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These books answer the questions "What is America?" and "How did it become what it is?"

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1	1776 by David McCullough 4.11 avg rating — 258,366 ratings score: 2,633, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin 4.28 avg rating — 205,967 ratings score: 1,641, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Life In Instalments by Danielle Sartorelli 4.93 avg rating — 92 ratings score: 1,499, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson 4.41 avg rating — 35,252 ratings score: 1,376, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	John Adams by David McCullough 4.09 avg rating — 385,981 ratings score: 1,341, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present by Howard Zinn 4.09 avg rating — 275,208 ratings score: 1,175, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow 4.22 avg rating — 208,453 ratings score: 1,132, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow 4.18 avg rating — 87,456 ratings score: 1,100, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X 4.37 avg rating — 301,278 ratings score: 1,069, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 47,309 ratings score: 1,055, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton 4.10 avg rating — 42,743 ratings score: 986, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.23 avg rating — 70,186 ratings score: 853, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Common Sense by Thomas Paine 4.01 avg rating — 41,377 ratings score: 815, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 by George H. Nash 4.22 avg rating — 342 ratings score: 800, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	I Rode with Morgan: 20th Anniversary Edition by Jonathan M. Jackson (Goodreads Author) 4.85 avg rating — 142 ratings score: 799, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	I Rode with Morgan: 20th Anniversary Edition by Jonathan Jackson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 793, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis 3.96 avg rating — 48,480 ratings score: 764, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward 4.14 avg rating — 3,272 ratings score: 747, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider by Charles Person 4.50 avg rating — 971 ratings score: 719, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	My Life: A working progress by Taja King (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 88 ratings score: 700, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	What Is the Ideal Government Model? by William B Gilmore 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 700, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis 3.97 avg rating — 43,995 ratings score: 692, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 122,923 ratings score: 665, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff 3.94 avg rating — 9,261 ratings score: 664, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon S. Wood 4.16 avg rating — 5,648 ratings score: 658, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848 by Daniel Walker Howe 4.17 avg rating — 8,959 ratings score: 657, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Truman by David McCullough 4.17 avg rating — 93,237 ratings score: 657, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown 4.26 avg rating — 106,798 ratings score: 636, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Wright Brothers by David McCullough 4.18 avg rating — 101,796 ratings score: 616, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War by Chad L. Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 154 ratings score: 590, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class by Blair L.M. Kelley (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 443 ratings score: 584, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du Bois 4.52 avg rating — 3,468 ratings score: 568, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote 4.44 avg rating — 14,010 ratings score: 557, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1) by Edmund Morris 4.22 avg rating — 63,250 ratings score: 521, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Heroes in Good Company: L Company, 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division 1943-1945 by Skyler Bailey (Goodreads Author) 4.61 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 500, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies by Colin Kaepernick (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 226 ratings score: 492, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Civil War, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian by Shelby Foote 4.54 avg rating — 7,887 ratings score: 482, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	American Colonies: The Settling of North America by Alan Taylor 4.09 avg rating — 4,869 ratings score: 462, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Civil War, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox by Shelby Foote 4.55 avg rating — 7,683 ratings score: 455, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I) by David Hackett Fischer 4.38 avg rating — 3,705 ratings score: 454, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 by Eric Foner 4.22 avg rating — 6,442 ratings score: 452, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough 4.10 avg rating — 36,357 ratings score: 450, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass 4.38 avg rating — 12,473 ratings score: 439, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 155,028 ratings score: 411, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America by Jared Cohen (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 3,511 ratings score: 407, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America by Kostya Kennedy 3.88 avg rating — 2,134 ratings score: 393, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 39,463 ratings score: 386, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville 4.06 avg rating — 27,714 ratings score: 356, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham 4.05 avg rating — 44,701 ratings score: 351, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Puerto Rico: A Political and Cultural History by Arturo Morales Carrión 3.78 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 334, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States by Founding Fathers 4.44 avg rating — 27,899 ratings score: 331, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Grant by Ron Chernow 4.50 avg rating — 47,067 ratings score: 318, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War by James Graham Wilson (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 115 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Liberal Record: How Liberals Changed the World by Marcelo Brazzi 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Forty-Ninth by Boris Pronsky (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 136 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Empire and Frontier: Colonel Peter Schuyler and the Valiant Iroquois in King William's War: 1689-1701 by Samuel Marquis (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Chains Across the River - A Novel of the American Revolution by Bevis Longstreth 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Amendment Seventeen: A Blessing? Or a Curse? by Michael James Geanoulis Sr 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63 by Taylor Branch 4.36 avg rating — 10,166 ratings score: 288, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War by Thomas J. DiLorenzo 4.12 avg rating — 2,146 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Hawaii's Story by Liliuokalani 3.93 avg rating — 2,238 ratings score: 287, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis 3.94 avg rating — 29,353 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	My Country 'Tis of Thee by Keith Ellison 3.61 avg rating — 953 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.55 avg rating — 11,468 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life by James Deetz 3.95 avg rating — 1,092 ratings score: 270, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It by Richard Hofstadter 4.04 avg rating — 1,908 ratings score: 269, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Wilderness at Dawn: The Settling of the North American Continent by Ted Morgan 3.80 avg rating — 252 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White Jr. 4.30 avg rating — 20,579 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present by Donald G. Nieman 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 259, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 3.85 avg rating — 2,963 ratings score: 256, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Zimmermann Telegram by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.05 avg rating — 5,344 ratings score: 254, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz 4.10 avg rating — 26,004 ratings score: 252, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 by Catherine Drinker Bowen 4.06 avg rating — 2,072 ratings score: 249, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Making Haste from Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World by Nick Bunker 3.66 avg rating — 441 ratings score: 247, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America's Most Progressive Era by Douglas R. Egerton 4.08 avg rating — 343 ratings score: 246, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 1,690 ratings score: 245, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.32 avg rating — 1,273,450 ratings score: 243, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union by Fergus M. Bordewich (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 451 ratings score: 242, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution by David O. Stewart (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 2,666 ratings score: 242, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer 4.30 avg rating — 1,747 ratings score: 241, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69 by Stephen E. Ambrose 3.99 avg rating — 14,429 ratings score: 227, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 2,814 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis 3.97 avg rating — 10,939 ratings score: 225, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein 4.26 avg rating — 11,237 ratings score: 222, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Anti-Federalist Papers by Founding Fathers 4.14 avg rating — 611 ratings score: 218, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin 3.85 avg rating — 94,606 ratings score: 207, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	So Far from God: The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848 by John S.D. Eisenhower 3.98 avg rating — 489 ratings score: 203, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King 4.41 avg rating — 16,785 ratings score: 202, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Conquest: Sexual Violence And American Indian Genocide by Andrea Lee Smith 4.33 avg rating — 1,368 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones 4.61 avg rating — 26,084 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Richard Eager: A Pilot's Story from Tennessee Eagle Scout to General Montgomery's Flying Fortress by Richard Ernest Evans 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn’s Comrade by Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Men As Friends: From Cicero to Svevo to Cataldo by Irwin Epstein 4.79 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Disputed Pasts: Forgetting and Remembering the Dictatorship in Brazil by Cristina Buarque de Hollanda 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	LE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ: NOS VIES SUSPENDUES (De l'Ombre à la Lumière t. 2) (French Edition) by Léonce JATCHE (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	DE LA CAPTIVITÉ À LA LIBERTÉ: Dix ans de mariage forcé (De l'ombre à la lumière) by Léonce JATCHE (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston 3.72 avg rating — 20,939 ratings score: 194, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard 4.22 avg rating — 82,982 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story by Howard Means 3.25 avg rating — 264 ratings score: 189, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Geronimo: My Life by Geronimo 3.91 avg rating — 3,939 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars