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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

  1. Shots Heard Round the World

    1. Shots Heard Round the World

    John Ferling
    Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War
  2. The British Are Coming

    2. The British Are Coming

    Rick Atkinson
    The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
  3. The Cause

    3. The Cause

    Joseph J. Ellis
    The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783
  4. Killing England

    4. Killing England

    Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
    Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
  5. The Great Contradiction

    5. The Great Contradiction

    Joseph J. Ellis
    The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding
  6. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

    6. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

    Walter Isaacson
    A History pick for readers exploring The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.
  7. The Fate of the Day

    7. The Fate of the Day

    Rick Atkinson
    The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
  8. War Without Mercy

    8. War Without Mercy

    Mark Edward Lender, James Kirby Martin
    War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution
  9. The American Revolution

    9. The American Revolution

    Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
    The American Revolution: An Intimate History
  10. The First Conspiracy

    10. The First Conspiracy

    Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
    The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
  11. The Quartet

    11. The Quartet

    Joseph J. Ellis
    The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
  12. The American Revolution and the Fate of the World

    12. The American Revolution and the Fate of the World

    Richard Bell
    A History pick for readers exploring The American Revolution and the Fate of the World.
  13. This Fierce People

    13. This Fierce People

    Alan Pell Crawford
    This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South
  14. Founding Brothers

    14. Founding Brothers

    Joseph J. Ellis
    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
  15. American Revolutions

    15. American Revolutions

    Alan Taylor
    American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804
  16. American Creation

    16. American Creation

    Joseph J. Ellis
    American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic
  17. To Rescue the Constitution

    17. To Rescue the Constitution

    Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney
    To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
  18. 1776

    18. 1776

    David McCullough
    A History pick for readers exploring 1776.
  19. In the Hurricane's Eye

    19. In the Hurricane's Eye

    Nathaniel Philbrick
    In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
  20. The Words That Made Us

    20. The Words That Made Us

    Akhil Reed Amar
    The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
  21. The Ride

    21. The Ride

    Kostya Kennedy
    The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
  22. The American Revolution

    22. The American Revolution

    Gordon S. Wood
    The American Revolution: A History
  23. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence

    23. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence

    Founding Fathers
    A History pick for readers exploring The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence.
  24. George Washington's Secret Six

    24. George Washington's Secret Six

    Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
    George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

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