10 Engaging Books to Catch You Up on American History

by James Donovan

A worthy companion to Jay Monahan’s Custer, Evan S. Connell’s Son of the Morning Star and other standard studies of the... Full review >

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by Nancy Isenberg

Readers of Thomas Fleming’s Duel (1999) and Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton (2004) might profitably turn to this splendid... Full review >

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by H.W. Brands

A direct, engaging approach to Grant’s life that would have pleased him. Full review >

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by John Hope Franklin & Loren Schweninger

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by David McCullough

Despite the whopping length, there's not a wasted word in this superb, swiftly moving narrative, which brings new and... Full review >

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by Joseph J. Ellis

An impeccable account of the politics, civics and devotion behind the Adams marriage. Full review >

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by Richard Reeves

Those who survived the Nixon era will shudder anew; younger readers will find this a lucid survey of a strange time. Full review >

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by H.W. Brands

A lucid, literate survey of events that transformed the nation, for better and worse. Full review >

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by Richard Kluger

A brilliant book, likely to be for some time the last word on how the American map evolved. Full review >

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by Barbara W. Tuchman

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