11 must-read history books like The World Turned Upside Down: The Yorktown Victory That Won America's Independence by Tim Grove

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The World Turned Upside Down: The Yorktown Victory That Won America's Independence

By: Tim Grove

4.38

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

A dramatic, gripping history of the Siege of Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolu…

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1. The Halloween Tree

By: Ray Bradbury

3.78

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

A fast-moving, eerie tale set on Halloween night... Eight costumed boys running to meet their fr… read more

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"Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"Night and day. Summer and winter, boys. Seedtime and harvest. Life and death. That's what Halloween is, all rolled up in one."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"The day Joe Pipkin was born all the Orange Crush and Nehi soda bottles in the world fizzed over; and joyful bees swarmed countrysides to sting maiden ladies."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

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2. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

By: Dee Brown

4.25

Format: 509 pages, Paperback

Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling his… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"It is too often the case,"

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"We rarely know the full power of words, in print or spoken."

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

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3. The Eyes of the Dragon

By: Stephen King

3.94

Format: 427 pages, Paperback

Once, in a kingdom called Delain, there was a king with two sons… ​Thus begins one of the most u… read more

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"Never will you talk to me like that again."

-Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

"Sleep is often denied to those with secrets."

-Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

"A true King would not waste time justifying or explaining. He would simply state his will."

-Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

"His rope, his legs, his luck. Either all would hold or all would break, quite possibly at the same time."

-Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

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4. 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

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

By: Robin Hobb

4.10

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

Alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. Return to the world of the Liveships Traders … read more

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6. The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)

By: Stephen King

4.28

Format: 1050 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The seventh and final installment of Stephen King's The Dark Tower saga is perhaps the most anticip… read more

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"I don’t like people. They fuck me up"

-Stephen King, The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)

"Ending is just another word for goodbye."

-Stephen King, The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)

"He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute."

-Stephen King, The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)

"he sat upon his throne, which is made of skulls..."

-Stephen King, The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)

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7. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

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8. Bite Me (A Love Story, #3)

By: Christopher Moore

3.75

Format: 132 pages,

"Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word." --Carl Hiaasen The unde… read more

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9. The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Robert Jordan

4.43

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to … read more

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"Women,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"Then why let me go?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"So I believe you’ve told me,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"Then how did you end up here?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

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10. The Hunger

By: Alma Katsu

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

The Hunger is a tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical mome… read more

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11. The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles, #1)

By: Robin Hobb

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Hardcover

Too much time has passed since the powerful dragon Tintaglia helped the people of the Trader cities… read more

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12. City of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles, #3)

By: Robin Hobb

3.68

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Once, dragons ruled the Rain Wilds, tended by privileged human servants known as Elderlings. But a … read more

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13. How to Be a Pirate (How to Train Your Dragon, #2)

By: Cressida Cowell

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was a Viking Hero--dashing, brave, and ever so clever. But even Vikin… read more

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14. Bloodsucking Fiends (A Love Story, #1)

By: Christopher Moore

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

There is an alternate cover edition . Jody never asked to become a vampire. But when she wakes up … read more

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15. Coyote Blue

By: Christopher Moore

4.03

Format: None pages,

From Christopher Moore, author of Fluke, comes a quirky, irreverent novel of love, myth, metaphysic… read more

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16. How to Speak Dragonese (How to Train Your Dragon, #3)

By: Cressida Cowell

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Unknown Binding

Toothless has been captured, the nanodragon is about to be gobbled and sharkworms are on the loose.… read more

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17. Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

By: Robert Jordan

4.19

Format: 860 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The dead are walking, men die impossible deaths, and it seems as though reality itself has become u… read more

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"Toy, are you ill?"

-Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

"What else did she tell you about—"

-Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

"Small hopes can grow surprising fruit."

-Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

"You're not my enemy, but your Empire is."

-Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

18. The Hidden History of America at War: Untold Tales from Yorktown to Fallujah

By: Kenneth C. Davis

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Multi-million-copy bestselling historian Kenneth C. Davis sets his sights on war stories in The Hid… read more

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19. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)

By: Moniquill Blackgoose

4.17

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds wi… read more

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20. 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

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

By: Micaiah Johnson

3.94

Format: 336 pages, None

An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens her new home and her fr… read more

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"Of course, humanity couldn't just look. We had to enter. We had to touch and taste and take."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

"„An angel fallen from the sky, with my name on her back so I would know the gift was meant for me."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

"It is only one world in infinite universes where this impossible happiness exists, but that is what makes it so valuable."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

"I confused routine for reliability and reliability for safety. I had no idea the chaos I was capable of holding inside me."

-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)

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23. Cryptid Club

By: Sarah Andersen

4.27

Format: 112 pages, ebook

Do you hate social gatherings? Dodge cameras? Enjoy staying up just a little too late at night? You… read more

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24. 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

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

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26. To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment

By: Bret Baier

4.40

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

 Instant New York Times Bestseller #1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how Geo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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27. Razzmatazz

By: Christopher Moore

4.10

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Repeat New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns to the mean streets of San Franc… read more

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"When he walked into Cookie's, everyone shouted, "Happy New Year," and he found a bit of a smile had been hiding somewhere way back in his heart."

-Christopher Moore, Razzmatazz

"There's too much day when you get up in the morning,' Moo Shoes whined. 'How do they do it? Citizens?' 'Suckers,' I said. 'You notice everyone is in a really foul mood in the morning? I don't recomme…"

-Christopher Moore, Razzmatazz

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28. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

By: A.J. Baime

4.55

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikel… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman sa…"

-A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

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29. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

By: Patty Krawec

4.58

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast,… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Blood quantum is a race theory that still forms the basis for legal Indian status in the United States and Canada."

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

"Each of these terms is correct and wrong, and it is likely that whatever term you use will at some point be corrected by somebody else to a term they think is more appropriate. The best thing to do i…"

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

"Settlers and migrants and the forcibly displanted get worried when Native people start talking about Land Back. What about their house? Where will they go? Unable to imagine any scenario other than w…"

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

"It isn't wrong to think about your ancestors, to hear their stories and understand where they came from. And if your ancestors have been in the United States or Canada for a long period of time, it i…"

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

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30. Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

By: Michael D. Leinbach

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on r… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. The World Turned Upside Down: The Yorktown Victory That Won America's Independence

By: Tim Grove

4.38

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

A dramatic, gripping history of the Siege of Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolu… read more

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Transform Your Habits

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Dee Brown

4.25

Transform Your Habits

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

Don Yaeger , Brian Kilmeade

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Transform Your Habits

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.74

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Warbreaker (Warbreaker, #1)

Brandon Sanderson

3.67

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Brandon Sanderson

4.66

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Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

Brandon Sanderson

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