American History Book Summaries

To Hell on a Fast Horse Summary
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
by Mark Lee Gardner 2010 518 pages
3.78
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
Westerns
Impounded Summary
Impounded
Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
by Linda Gordon 2006 224 pages
4.27
372 ratings
History
Photography
World War II
Coming Apart Summary
Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
by Charles Murray 2012 416 pages
3.81
5.7K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Liberty and Tyranny Summary
Liberty and Tyranny
A Conservative Manifesto
by Mark R. Levin 2004 245 pages
4.18
7.7K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Barnum Summary
Barnum
An American Life
by Robert Wilson 2019
3.69
804 ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
The Big Burn Summary
The Big Burn
Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
by Timothy Egan 2009 281 pages
4.14
18.0K ratings
History
American History
Nature
The Second Amendment Summary
The Second Amendment
by Michael Waldman 2014 255 pages
4.03
1.3K ratings
History
Politics
Law
Killing the Dream Summary
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Gerald Posner 1998 448 pages
4.08
211 ratings
History
American History
True Crime
Give Your Heart to the Hawks Summary
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
by Win Blevins 1973 336 pages
3.99
408 ratings
History
American History
Westerns
The Long Alliance Summary
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
by Gabriel Debenedetti 2022 432 pages
4.02
251 ratings
Politics
History
Biography
America Last Summary
America Last
The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators
by Jacob Heilbrunn 2024 264 pages
3.85
201 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Sea of Glory Summary
Sea of Glory
America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2001 452 pages
4.04
6.8K ratings
History
American History
Adventure
Renegade Summary
Renegade
The Making of a President
by Richard Wolffe 2009 356 pages
3.94
2.0K ratings
Politics
Biography
History
The Case That Never Dies Summary
The Case That Never Dies
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
by Lloyd C. Gardner 2004 480 pages
3.47
112 ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Bunk Summary
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by Kevin Young 2017 560 pages
3.17
1.1K ratings
History
Psychology
Sociology
Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
by Nicholas Lemann 2019 320 pages
3.70
296 ratings
Economics
History
Business
Black AF History Summary
Black AF History
The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
by Michael Harriot 2023 432 pages
4.6
7.2K ratings
History
Race
Politics
These Truths Summary
These Truths
A History of the United States
by Jill Lepore 2019 960 pages
4.4
12.8K ratings
History
Politics
American History
Days of Rage Summary
Days of Rage
America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
by Bryan Burrough 2015 608 pages
3.96
2.4K ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Infernal Machine Summary
The Infernal Machine
A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
by Steven Johnson 2024 368 pages
4.03
1.6K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Buckley Summary
Buckley
The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
by Sam Tanenhaus 2025 1040 pages
4.21
268 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
A Patriot's History of the United States Summary
A Patriot's History of the United States
From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
by Larry Schweikart 2007 932 pages
4.11
3.9K ratings
History
American History
Politics
Franchise Summary
Franchise
The Golden Arches in Black America
by Marcia Chatelain 2020 336 pages
3.83
1.7K ratings
History
Business
Race
Hellhound on His Trail Summary
Hellhound on His Trail
The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
by Hampton Sides 2010 397 pages
4.34
14.2K ratings
History
True Crime
Biography
Chesapeake Summary
Chesapeake
by James A. Michener 2003 1024 pages
4.22
27.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Classics
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary
How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
by Ben Shapiro 2020 288 pages
4.08
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Original Black Elite Summary
The Original Black Elite
Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor 2017 512 pages
4.02
261 ratings
History
Race
Biography
Authoritarian Nightmare Summary
Authoritarian Nightmare
Trump and His Followers
by John W. Dean 2020 368 pages
4.15
869 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Trail of Tears Summary
Trail of Tears
The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
by John Ehle 1988 424 pages
4.12
4.5K ratings
History
Native American
American History
Code Warriors Summary
Code Warriors
NSA's Code Breakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union
by Stephen Budiansky 2016 416 pages
3.72
751 ratings
History
Espionage
Politics
A Protest History of the United States Summary
A Protest History of the United States
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025 360 pages
4.2
107 ratings
History
Politics
American History
After the Fall Summary
After the Fall
Being American in the World We've Made
by Ben Rhodes 2021 339 pages
4.19
4.9K ratings
Politics
History
Memoir
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