7 Top history books like Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg

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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years

By: Carl Sandburg

4.38

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography delivers “a Lincoln …

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1. Main Street

By: Sinclair Lewis

3.78

Format: 454 pages, Paperback

With Commentary by E. M. Forster, Dorothy Parker, H. L. Mencken, Lewis Mumford, Rebecca West, Sherw… read more

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"So kindly,"

-Sinclair Lewis, Main Street

"in a world of groceries and sermons"

-Sinclair Lewis, Main Street

"Whatever she might become she would never be static."

-Sinclair Lewis, Main Street

"They had something to do. They could escape from themselves."

-Sinclair Lewis, Main Street

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2. The Sea Runners

By: Ivan Doig

3.85

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Based on an actual incident in 1853, award-winning author Ivan Doig's The Sea Runners is a spare an… read more

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  • historical
"Life is mostly freehand."

-Ivan Doig, The Sea Runners

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3. The Ravagers Box Set: Episodes 1-3

By: Alex Albrinck

4.18

Format: 535 pages, Kindle Edition

In the distant future, humanity staggers against wave after wave of population decimating catastrop… read more

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4. Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray , John Carey

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Edited by John Carey. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray… read more

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5. The Golden Notebook

By: Doris Lessing

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a… read more

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6. The Case of The Screaming Woman

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

4.27

Format: 637 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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7. Those Who Dare (Raiding Forces #1)

By: Phil Ward

4.50

Format: 168 pages,

The first in a series of meticulously researched World War II novels about hit-and-run raids agains… read more

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  • historical

8. The Case of the Gilded Lily

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Stewart G. Bedford loves his wife Ann, and cooperates with blackmailer Binney Denham. But he wakes … read more

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9. Mayflower: A History From Beginning to End

By: Hourly History

4.40

Format: None pages,

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10. Gettysburg: The Last Invasion

By: Allen C. Guelzo

3.60

Format: 137 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed Civil War historian, and coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the legendary … read more

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11. Up from Slavery

By: Booker T. Washington , Ishmael Reed

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slaver… read more

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12. A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

By: G.J. Meyer

4.50

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

The First World War is one of history's greatest tragedies. In this remarkable and intimate account… read more

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13. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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14. The Case of the Buried Clock

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.24

Format: 324 pages,

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15. UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record

By: Leslie Kean , John Podesta

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An Air Force major approaches a brilliant UFO in his Phantom jet over Tehran. He repeatedly attempt… read more

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16. Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, #6)

By: Ed McBain

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

He appeared to be a decent, upright, honest citizen....And yet appearances can be more than deceivi… read more

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17. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. 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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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"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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19. The Salish Sea (The Salish Sea #1)

By: Susan Lund

4.03

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A girl with no name... Penny doesn't remember much about her childhood and what she does remembe… read more

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20. 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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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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21. The Bennett Sisters Mysteries Vol 1-4 (Bennett Sisters Mysteries boxsets series Book 6)

By: Lise McClendon

4.33

Format: 1076 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s Eat Pray Love meets murder mystery in Lise McClendon’s deliciously cozy chronicles of sisterho… read more

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22. The Saints of Swallow Hill

By: Donna Everhart

4.12

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

It takes courage to save yourself... In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners l… read more

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  • historical
Cover of The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World by A.J. Baime

23. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

By: A.J. Baime

4.55

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikel… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
"After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman sa…"

-A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

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24. Deep Shadow (Caribbean Dive Adventures #1)

By: Nick Sullivan

4.31

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

In the turquoise waters of the Caribbean, something lethal is on the move. Scuba divers travel f… read more

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25. Joe Pickett: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)

By: C.J. Box

4.40

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author shares the origin story of his infamous game warden charac… read more

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26. Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy

By: Lanny Hunter

4.54

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

More than just a war memoir, Exit Wounds is a powerful story of a medical officer in Vietnam that r… read more

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

27. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • presidents
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28. Beyond the Tracks

By: Michael Reit

4.43

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, 1938. Germany is a terrifying place. When people start disappearing in nightly raids,… read more

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  • historical
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29. You Are My Sunshine (All My Love, Detrick, #2)

By: Roberta Kagan

4.18

Format: 683 pages, ebook

Young artist Manfred Blau finds favor with propaganda chief Josef Goebbels and quickly rises throug… read more

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  • historical
Cover of Death of an Earl (Catherine Tregowyn Mysteries #5) by G.G. Vandagriff

30. Death of an Earl (Catherine Tregowyn Mysteries #5)

By: G.G. Vandagriff

4.27

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Oxford, 1935 When the Earl of Severn is murdered, the police focus on Anne Bascombe, his most vo… read more

Similar categories in G.G. Vandagriff's Death of an Earl (Catherine Tregowyn Mysteries #5) book and Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years

  • historical
Cover of Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg

31. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years

By: Carl Sandburg

4.38

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography delivers “a Lincoln … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • presidents
  • nonfiction

11 Top historical books like Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg

Transform Your Habits

The Sea Runners

Ivan Doig

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Those Who Dare (Raiding Forces #1)

Phil Ward

4.50

Transform Your Habits

American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

Adam Hochschild

4.21

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

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12 Top fiction books like Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

Transform Your Habits

The Naked and the Dead

Norman Mailer

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Clea (The Alexandria Quartet, #4)

Lawrence Durrell

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Main Street

Sinclair Lewis

3.78

Transform Your Habits

The Adventures of Augie March

Christopher Hitchens , Saul Bellow

3.84

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