History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)

To Begin the World Over Again: How the American Revolution Devastated the Globe

byMatthew Lockwood

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy

byJay Cost

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8 author interviews4 links confirmed active

Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82

byElizabeth Fenn

History: Social History

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

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7 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Historical History: Europe – Great Britain – General

The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire

byAndrew O'Shaugnessy

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9 author interviews1 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Historical Biography & Autobiography: Medical (Incl. Patients)

Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father

byStephen Fried

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8 author interviews3 links confirmed active

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Military – United States

A Crisis of Peace: George Washington, the Newburgh Conspiracy, and the Fate of the American Revolution

byDavid Head

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8 author interviews3 links confirmed active

History / Military / General Social Science / Women's Studies

The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence

byLauren Duval

2026 James Kirby Martin Book Prize — Runner-up

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5 author interviews5 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Historical Law: Legal History

The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

byJohn Wood Sweet

Bancroft Prize

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7 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States History: Native American

The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation

byColin Calloway

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

Religion: Christianity – Quaker Social Science: Slavery

The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

byMarcus Rediker

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution

byMichael J. Klarman

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10 author interviews7 links confirmed active

Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom

byRussell Shorto

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Women (Biography)History / Women

Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution

byMolly Beer

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4 author interviews4 links confirmed active

The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789

Political Science: History & Theory – General

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Historical Law: Legal History

Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times

byJoel Richard Paul

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4 author interviews1 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Military History: Europe – Great Britain – Georgian Era – (1714 – 1837)

Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World

byRichard Middleton

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States History: United States – 19th Century

James Monroe: A Life

byTim McGrath

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Military History: Military – United States

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution

byNathaniel Philbrick

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: General (History)

Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It

byLarrie D. Ferreiro

Pulitzer Prize

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Military – United States History: United States – State & Local – Middle Atlantic (DC. DE. MD. NJ. NY. PA.)

The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware

byPatrick K. O'Donnell

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: African American (History)Social Science: Women’s Studies

Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World

byJessica Marie Johnson

Frederick Douglas Prize

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation

byNicholas Guyatt

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

Goodread’s Choice Awards – History & Biography

The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America

byMatthew Pearl

History: Native American

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7 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Native American History: North American

West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776

byClaudio Saunt

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4 author interviews3 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States History: United States – 19th Century

“Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination

byAnnette Gordon-ReedandPeter S. Onuf

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: General (Biography)History: United States – Colonial Period (1600 – 1775)

A Deserving Brother: George Washington and Freemasonry

byMark Tabbert

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4 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Historical Biography & Autobiography: Political (Biography)

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

byStacy Schiff

Barnes & Noble – Best History Books of the Year

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15 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States Philosophy: History & Surveys – Ancient & Classical

First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

byThomas Ricks

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21 author interviews5 links confirmed active

History: Military – Strategy History: Military – United States

Henry Knox’s Noble Train: The Story of a Boston Bookseller’s Heroic Expedition That Saved the American Revolution

byWilliam Hazelgrove

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States History: United States – State & Local – South (AL. AR. FL. GA. KY. LA. MS. NC. SC. TN. VA. WV)

The Virginia Dynasty: Four Presidents and the Creation of the American Nation

byLynne Cheney

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States Political Science: American Government – National

The Return of George Washington: Uniting the States, 1783-1789

byEdward J. Larson

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4 author interviews1 links confirmed active

The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783

History: Europe – Great Britain – Georgian Era – (1714 – 1837)History: Native American

Amazon – Best History Books of the Year

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8 author interviews3 links confirmed active

History: United States – 19th Century History: United States – Colonial Period (1600 – 1775)

The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

byAkhil Reed Amar

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Women (Biography)History: Europe – Great Britain – Georgian Era – (1714 – 1837)

The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain’s Wars for America

byJulia Flavell

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4 author interviews4 links confirmed active

History: Modern – 18th Century History: United States – Colonial Period (1600 – 1775)

1774: The Long Year of Revolution

byMary Beth Norton

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8 author interviews3 links confirmed active

Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention

byMary Sarah Bilder

Bancroft Prize

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5 author interviews1 links confirmed active

History: Europe – Great Britain – Georgian Era – (1714 – 1837)History: United States – State & Local – Middle Atlantic (DC. DE. MD. NJ. NY. PA.)

The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution

byBenjamin Carp

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

byLindsay M. Chervinsky

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22 author interviews11 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Military History: Military – Naval

In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

byNathaniel Philbrick

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13 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Maritime History & Piracy History: Military – War of 1812

Unshackling America: How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution

byWillard Randall

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

History: Military – United States History: Native American

The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army

byColin Calloway

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It

byJohn Ferling

Kirkus Prize

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: United States – General Political Science: American Government – Executive Branch

Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

byNathaniel Philbrick

Amazon – Best Biographies & Memoirs Books of the Year

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: United States – 19th Century History: United States – State & Local – Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

byDavid McCullough

Goodread’s Choice Awards – History & Biography

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7 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Biography – Historical Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States

You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

byAlexis Coe

Goodread’s Choice Awards – History & Biography

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7 author interviewsFrom the archive