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Colonial (1600-1775) Books

Books selected for readers looking for colonial period (1600-1775) books.

36 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·1 crossover shelf·146% reader overlap with Revolutionary (1775-1800) Books

1. American Visions
Edward L. Ayers
Fits this list for its focus on period.
Shelf signal: 19th-Century America
2. Women of Colonial America
Brandon Marie Miller
Fits this list for its focus on colonial.
Shelf signal: Colonial & Revolutionary America for Teens
3. African Founders
David Hackett Fischer
Fits this list for its focus on colonial.
Shelf signal: West African History
4. The American Revolution
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
Included for strong best alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
5. A First Book of American History
Edward Eggleston
Fits this list for its focus on 1775 and colonial.
Shelf signal: Colonial & Revolutionary U.S.
6. The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
Richard Bell
Included for strong gifts alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
7. The Great Contradiction
Joseph J. Ellis
Included for strong history alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
8. An Explorer's Guide to America's Revolutionary War
Robert M. Dunkerly
Fits this list for its focus on colonial.
Shelf signal: Military Travel
9. Killing England
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
Included for strong american alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
10. American Revolutions
Alan Taylor
Included for strong american alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
11. The Pioneers
David McCullough
Included for strong book club alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: 19th-Century America
12. Our Colonial Period
Bill Yenne
Fits this list for its focus on 1775 and colonial.
Shelf signal: Colonial & Revolutionary U.S.
13. 1776
David McCullough
Fits this list for its focus on colonial.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
14. American Creation
Joseph J. Ellis
Included for strong history alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
15. The Road That Made America
James Dodson
Included for strong great alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Colonial America (to 1775)
16. Shots Heard Round the World
John Ferling
Fits this list for its focus on 1775.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
17. This Fierce People
Alan Pell Crawford
Included for strong american alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
18. The War of Jenkins' Ear
Robert Gaudi
Included for strong history alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Colonial America (to 1775)
19. The Cause
Joseph J. Ellis Ph.D., Joseph J. Ellis
Included for strong history alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
20. The Barbarous Years
Bernard Bailyn, Henry Strozier
Fits this list for its focus on 1600.
Shelf signal: Colonial America (to 1775)
21. The American Revolution
Gordon S. Wood
Included for strong american alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
22. Valiant Ambition
Scott Brick, Nathaniel Philbrick
Included for strong american alignment with this colonial period (1600-1775) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
23. Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Fits this list for its focus on 1775 and colonial.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
24. Of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford
Fits this list for its focus on 1775 and colonial.
Shelf signal: Colonial America (to 1775)