26 must-read history books like Benghazi!: A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink by Ethan Chorin

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Benghazi!: A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink

By: Ethan Chorin

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the attack in Benghazi, a noted Libya expert and eyewitne…

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Cover of No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer

1. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

By: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.02

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Just get to lunch,"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"There is no honor in sending men to die for something you won't even fight for yourself"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"I had no idea if the photos [of Osama bin Laden's dead body] would ever be made public, and I didn't care."

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

"Before I left, I noticed a shelf that ran above the door. It was just above where he [bin Laden] was standing when we got to the third deck. I slid my hand up and felt two guns, which urned out to be…"

-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

Cover of The Fire Line: The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots by Fernanda Santos

2. The Fire Line: The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots

By: Fernanda Santos

4.14

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

When a bolt of lightning ignited a hilltop in the sleepy town of Yarnell, Arizona, in June of 2013,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E. Hoffman

3. The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal

By: David E. Hoffman

4.16

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history The Dead Handcomes the riveting story of a sp… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, Helen Small, Stephen Wall

4. Little Dorrit

By: Charles Dickens , Helen Small , Stephen Wall

4.00

Format: 1021 pages, Paperback

A novel of serendipity, of fortunes won and lost, and of the spectre of imprisonment that hangs ove… read more

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"One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it’s left behind."

-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

"We must have humbug, we all like humbug, we couldn't get on without humbug."

-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

"[...] this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world."

-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

"[Credit is a system whereby] a person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay."

-Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

Cover of 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff

5. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

By: Mitchell Zuckoff

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of B… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger

6. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

By: H.G. Bissinger

3.33

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odes… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

7. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

By: Steve Coll

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the Bush White House, Ghost Warsis the most… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

8. Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David

By: Lawrence Wright

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Hardcover

A gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter persua… read more

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9. Under Fire: A Night of Terror and Courage in Benghazi

By: None , Samuel M. Katz

3.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling inside account of the attack against the U.S. diplomatic and intellig… read more

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10. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

By: Siddharth Kara

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more

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  • africa
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Now you understand how people like us work?"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Cover of American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Adam Hochschild

11. 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
Cover of The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill by Brad Meltzer

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

By: Brad Meltzer

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris   Miller

13. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Cover of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

14. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman

15. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America by Will Sommer

16. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

By: Will Sommer

4.09

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, ho… read more

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  • history
Cover of The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George  Stephanopoulos

17. 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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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. The White Darkness

By: David Grann

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrill… read more

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  • history
"Passion for something can easily tip into obsession, which is a dangerous thing, especially when those affected are they very people who so loyally stand and wait. -Henry Worsley"

-David Grann, The White Darkness

Cover of Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky

19. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

By: Steven Levitsky

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William H. McRaven

20. Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

By: William H. McRaven

4.44

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of … read more

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  • history
"They were survivors. They didn't complain. They didn't blame others for their misfortune. They worked hard and expected the same from their children. They treasured their friendships. They fought for…"

-William H. McRaven, Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

Cover of The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics by Joshua  Green

21. The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics

By: Joshua Green

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Devil’s Bargain comes the revelatory inside sto… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency by Andy Greenberg

22. Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency

By: Andy Greenberg

4.50

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Over the last decade, a single innovation has massively fueled digital black markets: cryptocurrenc… read more

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  • history
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23. Women of Good Fortune

By: Sophie Wan

3.59

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Set against a high-society Shanghai wedding, a heartfelt, funny, dazzling novel about a reluctant b… read more

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"What's the point of getting educated if you're going to end up stuck as a housewife?" Jane's heard that one before. Some people find it hard to accept that housework is preferable to inflexible deadl…"

-Sophie Wan, Women of Good Fortune

"Why would you want to work when you don't have to? "At some point, you have to do things for yourself," Jane says to Mei. "You'll understand once you've been worked like a dog and can't even keep tra…"

-Sophie Wan, Women of Good Fortune

Cover of A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey

24. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

By: James Comey

4.10

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of … read more

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"Then there were the baffling, unnecessary lies. At one point, for example, the president told me that chief of staff Reince Priebus didn’t know we were meeting, which seemed incredible. The chief of …"

-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

"The more stressful the job, the more intentional I've always been about helping my team members find joy in our work. Laughter is the outward manifestation of joy, so I believe if I'm doing it right,…"

-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

"Ethical leaders care deeply about those they lead, and offer them honesty and decency, commitment and their own sacrifice. They have a confidence that breeds humility. Ethical leaders know their own …"

-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

"All of us struggle to realize something Patrice spent years telling me, as I took on one position or another: "It's not about you, dear." She often needed to remind me that, whatever people were feel…"

-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

Cover of In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked by Jonna Méndez

25. In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked

By: Jonna Méndez

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling co-author of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of bein… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America by Dahlia Lithwick

26. Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

By: Dahlia Lithwick

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Senior Editor and one of the nation's foremost legal commentators, tells the… read more

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  • history
"Being told you are believed without consequences being levied is neither justice nor power. And that is the real problem when women's pain is substituted for actual justice. Pain seems to have a sell…"

-Dahlia Lithwick, Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

Cover of The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy

27. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

By: Liza Mundy

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party by Dana Milbank

28. The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party

By: Dana Milbank

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold… read more

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  • history
Cover of Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy by Colin Dickey

29. Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy

By: Colin Dickey

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland comes a history of America's obse… read more

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  • history
Cover of America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators by Jacob Heilbrunn

30. America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators

By: Jacob Heilbrunn

3.83

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A leading observer of the right explains the long, disturbing history behind Donald Trump’s admirat… read more

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  • history
Cover of Benghazi!: A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink by Ethan Chorin

31. Benghazi!: A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink

By: Ethan Chorin

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the attack in Benghazi, a noted Libya expert and eyewitne… read more

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  • history
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6 best-selling historical books like Benghazi!: A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink by Ethan Chorin

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

Adam Hochschild

4.21

Transform Your Habits

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

Brad Meltzer

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Transform Your Habits

The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics

Joshua Green

4.16

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Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

Mike Rothschild

3.84

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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

4.22

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Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

Derek Beres

4.10

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The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

4.45

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