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Revolutionary (1775-1800) Books

Books selected for readers looking for revolutionary period (1775-1800) books.

34 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 490+ tracked lists·1 crossover shelf·146% reader overlap with Colonial (1600-1775) Books

1. American Visions
Edward L. Ayers
Fits this list for its focus on 1800 and period.
Shelf signal: 19th-Century America
2. The British Are Coming
Rick Atkinson
Fits this list for its focus on 1775.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
3. The Great Contradiction
Joseph J. Ellis
Fits this list for its focus on revolutionary.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
4. Shots Heard Round the World
John Ferling
Fits this list for its focus on 1775 and revolutionary.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
5. The Cause
Joseph J. Ellis Ph.D., Joseph J. Ellis
Fits this list for its focus on revolutionary.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
6. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson
Fits this list for its focus on revolutionary.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
7. The American Revolution
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
Included for strong best alignment with this revolutionary period (1775-1800) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
8. The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
Richard Bell
Included for strong gifts alignment with this revolutionary period (1775-1800) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
9. Killing England
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
Fits this list for its focus on revolutionary.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
10. The Fate of the Day
Rick Atkinson
Included for strong york alignment with this revolutionary period (1775-1800) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
11. War Without Mercy
Mark Edward Lender, James Kirby Martin
Fits this list for its focus on revolutionary.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
12. Founding Brothers
Joseph J. Ellis
Fits this list for its focus on revolutionary.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
13. American Revolutions
Alan Taylor
Included for strong american alignment with this revolutionary period (1775-1800) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
14. Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Fits this list for its focus on 1775 and 1800.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
15. Constitution of the United States of America, With the Bill of Rights and All of the Amendments; the Declaration of Independence; and the Articles
Thomas Jefferson
Fits this list for its focus on 1775 and 1800.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
16. Countdown to Independence
Natalie S. Bober
Fits this list for its focus on 1775 and 1800.
Shelf signal: Colonial & Revolutionary U.S.
17. American Creation
Joseph J. Ellis
Included for strong history alignment with this revolutionary period (1775-1800) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
18. This Fierce People
Alan Pell Crawford
Fits this list for its focus on revolutionary.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
19. The American Revolution
Gordon S. Wood
Included for strong american alignment with this revolutionary period (1775-1800) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
20. Thomas Jefferson
Natalie S. Bober
Fits this list for its focus on 1775 and 1800.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
21. The Alcoholic Republic
W.J. Rorabaugh, William J. Rorabaugh
Fits this list for its focus on 1775 and 1800.
Shelf signal: Colonial America (to 1775)
22. The First Conspiracy
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
Fits this list for its focus on period.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
23. 1776
David McCullough
Included for strong american alignment with this revolutionary period (1775-1800) list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
24. Bunker Hill
Nathaniel Philbrick
Fits this list for its focus on revolutionary.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)