6 must-read american civil war books like A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1) by Jeff Shaara

Cover of A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1) by Jeff Shaara

A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

By: Jeff Shaara

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel of a spellbinding new trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara ret…

If you liked the american civil war plot in A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1) by Jeff Shaara , here is a list of 6 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 Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • military fiction
  • war
"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 Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) by Michael Shaara

2. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

By: Michael Shaara

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more

Similar categories in Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • historical
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Never let them see you run."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

Cover of Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer

3. Once an Eagle

By: Anton Myrer

4.39

Format: 1312 pages, Paperback

Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a … read more

Similar categories in Anton Myrer's Once an Eagle book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We stand at an immense fork in the raod. One way is the path of generosity, dignity and a respect for other races and customs; the other leads most certainly to greed, suspicion, hatered and the old,…"

-Anton Myrer, Once an Eagle

Cover of The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis

4. The Cold War: A New History

By: John Lewis Gaddis

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The “dean of Cold War historians” (The New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the g… read more

Similar categories in John Lewis Gaddis's The Cold War: A New History book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
"The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision."

-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History

"Enrollments in American colleges tripled between 1955 and 1970, 250% in the Soviet Union, 400% in France, and more than 200% in China by 1965. Gaddis writes, "What governments failed to foresee was t…"

-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History

5. A Stillness at Appomattox

By: Bruce Catton

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

When first published in 1953, Bruce Catton, our foremost Civil War historian was awarded both the P… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Catton's A Stillness at Appomattox book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • american civil war
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1) by Jeff Shaara

6. A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

By: Jeff Shaara

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel of a spellbinding new trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara ret… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1) book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • historical
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam by James M. McPherson

7. Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam

By: James M. McPherson

3.20

Format: 144 pages,

read more

Similar categories in James M. McPherson's Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • american civil war
  • civil war
  • war
Cover of Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

8. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author ofIn the Heart of the Seaand Mayflower, brings his prod… read more

Similar categories in Nathaniel Philbrick's Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • war
Cover of Copperhead (The Starbuck Chronicles, #2) by Bernard Cornwell

9. Copperhead (The Starbuck Chronicles, #2)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

The beloved Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck returns to the front lines of the Civil War in this s… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Copperhead (The Starbuck Chronicles, #2) book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • historical
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command

By: Douglas Southall Freeman

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Commandis the most colorful and popular of Douglas Southall Freeman's… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Southall Freeman's Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

11. The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War

By: Howard Bahr

3.75

Format: 160 pages,

The Black Flower is the gripping Story of a young Confederate rifleman named Bushrod Carter. When B… read more

Similar categories in Howard Bahr's The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

12. Shiloh

By: Shelby Foote

3.21

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 fulfills the standard set by his m… read more

Similar categories in Shelby Foote's Shiloh book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

13. Fear: A Novel of World War I

By: John Berger , Gabriel Chevallier , None

4.23

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

An NYRB Classics Original Winner of the Scott Moncrieff Prize for Translation 1915: Jean Dartemont … read more

Similar categories in John Berger's Fear: A Novel of World War I book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

14. Rebel (The Starbuck Chronicles, #1)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

When Richmond landowner Washington Faulconer snatches young Nate Starbuck from the grip of a Yankee… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Rebel (The Starbuck Chronicles, #1) book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

15. The Civil War Trilogy: Gods and Generals / The Killer Angels / The Last Full Measure

By: Jeff Shaara , Michael Shaara

4.46

Format: 192 pages,

Michael Shaara reinvented the war novel with his Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece of Gettysburg, … read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Civil War Trilogy: Gods and Generals / The Killer Angels / The Last Full Measure book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

Cover of The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester

16. The Good Shepherd

By: C.S. Forester

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

The Good Shepherd has been adapted into a major motion picture, Greyhound, scripted by and starring… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Forester's The Good Shepherd book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. Kramer

17. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

This book covers the things I was forced to leave out of "A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume O… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • war
Cover of Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway by Dale A. Jenkins

18. Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

By: Dale A. Jenkins

4.30

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

WAS THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR INEVITABLE? It’s November 1941. Japan and the US are te… read more

Similar categories in Dale A. Jenkins's Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • military fiction
  • war
"During the Fireside Chats, half the country tuned in on their radios, and it was said that on hot summer nights when people had their windows open, one could walk through the residential downtown of …"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

"Roosevelt was a genius at mass communications, and his speechwriters deferred to his reviews of their drafts, not so much because he was the president, but because when a text required the perfect wo…"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

"In 1941, as the United States faced the threat of another horrific war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was leading the nation from a wheelchair. Struck down by polio at age thirty-nine, he rehabilit…"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

"Back in Washington, alone in the late afternoon of December 7, a chastened Franklin Roosevelt considered the situation.  He may have wondered how things had gone so terribly wrong.  But what might ha…"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

Cover of Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two by K.G.E. Konkel

19. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

By: K.G.E. Konkel

4.32

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second World War was fought not only on the front lines but also in secrets, some of which have… read more

Similar categories in K.G.E. Konkel's Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

"The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the head of the nearest soldier. Stepan Ivanovich’s skull bu…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

"Outside, beyond the vast red bricked labyrinth of Kremlin walls, a humid night ensnarled the Soviet capital in its spell. Yet here in the womb-like private cinema Josef Stalin sat, eyes transfixed on…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

"Fedin laughed outright, a grim, calculating gesture as hard and unfeeling as cold steel. “Twenty million Russians have been slaughtered by the Fascists in the last six years..... Always remember this…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

"They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, an…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

Cover of A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One by Michael G. Kramer

20. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 470 pages, ebook

Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • war
"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

Cover of On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White Jr.

21. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

Similar categories in Ronald C. White Jr.'s On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain book and Jeff Shaara's A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

  • american civil war
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • war

5 best-selling fiction books like A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1) by Jeff Shaara

Transform Your Habits

The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

Michael Shaara

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Once an Eagle

Anton Myrer

4.39

Transform Your Habits

A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

Jeff Shaara

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Copperhead (The Starbuck Chronicles, #2)

Bernard Cornwell

4.30

View all the books

13 Top history books like A Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton

Transform Your Habits

Washington's Crossing

David Hackett Fischer

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam

Stephen W. Sears

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Civil War, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox

Shelby Foote

2.60

A Stillness at Appomattox

Bruce Catton

4.11

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.