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1776 by David McCulloughJohn Adams by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowWashington's Crossing by David Hackett FischerFounding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
Best Books About The American Revolution
231 books — 226 voters
The Mask Revealed by Julia BrannanMask of Duplicity by Julia BrannanThe Gathering Storm by Julia BrannanLiberty or Death by David CookThe Storm Breaks by Julia Brannan
Best 1700s Historical Fiction
99 books — 161 voters

1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonJohn Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
U.S. History Reading List
457 books — 160 voters
From Rebel To Radical Innovator by Albin KaelinFrom Prison to Possibilities by Kim NugentA Reminder of What Democracy Is by Gail WebsterSuperperformance by George PesanskyHey Hue-Man Where Is Our Food by Toni Crowe
Best non-fiction about the American Revolution
56 books — 130 voters

Positive Winning Soul Defeating Prader-Willi Syndrome by Rhoda L. Ross-Williams1776 by David McCulloughThe Shadow Appears by Burt TysonJohn Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
USA History Books to read (nonfiction)
133 books — 93 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensOutlander by Diana GabaldonLes liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de LaclosTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe London Monster by Donna Scott
18th Century Historical Fiction
170 books — 79 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Indigo Girl by Natasha BoydFollow the River by James Alexander ThomThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Historical Fiction: Colonial America
97 books — 78 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow1776 by David McCulloughThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Books on the American Founding (nonfiction)
138 books — 69 voters

Chains by Laurie Halse AndersonJohnny Tremain by Esther ForbesForge by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Fifth of March by Ann RinaldiToliver's Secret by Esther Wood Brady
The American Revolution in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
157 books — 48 voters
Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickAlbion's Seed by David Hackett FischerAmerica at 1750 by Richard HofstadterAmerican Jezebel by Eve LaPlanteThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Nonfiction about Early America
188 books — 45 voters

American Sphinx by Joseph J. EllisThomas Jefferson by Jon MeachamThomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings by Annette Gordon-ReedThe Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-ReedThomas Jefferson by Christopher Hitchens
Jeffersonian Books (fiction and nonfiction)
82 books — 31 voters
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi LeeChains by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Poison Diaries by Maryrose WoodRevolution by Jennifer DonnellyNightshade by Maryrose Wood
YA Fiction set in the 1700s
99 books — 27 voters

Marie Antoinette by Kathryn LaskyThe Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyThe Bad Queen by Carolyn MeyerThe Revolution of Sabine by Beth AinThe Red Necklace by Sally Gardner
YA & Middle Grade French Revolution
48 books — 17 voters
Dangerous Alliance by Jennieke CohenNewt's Emerald by Garth NixDuels & Deception by Cindy AnsteyThe Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris by Leon GarfieldDeath and the Arrow by Chris Priestley
Georgian Era in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
104 books — 16 voters

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDie Räuber by Friedrich SchillerLove And Intrigue by Friedrich SchillerGötz von Berlichingen by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFiesco; Or, the Genoese Conspiracy by Friedrich Schiller
Sturm und Drang
41 books — 15 voters
The Ride by Kostya KennedyAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Shoemaker and the Tea Party by Alfred F. YoungThe British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson
Massachusetts - Revolution (nonfiction)
17 books — 13 voters

Harriet Tubman by Catherine ClintonRomantic Outlaws by Charlotte GordonFrom Meidelach to Matriarchs ~ A Journal by Mirta Ines TruppThe Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner TruthMadame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
Awesome Women of the 18th and 19th centuries
53 books — 12 voters
Washington's Spies by Alexander RoseGeorge Washington's Secret Six by Brian KilmeadeGeorge Washington's Secret Spy War by John A. NagyGeorge Washington, Spymaster by Thomas B. AllenThe Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer
Culper Spy Ring - Fiction & Non-Fiction
20 books — 11 voters

A Devil of a Whipping by Lawrence E. BabitsThe Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign by Burke DavisThe Road to Guilford Courthouse by John BuchananPartisans and Redcoats by Walter B. EdgarWashington's General by Terry Golway
The Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution (nonfiction)
54 books — 10 voters
I, Coriander by Sally GardnerThe Blackthorn Key by Kevin SandsNo Shame, No Fear by Ann TurnbullAt the Sign of the Star by Katherine SturtevantThe Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose by Mary Hooper
Restoration Era in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
43 books — 10 voters

A Blessed Olive Tree by Zain HashmiThe Age of Wonder by Richard HolmesCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieFrederick the Great by Timothy C.W. BlanningLouis XIV by Vincent Cronin
Enlightened Absolutism; Age of Enlightenment
22 books — 8 voters
Banished from Our Home by Sharon StewartWinds of L'Acadie by Lois DonovanLightning and Blackberries by Joanne K. JeffersonClaire by Moonlight by Lynne KositskyThe Girl on Evangeline Beach by Anne Laurel Carter
Acadians in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
24 books — 7 voters

The False Men by Mhairead MacLeodRemember My Royalty by Hannah E. GriggsA Pistol in Greenyards by Mollie HunterSo Far from Skye by Judith O'NeillClear by Carys Davies
The Highland Clearances
15 books — 7 voters
Restoration London by Liza PicardDr Johnson's London by Liza PicardJohn Wesley in America by Geordan HammondThe Pleasures of the Imagination by John BrewerLongitude by Dava Sobel
Britain in the long 18th century
32 books — 6 voters

Hamilton and Peggy! by L.M. ElliottAlex and Eliza by Melissa de la CruzLove & War by Melissa de la CruzAll For One by Melissa de la CruzAlexander Hamilton by Helen Boyd Higgins
Hamilton in YA
9 books — 6 voters
Revolutionary Mothers by Carol BerkinBetsy Ross and the Making of America by Marla R. MillerPatience Wright by Charles Coleman SellersMothers, Sisters, Soldiers, Spies by Maureen SaffordThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Women of the American Revolution (nonfiction)
11 books — 5 voters

The Darkest Oath by Lauren Lee MerewetherA Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. WoodiwissTo Love a Dark Lord by Anne StuartThe Renegade and the Rose by Christine DorseySalem's Daughter by Maggie Osborne
Old Historical Romances: 1600s and 1700s.
98 books — 5 voters
Dominion by Calvin BakerRoots by Alex Haley
Adult Historical Fiction Set In the 1700's By African-Americans
2 books — 2 voters

Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue ParkA Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkThe Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamilloThe Civil War of Amos Abernathy by Michael LealiFinding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh
#MGCarousel - Books About History
38 books — 2 voters
The Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki
Best Books About the 18th Century
1 book — 1 voter

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