13 must-read history books like Lincoln and His Generals by T. Harry Williams

Lincoln and His Generals

By: T. Harry Williams

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Evaluates Lincoln's ability as a director of war and his influence on the development of a modern c…

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1. 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

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  • american history
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • civil war
"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)

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2. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

By: Ian W. Toll

4.61

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challe… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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3. Dog Soldiers

By: Robert Stone

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Saigon during the waning days of the Vietnam War, a small-time journalist named John Converse th… read more

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4. Five-Carat Soul

By: James McBride

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Exciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Award-winning novel The … read more

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5. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero

By: Timothy Egan

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award-winning and best-selling author Timothy Egan comes the epic story of o… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • civil war

6. Glory Road

By: Bruce Catton

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Volume II of The Army of the Potomac The critical months between the autumn of 1862 and midsummer 1… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction

7. Lincoln and His Generals

By: T. Harry Williams

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Evaluates Lincoln's ability as a director of war and his influence on the development of a modern c… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • military fiction
  • american civil war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

8. The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

By: Robert Lewis Taylor

4.22

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

Enjoyed by millions since its first publication in 1958 The Travels Of Jaimie McPheeters is the liv… read more

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9. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard

4.24

Format: None pages,

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more

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10. Battle Cry of Freedom

By: James M. McPherson

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more

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11. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

By: Bob Drury

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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13. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

By: C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • civil war
Cover of Next in Line (William Warwick, #5) by Jeffrey Archer

14. Next in Line (William Warwick, #5)

By: Jeffrey Archer

4.18

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the ‘people’s princess’. … read more

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15. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

Cover of The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard

17. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

By: Ron Howard

4.27

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

18. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

By: Beverly Gage

4.37

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian W. Toll

19. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

By: Ian W. Toll

4.59

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by Ian W. Toll

20. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

By: Ian W. Toll

4.76

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"

-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

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21. 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
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • civil war

13 Top nonfiction books like Lincoln and His Generals by T. Harry Williams

Transform Your Habits

The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

Ian W. Toll

4.61

Transform Your Habits

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero

Timothy Egan

4.09

Glory Road

Bruce Catton

3.71

Lincoln and His Generals

T. Harry Williams

3.86

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14 best-selling audiobook books like President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear

Transform Your Habits

President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Transform Your Habits

A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Troy Senik

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Jared Cohen

4.27

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

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