Books like 1776
If you liked 1776 by David McCullough, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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John Adams
Because also by David McCullough; shares tags: biography, history, nonfiction.
McCullough follows Adams from Braintree lawyer to second president.
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Unbroken
Because shares tags: nonfiction, biography, history.
Louis Zamperini survives a Pacific crash, sharks and POW camps after running in the Berlin Olympics.
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A Promised Land
Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.
First-volume memoir from Iowa 2008 through the 2011 bin Laden raid, crisis management and doubt.
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A People's History of the United States
Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.
A bottom-up history of the United States from Columbus to Clinton, told through workers, women, Native nations and Black voices against…
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Homo Deus
Because shares tags: nonfiction, history.
After ruling the world, humans chase upgrades and delegate feeling to systems that know patterns.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Because shares tags: biography, nonfiction.
Malcolm X traces his life from Michigan childhood through Harlem, prison, and the Nation of Islam to Mecca in this 1965 memoir told to Alex…
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The Prince
Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.
Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Because shares tags: nonfiction, history.
Washington rowers led by Joe Rantz chase gold in Hitler's Berlin in 1936.
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Spare
Because shares tags: biography, nonfiction.
Prince Harry recalls Diana's death in 1997, two tours in Afghanistan, and stepping back from royal life with Meghan in this frank 2023…
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.
In 1920s Oklahoma, Osage oil wealth makes tribal members targets for murder, forcing the young FBI under Tom White to expose the conspiracy…
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Between the World and Me
Because shares tags: nonfiction, history.
Coates writes to his son about the Black body in America, from Howard to the loss of Prince Jones.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.
Diamond argues geography and crops explain why some societies expanded faster than others.
