18 books like George Washington

What to read after George Washington — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss · 1957 · ★ 4.2 · 63p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat, who shows them some tricks and games. Includes a Latin-English glossary and a note on the verse form and rhythm. Shares: Community pick

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

The First Counsel Brad Meltzer · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Sombra es el nombre en clave que el Servicio Secreto ha dado a Nora Hartson, la hija del Presidente, la Primera Hija. Y cuando Michael Garrick, un joven abogado de Presidencia, empieza a salir con ella, queda inmediatamente subyugado, como todos cuantos se mueven en el mundo de la irresistible Nora.Mediante una trama quirúrgicamente precisa, diálogos afilados como cuchillas y ritmo fulgurante,… Shares: Presidents, Washington

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, Biography & Memoir, History

Exclusive Sandra Brown · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Barrie Travis is not famous: she's just a damn good reporter stuck at a low-budget television station. Then the First Lady calls her...and offers her the story of a lifetime. The president's wife, stunned by grief after the loss of her infant son, hints that her child may have been murdered. Blind to everything but finding the truth, Barrie's fight for an exclusive story will test her ethics, her… Shares: Presidents, Washington

The life of Washington Mason Locke Weems · 1800 · 297p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The first of these works contains both factual and mythical material about George Washington; the second is an early reader combining moral lessons with reading and spelling. Shares: Presidents, Washington, Biography & Memoir, History

Cesar Chavez Eric Braun · 2000 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Cesar Chavez – In graphic novel format, recounts the life story of labor organizer and union leader Cesar Chavez. Shares: Cartoons and comics, Graphic Novels, Biography & Memoir, History

The Solitary Envoy (Heirs of Acadia #1) T. Davis Bunn · 2004 · 319p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Book 1 of Heirs of Acadia, continuing the story told in the bestselling Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn Song of Acadia series. Erica Langston's comfortable home and loving family living near Washington, D.C., carry no outward hint of the sorrows and fears faced by her Acadian forebears, but she will soon discover that similar determination and fortitude will be required of her. When the British… Shares: Washington, Women, History

Ghosts in Amityville Jack DeMolay · 2006 Tells, in graphic novel format, the strange, ghostly happening in the Lutz home in Amityville, N.Y. Shares: Cartoons and comics, Graphic Novels

Racing the Devil Charles Todd · 2017 · ★ 4.5 · 354p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge finds himself caught in a twisted web of vengeance, old grievances, and secrets that lead back to World War I in the nineteenth installment of the acclaimed bestselling series. On the eve of the bloody Battle of the Somme, a group of English officers having a last drink before returning to the Front make a promise to each other: if they survive the battle ahead--and… Shares: Presidents, Biography & Memoir, History

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Not many people talk about "joy" these days. Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of freedom,… Shares: Biography & Memoir, History

Transmetropolitan Warren Ellis · 1998 · ★ 4.2 · 139p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem, determined to expose the misdeeds of a president that sent professional assassins after him, is diagnosed with a deadly brain infection as he and his crew of assistant investigators follow the trail of corruption Shares: Presidents, Graphic Novels

The Explosive world of volcanoes with Max Axiom, Super scientist Christopher L. Harbo · 2007 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate "In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind volcanoes"--Provided by publisher. Shares: Cartoons and comics, Graphic Novels

Up from Slavery Booker T. Washington · 1900 · ★ 4.1 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slavery in the deep south, to work for the betterment of African Americans in the post Reconstruction period. "Up From Slavery" is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington's life and work, which has been the source of inspiration for all Americans. Washington reveals his inner most thoughts as he… Shares: Washington, Biography & Memoir, History

The Spy Clive Cussler & Justin Scott · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 436p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Detective Isaac Bell, hero of The Chase and The Wrecker, returns in the remarkable new adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.It is 1908, and international tensions are mounting as the world plunges toward war. When a brilliant American battleship gun designer dies in a sensational apparent suicide, the man's grief-stricken daughter turns to the legendary Van Dorn Detective… Shares: Washington, History

Batman Frank Miller · 1986 · ★ 4.3 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate "A man doesn't live forever-- a legend does. From the moment he declared war on crime, the Batman knew his story would eventually come to an end. But for each soul he has touched, either as an ally or an enemy, a lover or a friend, an inspiration or an obsession, the life of the Dark Knight-- and its tragic conclusion-- is viewed differently. Now those closest to the Caped Crusader gather for his… Shares: Cartoons and comics, Graphic Novels

Twilight at Mac's Place Ross Thomas · 1990 · ★ 4.2 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The son of a dead CIA agent is offered $100,000 for the rights to his father's memoirs sight unseen. Shares: Washington, Biography & Memoir

Le ciel lui tombe sur la tête Albert Uderzo · 2005 · ★ 3.5 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Dans cet album, Asterix et ses amis gaulois se trouvent confrontés à leur seule véritable peur : que le ciel leur tombe sur la tête. Car c'est bien du ciel que débarquent une galerie de surprenants personnages, plongeant le village au centre d'une guerre spatiale dont l'enjeu n'est autre que la potion magique... Shares: Cartoons and comics, Graphic Novels, History

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