11 must-read nonfiction books like U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition by Bruce Catton

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U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition

By: Bruce Catton

4.23

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

A concise biography of the legendary Union general and controversial US president from “one of Amer…

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1. The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier

By: Alistair Moffat

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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2. Rendezvous

By: Nelson DeMille

3.20

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

In this tense, riveting mind game, New York Times bestselling novelist Nelson DeMille delivers a su… read more

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  • military fiction
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3. The Book Case (John Corey, #0.5)

By: Nelson DeMille

3.50

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

In this compact and delightful murder mystery, New York Times bestselling suspense novelist Nelson … read more

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4. By the Rivers of Babylon

By: Nelson DeMille

3.97

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

Lod Airport, Israel:Two Concorde jets take off for a U.N. conference that will finally bring peace … read more

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5. The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville

By: Wiley Sword

4.28

Format: 320 pages,

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6. Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief

By: James M. McPherson

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jeff… read more

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7. Personal Memoirs

By: Ulysses S. Grant , Geoffrey Perrett

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant's are lucid, compelling, and brutally honest, a chronicle of triump… read more

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8. Eruption

By: Michael Crichton

3.91

Format: 432 pages, ebook

A history-making once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. … read more

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9. 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
"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

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10. The Old Lion

By: Jeff Shaara

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more

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  • american history
  • presidents
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11. The Canal Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries, #10)

By: J.R. Ellis

4.28

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Life moves at a slower pace on the canals. But death always comes when you least expect it. The las… read more

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12. The Talisker Dead (The Misty Isle #3)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.43

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Pulling on the threads of your past... is enough to kill you... When a teenage islander goes mis… read more

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13. Majestic: Book 2 in the Wharton series

By: George Edwardson

4.30

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Majestic is a novel set in the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars as the Royal Navy fights the … read more

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14. Wharton (The Wharton Series Book 1)

By: George Edwardson

4.28

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Midshipman Johnnie Wharton has no idea when he joins HMS St George as a 12-year-old that he is soon… read more

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15. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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16. Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West

By: H.W. Brands

4.24

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

"Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the Am… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. False Flag (Jason Trapp, #2)

By: Jack Slater

4.53

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping second instalment in the Jason Trapp thriller series! They say revenge is a dish be… read more

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18. Where the Pieces Lie (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers Book 19)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.59

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

Experience the pulse-pounding new thriller from multi-million selling Scottish crime fiction author… read more

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19. Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny

By: Brian Kilmeade

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Another pop history pageturner from the New York Times bestselling authors of George Washington's S… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • presidents
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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20. Ajax: Book 3 in the Wharton series

By: George Edwardson

4.39

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

The freshly promoted Lieutenant Johnnie Wharton RN, now recovered from the horrors of the Battle of… read more

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21. The Charm School

By: Nelson DeMille

4.28

Format: 644 pages, Kindle Edition

Something very strange -- and sinister -- is going on in the Russian woods at Borodino. In a place … read more

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22. Flash Point (Jason Trapp, #3)

By: Jack Slater

4.52

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

Fans of Ryan, Reacher and Bourne will love betrayed CIA operative Jason Trapp, who stars in a pulse… read more

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23. Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.34

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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24. Sherman's March

By: Burke Davis

4.18

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

A New York Times–bestselling author’s account of the devastating military campaign that broke the C… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"if he had attended burial services for one of his bitter enemies, said, “No, I didn’t patronize the funeral, but I approve of it."

-Burke Davis, Sherman's March

"Among the eulogies raised to the departed general, the terse words of his friend Whitelaw Reid seemed to summarize most perceptively the mercurial Sherman: “He never acknowledged an error and never r…"

-Burke Davis, Sherman's March

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25. The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom

By: H.W. Brands

4.17

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands, the epic struggle over slavery as embodied … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • presidents
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
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26. Sean Connery: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Actors)

By: Hourly History

3.99

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable life of Sean Connery...Free BONUS Inside!Sean Connery is still well remembe… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
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27. The Last Lieutenant (Todd Ingram, #1)

By: John J. Gobbell

4.27

Format: 564 pages, Kindle Edition

“Powerful and engaging. Truly an inspiring and emotional story of bravery and sacrifice … a must re… read more

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  • military fiction
  • military history
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28. Depth Charge (Jason Trapp #4)

By: Jack Slater

4.46

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

The clock is ticking.In the North Pacific, the crew of a deep-sea recovery ship, the MV Challenger,… read more

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29. Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863

By: David A. Powell

4.29

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

“The definitive account of Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans’ operational masterpiece—the almost… read more

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  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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30. U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition

By: Bruce Catton

4.23

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

A concise biography of the legendary Union general and controversial US president from “one of Amer… read more

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  • civil war
  • military history
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
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31. A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24)

By: Daniel Silva

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve… Acclaimed #1 Ne… read more

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11 best-selling history books like U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition by Bruce Catton

Transform Your Habits

The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier

Alistair Moffat

3.94

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

On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West

H.W. Brands

4.24

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26 best-selling history books like Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War by S.C. Gwynne

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Crazy Horse and Custer

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69

Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

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