8 best-selling american revolution books like Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence by Carol Berkin

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Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence

By: Carol Berkin

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the …

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Cover of Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution by Kathleen DuVal

1. Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution

By: Kathleen DuVal

3.87

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

A rising-star historian offers a significant new global perspective on the Revolutionary War with t… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
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2. Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

In August 1776, little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independen… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
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3. 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

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
"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

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4. The Memory Thief

By: Emily Colin

3.72

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Reminiscent of On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah, readers will adore Emily Colin’s unique and beauti… read more

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"I was empty... [and Aidan] gave me hope ... gave me back myself. ... [He] filled me. He reminded me of what it was like to feel passionate about what I did, who I was with. ... [He] showed me what it…"

-Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

"I wasn't in love with Aidan's wife but I am in love with the idea of caring about someone like that, so you’d alter the pattern of your life and become a better person. ... I want to find someone who…"

-Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

"You don't really love me, or you never would have treated me like you did. You were just afraid of letting me go. There’s a difference, and no one knows that better than I do. We were both afraid of …"

-Emily Colin, The Memory Thief

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5. The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)

By: Andrew O'Shaughnessy

4.17

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
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6. God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution

By: Thomas S. Kidd

3.50

Format: None pages,

Before the Revolutionary War, America was a nation divided by different faiths. But when the war fo… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley

7. 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West

By: Roger Crowley

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now in trade paperback, a gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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8. Martha Washington: An American Life

By: Patricia Brady

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

With this revelatory and painstakingly researched book, Martha Washington, the invisible woman of A… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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9. Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution

By: Simon Schama

4.18

Format: None pages,

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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10. Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence

By: Carol Berkin

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
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11. The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary"

By: Linda Porter

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking new biography of "Bloody Mary," Linda Porter brings to life a queen best rem… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. Liar & Spy

By: Rebecca Stead

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When seventh grader Georges (the Sis silent) moves into a Brooklyn apartment building, he meets Saf… read more

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13. Paul Revere's Ride

By: David Hackett Fischer

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

Paul Revere's midnight ride is a legendary event in American history - yet it has been largely igno… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
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14. The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861

By: Don E. Fehrenbacher , None , David Morris Potter

3.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

"David M. Potter's magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the comin… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

15. West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776

By: Claudio Saunt

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this unique history of 1776, Claudio Saunt looks beyond the familiar story of the thirteen colon… read more

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16. Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married

By: Nancy Rubin Stuart

3.80

Format: 8 pages, Hardcover

The story of two Revolutionary-era teenagers who defy their Loyalist families to marry radical patr… read more

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17. Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800

By: Mary Beth Norton

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

First published in 1980 and recently out of print, Liberty's Daughters is widely considered a landm… read more

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18. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.88

Format: 461 pages, Hardcover

HOW DID AMERICA BEGIN? This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an … read more

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  • historical
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"W"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed--they risked losing everything."

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust; Fear not the things thou suffer must; For, whom he loves he doth chastise, And then all tears wipes from their eyes. William Bradford Plymouth Colony Governor"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"For all they had suffered during those first terrible winters in America, their best years were behind them, in Leiden. Never again would they know the same rapturous sense of divine fellowship that …"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

19. Going Rogue: An American Life

By: Lynn Vincent , Sarah Palin , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Going Rogue is the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Sarah Palin, one of America's most bel… read more

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20. Van Gogh's Ear: The True Story

By: None

3.84

Format: 223 pages,

On a dark night in Provence in December 1888 Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. It is an act that ha… read more

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21. How to Be a Victorian

By: Ruth Goodman

3.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Step into the skin of your ancestors . . . We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert, but … read more

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22. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

By: Harriet Ann Jacobs

3.85

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incid… read more

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23. The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir

By: None

4.33

Format: None pages,

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24. Myne Owne Ground: Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676

By: T.H. Breen , Stephen Innes

3.75

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Concentrating on the lives of blacks who achieved freedom, this book describes how, against formida… read more

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25. Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different

By: Gordon S. Wood

3.67

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

Even when the greatness of the founding fathers isn't being debunked, it is a quality that feels ve… read more

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26. Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary Of Hattie Campbell

By: Kristiana Gregory

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped … read more

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27. The Relic Master

By: Christopher Buckley

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Buckley, "one of the funniest writers in the Eng… read more

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28. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War

By: Karen Abbott

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzl… read more

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29. In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

By: Mona Chollet

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a celebration by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"En somme, si on voulait être cohérent, il faudrait soit lever le pied sur l'éducation des filles, soit intégrer à leur formation un sérieux entraînement à la guérilla contre le patriarcat, tout en s'…"

-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

"No obstante, algunas mujeres, vivan o no con hombres, se sientan o no llamadas por una vocación, encuentran otro modo de evitar ser engullidas por el papel de la devota sirvienta: no tener hijos; dar…"

-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

"Certaines, cependant, qu'elles vivent avec les hommes ou pas, qu'elles se sentent ou non requises par une vocation, trouvent un autre moyen d'échapper à l'engloutissement dans le rôle de la servante …"

-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

"Il serait temps que les femmes - souvent si peu sûres d'elles, de leurs capacités, de la pertinence de ce qu'elles ont à apporter, de leur droit à une vie pour elles-mêmes - apprennent à se défendre …"

-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

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30. A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000

By: John Gibney

3.73

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the daw… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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31. The Waltham Murders

By: Susan Zalkind

3.09

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking col… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

16 must-read history books like Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence by Carol Berkin

Transform Your Habits

Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution

Kathleen DuVal

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Washington's Crossing

David Hackett Fischer

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)

Andrew O'Shaughnessy

4.17

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16 best-selling history books like The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary" by Linda Porter

Transform Your Habits

Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years

John Guy

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile

Julia Fox

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Edward VI: The Lost King of England

Chris Skidmore

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Blood Sisters: The Women Behind The Wars Of The Roses

Sarah Gristwood

3.96

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