Steve's votes on the list Best American History Books

Listopia > Steve's votes on the list Best American History Books (45 Books)

1	Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson 4.40 avg rating — 34,354 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848 by Daniel Walker Howe 4.17 avg rating — 8,820 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff 3.94 avg rating — 9,122 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3) by Robert A. Caro 4.43 avg rating — 24,303 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63 by Taylor Branch 4.36 avg rating — 10,087 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham 4.05 avg rating — 43,580 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2) by Robert A. Caro 4.29 avg rating — 27,821 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4) by Robert A. Caro 4.41 avg rating — 19,923 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry 3.98 avg rating — 42,849 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein 4.26 avg rating — 11,014 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter 4.11 avg rating — 3,719 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s by Frederick Lewis Allen 3.99 avg rating — 2,446 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard 4.20 avg rating — 15,058 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon S. Wood 4.16 avg rating — 5,542 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Huey Long by T. Harry Williams 4.23 avg rating — 2,171 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 38,759 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough 3.95 avg rating — 20,739 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore 4.40 avg rating — 13,592 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson 4.43 avg rating — 10,422 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin 4.49 avg rating — 7,767 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 8,903 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory by David W. Blight 4.14 avg rating — 2,800 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Truman by David McCullough 4.17 avg rating — 91,955 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1) by Edmund Morris 4.22 avg rating — 61,472 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough 4.10 avg rating — 35,656 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam 4.27 avg rating — 12,918 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 by David M. Kennedy 4.21 avg rating — 5,489 ratings Steve added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner 3.74 avg rating — 1,275 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Paris, 1919: Six Months that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan 4.13 avg rating — 15,232 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	In Search of History by Theodore H. White 4.16 avg rating — 504 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz 4.01 avg rating — 6,635 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 by Taylor Branch 4.35 avg rating — 3,063 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	I Could Never Be So Lucky Again by James H. Doolittle 4.37 avg rating — 1,198 ratings Steve added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis 3.95 avg rating — 8,550 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Southern Christian Leadership Conference by David J. Garrow 4.33 avg rating — 2,282 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Americans, Vol. 3: The Democratic Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin 4.09 avg rating — 787 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776 by George C. Herring 4.17 avg rating — 1,327 ratings Steve added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 by Richard White 4.16 avg rating — 1,703 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Americans, Vol. 2: The National Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin 4.22 avg rating — 463 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families by J. Anthony Lukas 4.32 avg rating — 2,783 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	A. Lincoln: A Biography by Ronald C. White Jr. 4.30 avg rating — 20,402 ratings Steve rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Americans, Vol. 1: The Colonial Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin 4.01 avg rating — 1,088 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.12 avg rating — 9,799 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 4.16 avg rating — 7,028 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War by Amanda Foreman 3.99 avg rating — 2,292 ratings Steve rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars