley Onishi wondered: If I hadn't left… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

By: Donovan X. Ramsey

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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17. Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.19

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

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  • cultural
  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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19. The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife

By: Brad Balukjian

4.00

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with somethi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences by Joan Biskupic

20. Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences

By: Joan Biskupic

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Editor's Choice "Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the co… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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21. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson

22. Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood

By: Gretchen Sisson

4.38

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mot… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • adult
  • audiobook
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23. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original

By: Howard Bryant

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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24. The Secret History of Bigfoot

By: John O’Connor

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • audiobook
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25. I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography

By: John Thompson

4.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University's legendary coach, whose life on and off … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism by Andy     Campbell

26. We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism

By: Andy Campbell

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A gripping investigation into the nation’s most notorious far-right group, revealing how they creat… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels by Pamela Prickett

27. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels

By: Pamela Prickett

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclai… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • adult
  • audiobook
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28. The NRA: The Unauthorized History

By: Frank Smyth

3.68

Format: None pages, None

Independent investigative journalist Frank Smyth's THE NRA: THE UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY, the entire st… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of #NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line by David  Hogg

29. #NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line

By: David Hogg

4.14

Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From two survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting comes a declarati… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"If you want to overthrow the government, you’re not really conservative anymore."

-David Hogg, #NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line

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30. Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

By: Ian O'Connor

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Rodgers is regarded by some as the most talented player to ever hold the most important job i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century by Peniel E. Joseph

31. The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century

By: Peniel E. Joseph

4.16

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

One of our preeminent historians of race and democracy argues that the period since 2008 has marked… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook

25 must-read audiobook books like The NRA: The Unauthorized History by Frank Smyth

Transform Your Habits

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

Tony Judt

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

Transform Your Habits

JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956

Fredrik Logevall

4.55

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11 best-selling adult books like The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

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

Transform Your Habits

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

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