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Historical Romance54

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.28 average rating, · 203.5k ratings
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The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara
4.33 average rating, · 93.6k ratings
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Grant
Ron Chernow
4.50 average rating, · 45.7k ratings
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The Book of Lost Friends
Lisa Wingate
4.15 average rating, · 126.8k ratings
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Bill O'Reilly
4.06 average rating, · 109.6k ratings
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
James M. McPherson
4.41 average rating, · 34.8k ratings
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North and South
John Jakes
4.21 average rating, · 62.8k ratings
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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson
4.17 average rating, · 62.1k ratings
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Lincoln
David Herbert Donald
4.20 average rating, · 49.2k ratings
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Sunflower Sisters
Martha Hall Kelly
4.26 average rating, · 32.8k ratings
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Mustard Seed
Laila Ibrahim
4.29 average rating, · 28k ratings
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
James L. Swanson
4.17 average rating, · 35.4k ratings
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Gods and Generals
Jeff Shaara
4.09 average rating, · 38k ratings
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Storm Clouds Rolling In: 1860-1861
Virginia Gaffney
4.28 average rating, · 22.3k ratings
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Candle in the Darkness
Lynn Austin
4.34 average rating, · 18.4k ratings
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A. Lincoln
Ronald C. White Jr.
4.30 average rating, · 20.5k ratings
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Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
Tony Horwitz
4.10 average rating, · 25.8k ratings
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The Last Full Measure
Jeff Shaara
4.25 average rating, · 18.5k ratings
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The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
Shelby Foote
4.44 average rating, · 13.9k ratings
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Love and War
John Jakes
4.15 average rating, · 19.2k ratings
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Pink and Say
Patricia Polacco
4.49 average rating, · 11.7k ratings
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The Jackal's Mistress
Chris Bohjalian
4.08 average rating, · 19.1k ratings
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When the Jessamine Grows
Donna Everhart
4.20 average rating, · 15.9k ratings
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On To Richmond: 1861-1862
Virginia Gaffney
4.48 average rating, · 11.6k ratings
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