12 best-selling historical books like The Crossing by Howard Fast

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The Crossing

By: Howard Fast

3.98

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Nobody has written more passionately or more vividly about the American Revolution than Howard Fast…

If you liked the historical plot in The Crossing by Howard Fast , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer

1. Washington's Crossing

By: David Hackett Fischer

4.15

Format: 564 pages, Hardcover

Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A power… read more

Similar categories in David Hackett Fischer's Washington's Crossing book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • american history
  • american revolutionary war
  • war
  • american revolution
"Until Washington crossed the Delaware, the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter, things would never be the same again."

-David Hackett Fischer, Washington's Crossing

"Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning."

-David Hackett Fischer, Washington's Crossing

Cover of The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1) by Patricia Harman

2. The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1)

By: Patricia Harman

4.03

Format: 382 pages, Paperback

A remarkable new voice in American fiction, creates an uplifting novel that celebrates the miracle … read more

Similar categories in Patricia Harman's The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1) book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Don Yaeger, Brian Kilmeade

3. George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

By: Don Yaeger , Brian Kilmeade

3.85

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

As a Long Islander endlessly fascinated by events that happened in a place I call home, I hope with… read more

Similar categories in Don Yaeger's George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • american history
  • historical
  • war
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • audiobook
Cover of Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series) by Nathaniel Philbrick

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

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, comes a surprising account o… read more

Similar categories in Nathaniel Philbrick's Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series) book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • american history
  • historical
  • war
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • audiobook
"Midshipman Edward Pellew was in the British boat right behind Arnold's. The American general had escaped, but in his haste he had left behind his stock and buckle, which Pellew took as a keepsake. Ye…"

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

"In an October 6 letter to Lord Stirling, he set forth the principle that would guide his increasingly sophisticated intelligence-gathering efforts. "As we are often obliged to reason the designs of t…"

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

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5. No One Noticed the Cat

By: Anne McCaffrey

4.01

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

After the death of wise old Mangan, the Regent of Esphania, many of the regent's skills and qualiti… read more

Similar categories in Anne McCaffrey's No One Noticed the Cat book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • fiction
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6. 7 dae (Bennie Griessel, #3)

By: Deon Meyer

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Ek sal elke dag 'n poliesman skiet, tot julle die moordenaar van Hanneke Sloet aankla. So lui die d… read more

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  • fiction
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7. Jubilee

By: Margaret Walker

2.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jubilee tells the true story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress.… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Walker's Jubilee book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

8. The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta

By: Marc Wortman

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The destruction of Atlanta is an iconic moment in American history--it was the centerpiece of Gone … read more

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9. Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894

By: Daniel James Brown

3.80

Format: 220 pages,

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10. 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 Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • american history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • audiobook
Cover of Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby

11. 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 Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • historical
  • audiobook
"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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12. 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

Similar categories in David McCullough's The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • historical
  • american history
  • audiobook
Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

13. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

Similar categories in Alex Kershaw's Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • historical
  • american history
  • war
  • audiobook
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14. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

By: Ian W. Toll

4.76

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more

Similar categories in Ian W. Toll's Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • american history
  • war
  • audiobook
"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"

-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

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15. Only the Brave

By: Danielle Steel

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A powerful new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Steel's Only the Brave book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dark Flood (Benny Griessel, #7) by Deon Meyer

16. The Dark Flood (Benny Griessel, #7)

By: Deon Meyer

4.39

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From internationally acclaimed crime writer Deon Meyer, a new thriller featuring superstar detectiv… read more

Similar categories in Deon Meyer's The Dark Flood (Benny Griessel, #7) book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival by Tom Clavin

17. Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival

By: Tom Clavin

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive.On August 13, 1944,… read more

Similar categories in Tom Clavin's Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • american history
  • war
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783 by Joseph J. Ellis

18. The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783

By: Joseph J. Ellis

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In one of the most “exciting and engaging” (Gordon S. Wood) histories of the American founding in d… read more

Similar categories in Joseph J. Ellis's The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783 book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • american history
  • historical
  • war
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • audiobook
Cover of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

19. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

By: Craig L. Symonds

4.65

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century … read more

Similar categories in Craig L. Symonds's Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • american history
  • war
Cover of Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle by Jonathan Horn

20. Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle

By: Jonathan Horn

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Popular historian and former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn tells the astonishing true stor… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Horn's Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • american history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • audiobook
"System in all things is the soul of business.' -- GEORGE WASHINGTON, Letter to James Anderson, December 21, 1797."

-Jonathan Horn, Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle

"In the composition of the human frame, there is a good deal of inflammable matter; however dormant it may be for a while,...when the torch is put to it, that which is -within you- may burst into a bl…"

-Jonathan Horn, Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle

"I am too well acquainted with women to give advice to any of them when they are bound for the Port of Matrimony, because I never shall advise -any one- to marry the man she does not like and because …"

-Jonathan Horn, Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle

"When...passion begins to subside, which it assuredly will do, and yield--oftentimes too late--to more sober reflections, it serves to evince that lost is too dainty a food to live on -alone.-...More …"

-Jonathan Horn, Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle

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21. The Crossing

By: Howard Fast

3.98

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Nobody has written more passionately or more vividly about the American Revolution than Howard Fast… read more

Similar categories in Howard Fast's The Crossing book and Howard Fast's The Crossing

  • american history
  • historical
  • war
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

7 best-selling fiction books like The Crossing by Howard Fast

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The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1)

Patricia Harman

4.03

Transform Your Habits

No One Noticed the Cat

Anne McCaffrey

4.01

Transform Your Habits

7 dae (Bennie Griessel, #3)

Deon Meyer

2.57

Transform Your Habits

Jubilee

Margaret Walker

2.70

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14 must-read audiobook books like Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle by Jonathan Horn

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Mornings on Horseback

David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Washington's Circle: The Creation of the President

None , Jeanne T. Heidler , David Stephen Heidler

4.11

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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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Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

3.33

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