18 Top nonfiction books like American Zion: A New History of Mormonism by Benjamin E. Park

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American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

By: Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a pr…

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1. Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling

By: Richard L. Bushman

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the … read more

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  • history
  • mormonism
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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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2. American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

By: Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a pr… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • theology
  • historical
  • mormonism
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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3. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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5. Both Things Are True

By: Kate Holbrook

4.47

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

Joseph Smith’s observation that “by proving contraries, truth is made manifest” has become a belove… read more

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  • mormonism
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism

By: Sara M. Patterson

4.39

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In the single month of September 1993, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicat… read more

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  • history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • mormonism
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7. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

By: Jonathan Blitzer

4.49

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Enos, Jarom, Omni: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #4)

By: Sharon J. Harris

4.44

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

"And I did cry unto God that he would preserve the records." Less than a generation after Sariah an… read more

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  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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9. Mosiah: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #5)

By: James E. Faulconer

4.19

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

"Whosoever should believe that Christ should come . . . might receive remission of their sins, and … read more

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10. Sacred Struggle: Seeking Christ on the Path of Most Resistance

By: Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

4.60

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

We are part of a complex Church community―full of people who think differently than we do, behave i… read more

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  • mormonism
  • lds
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  • audiobook
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11. Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath

By: Richard E. Turley

4.39

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking Massacre at Mountain Meadows Published in 2008, M… read more

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  • history
  • mormonism
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. At-One-Ment

By: Thomas Wirthlin McConkie

4.61

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

At the heart of the gospel is a radical message of we are capable of unlimited development, of bec… read more

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  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism

By: Terryl L. Givens

4.50

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Eugene England (1933-2001)—one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals in modern Mo… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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14. 2nd Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #2)

By: Terryl L. Givens

4.40

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

"I have seen a vision, in which I know that Jerusalem is destroyed . . ." In the wake of epic ca… read more

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  • theology
  • mormonism
  • lds
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Alma 1–29: a brief theological introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #6) by Kylie Nielson Turley

15. Alma 1–29: a brief theological introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #6)

By: Kylie Nielson Turley

4.56

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

". . . that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of the earth." Alma is an idolatrou… read more

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16. Joseph Smith's Gold Plates: A Cultural History

By: Richard L. Bushman

3.97

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Renowned historian Richard Lyman Bushman presents a vibrant history of the objects that gave birth … read more

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  • american history
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17. 1st Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #1)

By: Joseph M. Spencer

4.44

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

"I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents. . ." So begins the first book in the Book of Mormon,… read more

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18. The Book of Mormon for the Least of These, Volume 1: 1 Nephi-Words of Mormon

By: Fatimah Salleh

4.54

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

This social justice commentary of the Book of Mormon empowers readers to understand the text as a b… read more

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19. Chosen Path: A Memoir

By: D. Michael Quinn

4.69

Format: 586 pages, Hardcover

After D. Michael Quinn’s death in April 2021, his children found his remarkable, unpublished memoir… read more

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"No use trying to cat fight with a skunk."

-D. Michael Quinn, Chosen Path: A Memoir

"Both God and the Devil are in the details…"

-D. Michael Quinn, Chosen Path: A Memoir

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20. Joseph White Musser: A Mormon Fundamentalist (Introductions to Mormon Thought)

By: Cristina M. Rosetti

4.40

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In 1921, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicated Joseph White Musser for his… read more

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  • religion
Cover of Like a Fiery Meteor: The Life of Joseph F. Smith by Stephen C Taysom

21. Like a Fiery Meteor: The Life of Joseph F. Smith

By: Stephen C Taysom

4.50

Format: 469 pages, Paperback

Joseph F. Smith was born in 1838 to Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding Smith. Six years later both his f… read more

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  • mormonism

8 best-selling audiobook books like American Zion: A New History of Mormonism by Benjamin E. Park

Transform Your Habits

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

Benjamin E. Park

4.21

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Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

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Both Things Are True

Kate Holbrook

4.47

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7 Top history books like Joseph Smith's Gold Plates: A Cultural History by Richard L. Bushman

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American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

Benjamin E. Park

4.21

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Romney: A Reckoning

McKay Coppins

4.36

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The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism

Sara M. Patterson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism

Terryl L. Givens

4.50

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