20 Best nonfiction books like The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff

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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…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. The Distance Between Us

By: Reyna Grande

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning novelist and sought-after public speaker, an eye-opening memoir about life be… read more

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2. 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

Similar categories in Adam Hochschild's American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

By: Timothy Egan

4.38

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Egan's A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

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4. 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

Similar categories in Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
  • american revolutionary war
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in C.W. Goodyear's President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

By: Troy Senik

4.16

Format: 384 pages, ebook

“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more

Similar categories in Troy Senik's A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard

7. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

By: Candice Millard

3.84

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more

Similar categories in Candice Millard's River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"

-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

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8. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

By: Brad Meltzer

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more

Similar categories in Brad Meltzer's The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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10. King: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig

4.67

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Eig's King: A Life book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam M. Grant

11. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

Similar categories in Adam M. Grant's Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America

By: H.W. Brands

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more

Similar categories in H.W. Brands's The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

13. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

Similar categories in David Grann's The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.21

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Haidt's Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

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15. 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

Similar categories in Beverly Gage's G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham

16. 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

Similar categories in Jon Meacham's And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America by Steve Inskeep

17. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America

By: Steve Inskeep

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From journalist and historian Steve Inskeep, a compelling and nuanced exploration of the political … read more

Similar categories in Steve Inskeep's Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Writing history is a relay, which is also true of history itself. We build, if we can, on the legacies that are left us."

-Steve Inskeep, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America

Cover of An Ordinary Man:  The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith

18. An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

By: Richard Norton Smith

4.46

Format: 992 pages, Hardcover

From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including G… read more

Similar categories in Richard Norton Smith's An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Human: Three Ways to Share Life Beyond What Distracts, Divides, and Disconnects Us by Carlos Whittaker

19. How to Human: Three Ways to Share Life Beyond What Distracts, Divides, and Disconnects Us

By: Carlos Whittaker

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A much-needed reminder about what it means to be truly human in a world where people feel increasin… read more

Similar categories in Carlos Whittaker's How to Human: Three Ways to Share Life Beyond What Distracts, Divides, and Disconnects Us book and Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics by H.W. Brands

20. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics

By: H.W. Brands

4.01

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the sho… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism by Joel Richard Paul

21. Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism

By: Joel Richard Paul

3.93

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The story of how Daniel Webster popularized the ideals of American nationalism that helped forge ou… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

18 Top audiobook books like The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff

Transform Your Habits

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

Adam Hochschild

4.21

Transform Your Habits

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.74

Transform Your Habits

President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

C.W. Goodyear

4.30

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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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