Did America Have a Christian Founding?: Separating Modern Myth from Historical TruthMark David Hall★★★★★4.6(275)Mark David Hall is the Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics and Faculty Fellow in the William Penn Honors...
Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary WarRichard M. Ketchum★★★★★4.6(255)“This is superbly researched, full-scale narrative history at its best.” ― David McCullough “More than a...
VimyPierre Berton★★★★★4.6(248)From the Inside Flap ster dawn in 1917, a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in...
Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes from Mia FamigliaBuddy Valastro★★★★★4.6(237)From Publishers Weekly Best known on TLC cable as the Cake Boss, Valastro shares recipes and a sometimes treacly tale...
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded (Series on Latin American Studies)Stephen Kinzer★★★★★4.6(233)“Schlesinger and Kinzer have done the greatest service to truth and justice by presenting the untold story of the CIA...
American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857Sally Denton★★★★★4.6(227)From Publishers Weekly Like September 11, 2001, another September 11, in 1857, reverberates in American history as a...
The Hunt for History: On the Trail of the World's Lost Treasures—from the Letters of Lincoln, Churchill, and Einstein to the Secret Recordings Onboard JFK's Air Force OneNathan Raab★★★★★4.6(221)“Raab's enthusiasm for the chase [is] palpable in this diverting account of treasure hunting in the fast lane—a...
Twelve Years a SlaveSolomon Northup★★★★★4.5(36.3K)Solomon Northup (1808–c.1864-75) was a free-born African American from Saratoga Springs, New York, who was kidnapped...
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789Joseph J. Ellis★★★★★4.5(2.8K)The Wall Street Journal “The dissenters—George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison—faced...
The Monk of MokhaDave Eggers★★★★★4.5(2.6K)“Exquisitely interesting… This is about the human capacity to dream—here, there, everywhere.” —Gabriel...
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military BaseAnnie Jacobsen★★★★★4.5(2.3K)Cauldron-stirring. [AREA 51] is not science fiction. It is an assertive account, revelatory ... Ms. Jacobsen has put...
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil WarTony Horwitz★★★★★4.5(1.8K)The freshest book about divisiveness in America that I have read in some time. This splendid commemoration of the war...
The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas FrontierScott Zesch★★★★★4.5(1.7K)From Booklist On New Year's Day, 1870, Adolph Korn, the author's ancestor and son of German immigrants, was captured by...
The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary HeroismJohn U. Bacon★★★★★4.5(1.3K)“The Great Halifax Explosion is absorbing from first page to last. With deep research and evocative writing, John U....
The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the SouthBruce C. Levine★★★★★4.5(1.1K)“This is the Civil War as it is seldom seen . . . and a portrait of a country in transition . . . as vivid as any...
The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to TodayThomas E. Ricks★★★★★4.5(1K)From Booklist When George Marshall headed the U.S. Army in WWII, generals were frequently fired. They haven’t much...
George Washington: The CrossingMark R. Levin★★★★★4.5(1K)About the Author Jack E. Levin (1925–2018) was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Malice Toward None ;...
Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?Ethan Brown★★★★★4.5(963)Ethan Brown's daring and dangerous exposé uncovers a murky inferno of violence and corruption in south Louisiana,...
Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey WestEthan Rarick★★★★★4.5(951)His is the first significant book, written, like Stewart's, in a novelistic mode and likely to gain popular readership,...
Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D’Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the MafiaTom Robbins★★★★★4.5(946)From Booklist On September 21, 1991, Al D’Arco, acting head of the Luchese crime family, placed a phone call to an...
Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate's Code Of Silence And The Biggest Marijuana Bust In American HistoryJames Higdon★★★★★4.5(921)“[A] lucidly spun tale…. Think Tarantino on Kentucky bluegrass, scored with Creedence and vigorously reported.”...
River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage through the AmazonBuddy Levy★★★★★4.5(899)Praise for Buddy Levy and River of Darkness “In River of Darkness , Buddy Levy recounts Orellana's headlong dash down...
When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, 2)Mark Olshaker★★★★★4.5(837)A chilling true crime story that feels all too relevant in today's climate, despite the fact that it covers a case from...
Apache Dawn: Always Outnumbered, Never OutgunnedDamien Lewis★★★★★4.5(832)“Veteran war correspondent Lewis ( Bloody Heroes ) chronicles the dramatic story of two Apache attack helicopters in...