18 books like Abraham Lincoln

What to read after Abraham Lincoln — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Crisis Winston Churchill · 1901 · ★ 3.8 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Challenging "The novel is set in the years leading up to the first battles of the U.S. Civil War, mostly in the divided state of Missouri. It follows the fortunes of young Stephen Brice, a man with Union and abolitionist sympathies, and his involvement with a Southern family."--Wikipedia Shares: American Civil War, United States Civil War, Histoire, United States

The life of Niccolò Machiavelli Roberto Ridolfi · 1963 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A narrative biography of the Florentine in which his own deeds and his own words speak for themselves. Shares: Hommes d'État, Statesmen, Government, Biography & Memoir

The autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt · 1913 · 606p · ≈ 20h · Challenging The autobiography of president Theodore Roosevelt. Shares: Présidents, Presidents, United States, Biography & Memoir

An autobiography Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · 1927 · ★ 4.4 · 455p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to… Shares: Hommes d'État, Statesmen, Biography & Memoir, History

Julius Caesar Jacob Abbott · 1849 · ★ 4.4 · 103p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Jacob Abbott was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. Check out the following list of books to take and exciting, informative, and easy to understand stroll through history. Alexander the Great, Alfred the Great, Charles I, Charles II, Cleopatra, Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great,… Shares: Hommes d'État, Histoire, Biography & Memoir, History

The Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt · 1894 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "The Rough Riders (1899) is the story of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the regiment Roosevelt led to enduring fame in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt recounts how the regiment was raised from an unusual mixture of hardened southwestern frontiersmen and privileged northeastern college graduates, and how it trained in Texas and then sailed "southward through the topic seas… Shares: Presidents, United States, Biography & Memoir, History

The Killer Angels Michael Shaara · 1974 · ★ 4.3 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Killer Angels (1974) is a historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. The book tells the story of the four days of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War: June 30, 1863, as the troops of both the Union and the Confederacy move into battle around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and July 1, July 2, and July 3, when the battle was… Shares: American Civil War, United States Civil War, History

John Brown's Body Stephen Vincent Benét · 1927 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Challenging John Brown's Body is an American epic poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét in 1928. The poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. Benét's poem covers the history of the American Civil War. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1929. It was written while Benét was living in Paris after receiving a… Shares: American Civil War, Historia, Histoire, United States

March Geraldine Brooks · 2005 · ★ 4.4 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate An extraordinary novel woven out of the lore of American history—by the author of the international bestseller Year of WondersFrom Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue… Shares: American Civil War, United States Civil War, United States, History

Army Life in a Black Regiment Thomas Wentworth Higginson · 1870 · ★ 3.9 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging "Army Life in a Black Regiment has some claim to be the best written narrative to come from the Union [side] during the Civil War," wrote historian Henry Steele Commander. "Higginson's picture of the battle which was the origin of 'praise the Lord and pass the ammunition' and his reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to the black regiment are unsurpassed for eloquence." A Union colonel wrote… Shares: United States Civil War, United States, Biography & Memoir, History

Coach Art Williams · 2006 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Now, for the first time, the complete story of A.L. Williams, told by the Coach himself! Art Williams shares the inspirational story of what it took to build a tiny "peanut" of a company into an industry giant. Full of heroes and villains, amazing victories and dashing defeats, this book is a must-read for anyone who's ever dreamed of building a team, of winning big, of doing what others said… Shares: Histoire, Biography & Memoir, History

Andersonville; a story of rebel military prisons John McElroy · 1879 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Demanding "McElroy, with a detachment of his regiment, was guarding a supply route to Cumberland Gap when his entire company was captured in a surprise attack one morning during the winter of 1862-63. He and his comrades were taken to Lippy Prison, and from there they were sent to Andersonville. McElroy spent the rest of the war as a prisoner. His story of attempts at escape, of comrades tracked through… Shares: American Civil War, United States Civil War, Biography & Memoir, History

Captain Rebel Frank Yerby · 1956 · 241p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Here is Frank Yerby's bestselling novel, set in Civil War New Orleans and on the perilous seas of the great Southern blockade runners. Regardless of his Southern upbringing, Tyler Meredith is NO GENTLEMAN!!! Whispers followed the powerful figure of Tyler Meredith, as he strode through New Orleans in the spring of 1861. This strong and ruthless man mocked southern chivalry, did not care which… Shares: American Civil War, United States Civil War, History

In Enemy Hands Linda Winstead Jones · 1996 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Winstead, author of West Wind, titillates her readers with another tale of mystery, romance and intrigue. Lily Radford has been posing as the mistress of a Confederate blockade runner to mastermind a covert operation. Union spy Quintin Tyler has been sent to stop that operation--but he never counted on Lily's Southern charm and lovely sea-green gaze. Shares: American Civil War, United States

Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge · 1929 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Today Americans of all backgrounds are on the hunt for a different politi­cal model. In fact, such a model awaits them, if only they turn their eyes to their own past . . . to America's thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge's masterful autobiography offers urgent lessons for our age of exploding debt, increasingly centralized power, and fierce partisan division. This expanded and… Shares: Presidents, Biography & Memoir

A Pillar of Iron Taylor Caldwell · 1965 · ★ 4.5 · 511p · ≈ 17h · Moderate “The sweep and splendor of the Roman past blazes anew in this mighty story of Cicero and the Republic he fought to save.” “Unfolded here in rich detail are the private dramas behind the great Roman hero's triumphs and defeats—and the intimate, deeply moving story of his desperate love affair with the beautiful Livia.” Shares: Statesmen, History

Leap of Faith Queen Noor, consort of Hussein, King of Jordan · 2003 · 471p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Sharing a personal perspective on the past three decades of world history, Queen Noor talks frankly of the many challenges of her life as wife and partner to the monarch, providing both an intimate portrait of the late King Hussein and a moving account of their public role. Shares: Famous Persons, Biography & Memoir

My Early Life Winston S. Churchill · 1900 · ★ 4.2 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Challenging American edition (New York, C. Scribner's sons) has title: A roving commission; my early life. Shares: Hommes d'État, Statesmen, Biography & Memoir

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