5 must-read nonfiction books like Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War: Volume 1 - From the Defenses of Washington to Chancellorsville, 1862-1863 by James S. Pula

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Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War: Volume 1 - From the Defenses of Washington to Chancellorsville, 1862-1863

By: James S. Pula

4.63

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The XI Corps served in the Army of the Potomac for just twelve months (September 1862-August 1863),…

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1. The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat

By: Bob Drury , Tom Clavin

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his … read more

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2. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

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3. The First Ladies

By: Marie Benedict

4.04

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more

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4. 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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"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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5. Margo's Got Money Troubles

By: Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate ad… read more

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"I’m just saying,"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"I fell into a state that, if not sleep, was sleep adjacent."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"It really makes you wonder, what kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

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6. I Must Betray You

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.41

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu … read more

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"A revolution eats its heroes."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"I envied him, the courage to be himself. In public."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"Fertility under state control? That's an abuse of human rights!' Bunu would wail."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"I hadn’t yet absorbed one of life’s universal truths: Things that seem straightforward? Often aren’t."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

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7. North Woods

By: Daniel Mason

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more

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8. Where the Lost Wander

By: Amy Harmon

4.41

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector… read more

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"The pain. It's worth it. The more you love, the more it hurts. It's the only thing that is."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"We spend our lives complicating what we would do better to accept. Because in acceptance, we put our energies into transcendence."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I don’t cry either; I can’t...grief is draining. I am hoarding my strength and my stamina for life, and I will not spend it on death"

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I spent the first fifteen years of my life fighting everything and everyone. But . . . endurance . . . is a whole different kind of battle. It’s a hell of a lot harder."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

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9. Absolution

By: Alice McDermott

3.81

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more

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10. French Braid

By: Anne Tyler

3.64

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author--a funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey dee… read more

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11. The Lost Summers of Newport

By: Beatriz Williams

3.71

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White--a nov… read more

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12. A Girl Called Samson

By: Amy Harmon

4.50

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes the saga of a young woman who dares to char… read more

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13. The Last House on the Street

By: Diane Chamberlain

4.23

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweave… read more

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"Violence is the weapon of the weak. - Ralph Abernathy"

-Diane Chamberlain, The Last House on the Street

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14. Big Lies in a Small Town

By: Diane Chamberlain

4.14

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher's life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she … read more

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"Perhaps now that she'd told the story, it would lose its power over her. She hoped she would never have to repeat it to anyone ever again."

-Diane Chamberlain, Big Lies in a Small Town

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15. The Tobacco Wives

By: Adele Myers

3.81

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

For the audience of Fiona Davis and Lisa Wingate, a vibrant historical debut set in 1946 North Caro… read more

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16. Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command

By: Kent Masterson Brown

4.57

Format: 475 pages, Hardcover

Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fir… read more

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Cover of The Summer of '63: Vicksburg & Tullahoma: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War by Chris Mackowski

17. The Summer of '63: Vicksburg & Tullahoma: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War

By: Chris Mackowski

4.67

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

“An important contribution to Civil War scholarship, offering an engrossing portrait of these impor… read more

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18. Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg: The Creation of the Soldiers' National Cemetery and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Bradley M. Gottfried

4.16

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times–Bestselling The story of the battle’s aftermath—the burial of the dead, and Lincoln’… read more

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Cover of Don't Give an Inch: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863—From Little Round Top to Cemetery Ridge (Emerging Civil War Series) by Daniel T. Davis

19. Don't Give an Inch: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863—From Little Round Top to Cemetery Ridge (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Daniel T. Davis

4.60

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

George Gordon Meade could hardly believe it: only three days earlier, he had been thrust unexpected… read more

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Cover of A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death, and Survival in the Union Army by Brian Matthew Jordan

20. A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death, and Survival in the Union Army

By: Brian Matthew Jordan

3.78

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a pathbreaking history of the Civil War centered on a regiment of i… read more

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21. Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War: Volume 1 - From the Defenses of Washington to Chancellorsville, 1862-1863

By: James S. Pula

4.63

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The XI Corps served in the Army of the Potomac for just twelve months (September 1862-August 1863),… read more

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7 must-read civil war books like Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War: Volume 1 - From the Defenses of Washington to Chancellorsville, 1862-1863 by James S. Pula

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

Transform Your Habits

Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command

Kent Masterson Brown

4.57

Transform Your Habits

The Summer of '63: Vicksburg & Tullahoma: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War

Chris Mackowski

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg: The Creation of the Soldiers' National Cemetery and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (Emerging Civil War Series)

Bradley M. Gottfried

4.16

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Husbands

Holly Gramazio

3.53

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Rachel Khong

4.04

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The Paradise Problem

Christina Lauren

4.14

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