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US History Books Everyone Should Read

If you have read these books you are well versed in U.S. History! This list contains books from the Discovery to the present.
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Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers
1
Stephen Ambrose
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2
Dee Brown
Killers of the Flower Moon (Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
3
Grann
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
4
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Washington: A Life (Ron Chernow)
Washington: A Life
5
Ron Chernow
Truman (David McCullough)
Truman
6
David McCullough
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
7
Erik Larson
Grant (Ron Chernow)
Grant
8
Ron Chernow
Theodore Rex (Edmund Morris)
Theodore Rex
9
Edmund Morris
Colonel Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
Colonel Roosevelt
10
Edmund Morris
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
11
Ron Chernow
The Bully Pulpit
The Bully Pulpit
12
Heirs of the Founders (H. W. Brands)
Heirs of the Founders
13
H. W. Brands
Miracle at Philadelphia
Miracle at Philadelphia
14
Destiny of the Republic (Candace Millard)
Destiny of the Republic
15
Candace Millard
Mayflower (Nathaniel Philbrick)
Mayflower
16
Nathaniel Philbrick
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
Black Hawk Down
17
Mark Bowden
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
18
Stephen E. Ambrose
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal (David McCullough)
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal
19
David McCullough
John Adams
John Adams
20
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Jon Meacham)
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
21
Jon Meacham
With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa (E. B. Sledge)
With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa
22
E. B. Sledge
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM by James M. McPherson
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM by James M. McPherson
23
Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson
Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson
24
Capitol Men (Philip Dray)
Capitol Men
25
Philip Dray
Triangle (David Von Drehle)
Triangle
26
David Von Drehle
Empire of the Summer Moon (S C Gwynne)
Empire of the Summer Moon
27
S C Gwynne
Miracle at Midway (Gordon W Prange)
Miracle at Midway
28
Gordon W Prange
Washington's Crossing (David Hackett Fischer)
Washington's Crossing
29
David Hackett Fischer
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
30
David W. Blight
1491
1491
31
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
32
David McCullough
Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
Best and the Brightest
33
David Halberstam
Race and Reunion (David W. Blight)
Race and Reunion
34
David W. Blight
The Women's Suffrage Movement (Sally Roesch Wagner)
The Women's Suffrage Movement
35
Sally Roesch Wagner
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
36
Edmund Morris
No Ordinary Time (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
No Ordinary Time
37
Doris Kearns Goodwin
1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs -- The Election That Changed the Country (James Chace)
1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs -- The Election That Changed the Country
38
James Chace
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 (Robert Dallek)
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
39
Robert Dallek
Patton: A Genius for War (Carlo D'este)
Patton: A Genius for War
40
Carlo D'este
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