10 must-read biography books like The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America by Noah Feldman

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The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America

By: Noah Feldman

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceAn innovative account of Abraham Lincoln, constitutiona…

If you liked the biography plot in The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America by Noah Feldman , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

By: Steve Sheinkin , None

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Jim Thorpe: super athlete, Olympic gold medalist, Native American. Pop Warner: indomitable coach… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Harvard coach Bill Reid would later credit Teddy Roosevelt with saving football. But words in a rule book are one thing. Someone had to show the nation a new way to play the game. The Carlisle Indian…"

-Steve Sheinkin, Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

2. Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President

By: Harold Holzer

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Lincoln Prize Lincoln at Cooper Unionexplores Lincoln's most influential and widely r… read more

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3. John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights

By: David S. Reynolds

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

An authoritative new examination of John Brown and his deep impact on American history.Bancroft Pri… read more

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4. A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

By: Mark Galeotti

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Russia’s epic and dramatic story told in an accessible, lively and short form, using the country's … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"History always wins."

-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

"As ever, though, facts take second place when it comes to building narratives of power and authority"

-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

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5. 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
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health

By: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

4.52

Format: 934 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 on AMAZON, and a NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY NATIONAL B… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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7. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

By: David McCullough

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Robert E. Lee: A Life

By: Allen C. Guelzo

4.25

Format: 588 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion comes a sweeping, intimate biography of … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

By: Ned Blackhawk

4.18

Format: 596 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essentia… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

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12. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • civil war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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14. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness by Elizabeth D. Samet

15. Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness

By: Elizabeth D. Samet

3.60

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In Looking for the Good War, Elizabeth D. Samet reexamines the literature, art, and culture that em… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Our national problem has not been ignoring the Civil War, but turning it into a kind of theme park in which nostalgia and mendacity have eclipsed the raw and unpleasant truth that one army fought, an…"

-Elizabeth D. Samet, Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness

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16. Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

By: Stephen Breyer

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that dec… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age by Norman Ohler

18. Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age

By: Norman Ohler

3.90

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Blitzed returns with a provocative new history of drugs… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America by Noah Feldman

19. The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America

By: Noah Feldman

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceAn innovative account of Abraham Lincoln, constitutiona… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On Lying and Politics: A Library of America Special Publication by Hannah Arendt

20. On Lying and Politics: A Library of America Special Publication

By: Hannah Arendt

3.93

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

More urgent than ever, two landmark essays by the legendary political theorist on the greatest thre… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Making of a Leader: The Formative Years of George C. Marshall by Josiah Bunting III

21. The Making of a Leader: The Formative Years of George C. Marshall

By: Josiah Bunting III

4.09

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A portrait of one of the greatest leaders of modern history, George Catlett Marshall (1880–1959), a… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

16 must-read audiobook books like The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America by Noah Feldman

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Steve Sheinkin , None

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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Mark Galeotti

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

David McCullough

3.81

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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Tom O'Neill

4.03

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Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind

Mike Jay

3.94

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Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

4.47

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Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

Abigail Shrier

4.06

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