7 best-selling biography books like Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Part 2 by Carl Sandburg

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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Part 2

By: Carl Sandburg

4.51

Format: 482 pages, Paperback

1926. Vol. 2 of a 2 vol. set. The author planned composing this book for nearly thirty years. He de…

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1. The Battle of Life

By: Charles Dickens

3.19

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

The Battle of Life: A Love Story is a novella by Charles Dickens, 1st published in 1846. It's the 4… read more

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2. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

By: None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.98

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First published in the Soviet… read more

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"A couple of ounces ruled your life."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Two roubles. Worn notes that didn't rustle."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"It's all so arty there's no art left in it."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Гении не подгоняют трактовку под вкус тиранов!"

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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3. Robinson Crusoe

By: Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three dec… read more

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"For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first. "

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"On a horse? I was married on a horse? Gillian looked like she could kill the groom"

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them."

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"for me to think of such a voyage was the most preposterous thing that ever man in such circumstances could be guilty of."

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

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4. Everything's Eventual

By: Stephen King

3.97

Format: 605 pages, Paperback

In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for g… read more

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"Time belongs to the Tower."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

"A broken spoon may become a fork."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

"Black as night and as beautiful as forever."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

"I decided it didn't matter a fuck in a rabbit hutch."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

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5. The Maltese Falcon

By: Dashiell Hammett

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a l… read more

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6. Galápagos

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.38

Format: 613 pages,

Galapagostakes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly b… read more

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7. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american civil war
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

8. Warriors of the Storm (The Saxon Stories, #9)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series The Saxon Tales, on the making of… read more

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9. The Sage of Monticello

By: Dumas Malone

1.00

Format: 96 pages,

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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10. Alexander Hamilton

By: Ron Chernow

3.77

Format: 32 pages,

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history

11. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

By: Yeonmi Park , Maryanne Vollers

3.98

Format: 212 pages,

Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually m… read more

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12. The Firm

By: John Grisham , Robin Waterfield

4.06

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Adaptation for younger readers. Mitch McDeere is a young, intelligent and ambitious lawyer. When… read more

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"Her thoughts could not escape the present."

-John Grisham, The Firm

"love yourself,.,.,.,for the sake of your better future"

-John Grisham, The Firm

"Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected."

-John Grisham, The Firm

"I've loved you all my life. Even before we met. Part of it wasn't even you. It was just a promise of you."

-John Grisham, The Firm

13. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

By: William B. Irvine

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discove… read more

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14. The Spectator Bird

By: Wallace Stegner

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

This tour-de-force of American literature and a winner of the National Book Award is a profound, in… read more

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15. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

By: Thomas Sowell

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This book presents the kind of eye-opening insights into the history and culture of race for which … read more

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16. Bush at War

By: Bob Woodward

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Award-winning author and journalist Bob Woodward turns his attention to the presidency of George W.… read more

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17. 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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18. The Key to Rebecca

By: Ken Follett

3.91

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Ken Follett's The Key to Rebeccatook readers and critics by storm when first published more than fi… read more

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19. The Seven Storey Mountain

By: Thomas Merton , Robert Giroux , William H. Shannon

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influenti… read more

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20. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

By: Jules Verne , Anthony Bonner

3.89

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronna… read more

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"Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not"

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

21. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more

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22. The Empty Throne (The Saxon Stories, #8)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.29

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

This eighth entry in New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell's epic Saxon Tales series b… read more

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23. Personal Memoirs

By: Ulysses S. Grant , Geoffrey Perrett

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant's are lucid, compelling, and brutally honest, a chronicle of triump… read more

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24. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the hea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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25. 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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  • american civil war
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"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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26. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

By: David W. Blight

4.15

Format: 888 pages, Hardcover

As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was … read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"Douglass told white northern voters that 'The blood of the slave is on your garments. You have said that slavery is better than freedom. That war is better than peace. And that cruelty is better than…"

-David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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27. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

By: Mike Duncan

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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28. The War Girls

By: V.S. Alexander

4.09

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, Kristin Harmel, and Pam Jenoff, this new historical fiction novel f… read more

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29. 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

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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30. Portrait of an Unknown Woman (Gabriel Allon, #22)

By: Daniel Silva

4.24

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

In a spellbinding new masterpiece by #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel All… read more

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Cover of Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Part 2 by Carl Sandburg

31. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Part 2

By: Carl Sandburg

4.51

Format: 482 pages, Paperback

1926. Vol. 2 of a 2 vol. set. The author planned composing this book for nearly thirty years. He de… read more

Similar categories in Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Part 2 book and Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Part 2

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american civil war
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction

9 Top history books like Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Part 2 by Carl Sandburg

Transform Your Habits

The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

3.41

Transform Your Habits

The Sage of Monticello

Dumas Malone

1.00

Transform Your Habits

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre

4.51

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27 Top fiction books like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) by Jules Verne, Anthony Bonner

Transform Your Habits

Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

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The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee

4.09

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