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The Amazon Editors' top pick in History : The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
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  1. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the
    The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
    Sharon McMahon
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $32.00
    2,581
  2. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
    The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
    Erik Larson
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $35.00
    11,636
  3. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Yuval Noah Harari
    Kindle Edition
    $2.99
    3,977
  4. John Lewis: A Life
    John Lewis: A Life
    David Greenberg
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $35.00
    70
  5. Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
    Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
    Patrick Winn
    Kindle Edition
    $18.99 $32.00
    213
  6. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
    Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
    Antonia Hylton
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $30.00
    486
  7. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
    Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
    Adam Higginbotham
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $35.00
    857
  8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
    The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
    Hampton Sides
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    2,872
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Best History Books of 2023

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  1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    David Grann
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    34,100
  2. King: A Life
    King: A Life
    Jonathan Eig
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99
    1,169
  3. Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland
    Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland
    Scott Shane
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99
    94
  4. You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
    You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
    Paul Kix
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99
    145
  5. Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World
    Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World
    John Vaillant
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $20.00
    1,771
  6. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
    When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
    Donovan X. Ramsey
    Kindle Edition
    $6.99 $19.99
    360
  7. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World
    Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World
    Mary Beard
    Kindle Edition
    $9.46 $21.99
    1,177
  8. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
    How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
    Esau McCaulley
    Kindle Edition
    $7.99 $18.00
    403
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Best History Books of 2022

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  1. The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
    The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
    Jonathan Freedland
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99
    5,893
  2. The Nineties: A Book
    The Nineties: A Book
    Chuck Klosterman
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99
    2,428
  3. The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty
    The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty
    Neal Thompson
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99
    478
  4. The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
    The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
    Jack E. Davis
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $20.00
    314
  5. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
    Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
    Bill Browder
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $18.99
    9,442
  6. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
    River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
    Candice Millard
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $18.00
    3,356
  7. Butler to the World: The Book the Oligarchs Don't Want You to Read - How Britain Helps the World's Worst Peopl
    Butler to the World: The Book the Oligarchs Don't Want You to Read - How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
    Oliver Bullough
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    211
  8. In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits
    In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits
    Terry Alford
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $18.95
    146
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Best History Books of 2021

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  1. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    Patrick Radden Keefe
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $19.00
    12,495
  2. The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
    The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
    James Oakes
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $17.95
    229
  3. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
    Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
    Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $20.99
    6,366
  4. The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
    The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
    Anna Malaika Tubbs
    Kindle Edition
    $11.99 $17.99
    2,245
  5. Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors (Heroes Among Us Book 1)
    Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors (Heroes Among Us Book 1)
    James Patterson, Matt Eversmann
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $10.99
    6,352
  6. A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
    A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
    John Matteson
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $20.00
    347
  7. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
    The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
    Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, Jake Silverstein
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $25.00
    15,753
  8. Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election
    Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election
    Paul Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $21.00
    184
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Best History Books of 2020

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  1. Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
    Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
    David Zucchino
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $17.99
    2,381
  2. The Boston Massacre: A Family History
    The Boston Massacre: A Family History
    Serena R. Zabin
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $21.99
    328
  3. Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
    Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
    Sierra Crane Murdoch
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $20.00
    1,087
  4. The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism
    The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism
    Susan Berfield
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $14.40
    519
  5. Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy
    Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy
    Dani Anguiano, Alastair Gee
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $16.95
    674
  6. A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team
    A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team
    Arshay Cooper
    Kindle Edition
    $11.99 $18.99
    1,978
  7. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
    Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
    Isabel Wilkerson
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $21.00
    46,631
  8. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
    A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
    Alicia Elliott
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $19.99
    458
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