7 must-read judaism books like The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton by Andrew Porwancher

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The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

By: Andrew Porwancher

4.09

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the founding father’s likely Jewish birth and upbringing―and its revolutionary …

If you liked the judaism plot in The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton by Andrew Porwancher , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Wright Brothers

By: David McCullough

2.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more

Similar categories in David McCullough's The Wright Brothers book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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2. The Yiddish Policemen's Union

By: Michael Chabon

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven cre… read more

Similar categories in Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • jewish
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3. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

By: Marc Levinson

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston… read more

Similar categories in Marc Levinson's The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

By: Stacy Schiff

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american revolution
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5. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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6. 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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  • history
  • religion
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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7. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

By: Dara Horn

4.36

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more

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  • history
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

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8. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

By: Noa Tishby

4.34

Format: None pages, Audiobook

AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very m… read more

Similar categories in Noa Tishby's Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that can be said of Israel, that cannot be said of Pakistan."

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"Instead of helping people move forward UNRWA keeps the Palestinian people in an eternal loop of displacement. Instead of solving the problem in any meaningful way, they have overseen the problem's ex…"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"Here's the nugget: settling the refugee problem would mean ending the war against Israel. And as of now, the Palestinians and many of the Arab world have been refusing to do so. The best way to keep …"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"There is almost no difference between the establishment of Israel and Pakistan. They were both created as a safe haven for persecuted groups: Jews and Muslims. They are both engaged in land disputes.…"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

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9. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

By: Neil Bradbury

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more

Similar categories in Neil Bradbury's A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

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10. Social Justice Fallacies

By: Thomas Sowell

4.45

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths th… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Sowell's Social Justice Fallacies book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America

By: Michael Benson

3.97

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Goodreads Top Nonfiction of 2022 The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the… read more

Similar categories in Michael Benson's Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • jewish
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12. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. 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

Similar categories in Beverly Gage's G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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14. Kantika

By: Elizabeth Graver

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Graver's Kantika book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • judaism
  • religion
  • jewish
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

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15. 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

Similar categories in Jon Meacham's And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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16. The Third Daughter

By: Talia Carner

4.17

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

From the author of Jerusalem Maiden comes a remarkable story, inspired by little-known true events,… read more

Similar categories in Talia Carner's The Third Daughter book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • judaism
  • jewish
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17. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more

Similar categories in Emmanuel Acho's Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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18. Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War

By: Micah Goodman

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

A controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fr… read more

Similar categories in Micah Goodman's Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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19. The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future

By: Franklin Foer

3.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Franklin Foer tells the definitive insider story of the first two years of the Biden presidency, wi… read more

Similar categories in Franklin Foer's The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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20. Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

By: Ruth Ben-Ghiat

4.23

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountabi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Designed for instant impact and encouraging feelings of omnipotence, Twitter is the perfect tool for an impulsive, attention-addicted strongman."

-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

"Many strongmen, past and present, have used populist rhetoric that defines their nations as bound by faith, race, and ethnicity rather than by legal rights. For authoritarians, only some people are "…"

-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

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21. The Thread Collectors

By: Shaunna J. Edwards

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroid… read more

Similar categories in Shaunna J. Edwards's The Thread Collectors book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • jewish
"As everyone around her knew, there were so many ways to not be free."

-Shaunna J. Edwards, The Thread Collectors

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22. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

Similar categories in Thomas F. Schaller's White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • nonfiction
  • history
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23. Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict

By: Oren Kessler

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Winner, 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books … read more

Similar categories in Oren Kessler's Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • jewish
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24. 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

Similar categories in Liza Mundy's The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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25. The Devil's Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail

By: Kristen Green

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"At an 1854 Fourth of July abolitionist rally in Framinhmgham, Massachusetts, William Lloyd Garrison burned copies of both the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and the court's decision to send Burns back to Vi…"

-Kristen Green, The Devil's Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail

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26. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

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"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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27. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Fauci's On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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28. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • jewish
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29. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

By: Elle Reeve

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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30. The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

By: Andrew Porwancher

4.09

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the founding father’s likely Jewish birth and upbringing―and its revolutionary … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • biography
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • american revolution
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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31. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Pelosi's The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House book and Andrew Porwancher's The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

26 must-read history books like The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton by Andrew Porwancher

Transform Your Habits

The Wright Brothers

David McCullough

2.60

Transform Your Habits

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

Marc Levinson

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.74

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

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20 best-selling history books like The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson

Transform Your Habits

How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region

Joe Studwell

4.26

Transform Your Habits

More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

Sebastian Mallaby

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

Russell Shorto

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

Tim Wu

3.88

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