7 best-selling world war ii books like The Hangman and His Wife: The Life and Death of Reinhard Heydrich by Nancy Dougherty

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The Hangman and His Wife: The Life and Death of Reinhard Heydrich

By: Nancy Dougherty

3.91

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing journey into the heart of Nazi evil; a portrait of one of the darkest figures of Hit…

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Cover of His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels

1. His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

By: Robert Samuels

4.52

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

By: David Maraniss

4.02

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

3. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

By: Jeff Guinn

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

4. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets by Burkhard Bilger

5. Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets

By: Burkhard Bilger

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a boy growing up in Oklahoma, Burkhard Bilger often heard his parents tell stories about the Ger… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler by David I. Kertzer

6. The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler

By: David I. Kertzer

4.28

Format: 623 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The most important book ever written about the Catholic Church… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

7. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century by Stephen Galloway

8. Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

By: Stephen Galloway

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A New York Times Bestseller "A "well rou… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Queen: Her Life by Andrew Morton

9. The Queen: Her Life

By: Andrew Morton

4.03

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton provides the definitive, most comprehensive … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

10. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Cover of Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie

11. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

By: Andrew Lownie

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."

-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

Cover of Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune by Keith Thomson

12. Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune

By: Keith Thomson

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Discover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb by James M. Scott

13. Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb

By: James M. Scott

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies o… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder by Mark    O'Connell

14. A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder

By: Mark O'Connell

3.74

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

From the award-winning author comes a gripping account of one of the most scandalous chapters in mo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
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  • audiobook
Cover of The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey

15. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689

By: Jonathan Healey

4.20

Format: 492 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal by Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl

16. The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal

By: Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl

4.24

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A riveting historical investigation and family memoir that intertwines the iconic narrative of Anne… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune by Alexander Stille

17. The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune

By: Alexander Stille

3.47

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The devolution of the Sullivan Institute, from psychoanalytic organization to insular, radical cult… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night by Lisa Belkin

18. Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

By: Lisa Belkin

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Mussolini's Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead

19. Mussolini's Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe

By: Caroline Moorehead

3.75

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling biography of Edda Mussolini—Benito Mussolini’s favorite daughter, one of the most influ… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hangman and His Wife: The Life and Death of Reinhard Heydrich by Nancy Dougherty

20. The Hangman and His Wife: The Life and Death of Reinhard Heydrich

By: Nancy Dougherty

3.91

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing journey into the heart of Nazi evil; a portrait of one of the darkest figures of Hit… read more

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  • biography
  • politics
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of ACT Daily Journal: Get Unstuck and Live Fully with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Diana   Hill

21. ACT Daily Journal: Get Unstuck and Live Fully with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

By: Diana Hill

4.32

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Dramatically change your life in just minutes a day with this powerful guided journal.  When you ar… read more

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4.52

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David Maraniss

4.02

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4.06

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4.11

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Adam Hochschild

4.21

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Timothy Egan

4.38

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President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

C.W. Goodyear

4.30

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The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

Brad Meltzer

4.16

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