The Best History Books of 2018
This holiday, share a memorable and thoughtful gift to the history lover in your life! Give the best history books of 2018, from biographies on the founding fathers to military accounts of World War II. Find a gift for dad or a gift for the person who has everything. Keep your relatives and history buff friends informed with these new nonfiction reads by Jon Meacham, Nathaniel Philbrick, Ben Macintyre, and more. Find more holiday books by browsing our gift guide.
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Add to BookshelfOn Desperate Ground
by Hampton Sides
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War.
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American Dialogue
by Joseph J. Ellis
The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today.
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The Soul of America
by Jon Meacham
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.
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Speeches of Note
by Shaun Usher
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Letters of Note comes a collection of 75 of history’s most interesting, profound, and sometimes unknown speeches from a range of scintillating personalities such as Frederick Douglass, Justin Trudeau, Albert Einstein, Meghan Markle, Barbara Jordan, and Ursula K. Le Guin.
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Thomas Cromwell
by Diarmaid MacCulloch
The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII’s bloody revolution in the English government, which reveals at last Cromwell’s role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn.
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Living with the Gods
by Neil MacGregor
In the same format as his best-selling books A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation–the acclaimed art historian now gives us a magnificent new book that explores the relationship between faith and society.
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Churchill
by Andrew Roberts
In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman and leader can finally be fully seen and understood–by the bestselling, award-winning author of Napoleonand The Storm of War.
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Titans of History
by Simon Sebag Montefiore
In this inspiring, horrifying, and accessible collection of short, entertaining, and vivid life stories, Simon Sebag Montefiore—one of our pre-eminent historians and a prizewinning writer—presents the giant characters who have changed the course of world history.
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In the Hurricane’s Eye
by Nathaniel Philbrick
The thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War. A riveting and wide-ranging story, full of dramatic, unexpected turns that shows the fate of the American Revolution depended, in the end, on Washington and the sea.
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Capitalism in America
by Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge
From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America’s evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.
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Becoming
by Michelle Obama
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.
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The Invisible Emperor
by Mark Braude
Part forensic investigation, part dramatic jailbreak adventure, Mark Braude’s The Invisible Emperor is a gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte’s ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba.
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The Battle of Arnhem
by Antony Beevor
The prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account.
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Founding Martyr
by Christian Di Spigna
A rich and illuminating biography of America’s forgotten Founding Father, the patriot physician and major general who fomented rebellion and died heroically at the battle of Bunker Hill on the brink of revolution.
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God Save Texas
by Lawrence Wright
With humor and the biting insight of a native, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower explores the history, culture, and politics of Texas, while holding the stereotypes up for rigorous scrutiny.
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The Woman’s Hour
by Elaine Weiss
The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.
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Presidents of War
by Michael Beschloss
Ten years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory.
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Killers of the Flower Moon (Movie Tie-in Edition)
by David Grann
From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lost City of Z, a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
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Red Famine
by Anne Applebaum
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin’s greatest crimes—the consequences of which still resonate today.
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The Jungle Grows Back
by Robert Kagan
A brilliant and visionary argument for America’s role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world–and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward.
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The Spy and the Traitor
by Ben Macintyre
The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War.
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Boom Town
by Sam Anderson
Award-winning journalist Sam Anderson’s long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City–a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny.
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