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  1. The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933–1939 The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933–1939

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    Frank McDonough
  2. The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940–1945 The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940–1945

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    Frank McDonough
  3. We the Women We the Women

    3

    Norah O'Donnell & Kate Andersen Brower
  4. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel

    4

    Douglas Brunt
  5. The H. L. Hunley The H. L. Hunley

    5

    Tom Chaffin
  6. The Story of America The Story of America

    6

    Jill Lepore
  7. Lies Across America Lies Across America

    7

    James W. Loewen
  8. The Demon of Unrest The Demon of Unrest

    8

    Erik Larson
  9. Death in the Baltic Death in the Baltic

    9

    Cathryn J. Prince
  10. The Longest Day The Longest Day

    10

    Cornelius Ryan
  11. Astoria Astoria

    11

    Peter Stark
  12. The Death of Trotsky The Death of Trotsky

    12

    Josh Ireland
  13. 1789 1789

    13

    David Andress
  14. Living in Medieval England Living in Medieval England

    14

    Kathryn Warner
  15. American Struggle American Struggle

    15

    Jon Meacham
  16. The Gales of November The Gales of November

    16

    John U. Bacon
  17. Stamped from the Beginning Stamped from the Beginning

    17

    Ibram X. Kendi
  18. Roots Roots

    18

    Alex Haley
  19. The Fate of the Generals The Fate of the Generals

    19

    Jonathan Horn
  20. Allies at War Allies at War

    20

    Tim Bouverie
  21. An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States

    21

    Kyle T. Mays
  22. Black AF History Black AF History

    22

    Michael Harriot
  23. Danubia Danubia

    23

    Simon Winder
  24. Nuclear War Nuclear War

    24

    Annie Jacobsen
  25. Master Slave Husband Wife Master Slave Husband Wife

    25

    Ilyon Woo
  26. Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize) Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

    26

    Ada Ferrer
  27. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

    27

    Walter Isaacson
  28. Empire of the Summer Moon Empire of the Summer Moon

    28

    S. C. Gwynne
  29. The Zorg The Zorg

    29

    Siddharth Kara
  30. The Nazi and the Psychiatrist The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

    30

    Jack El-Hai
  31. The Warmth of Other Suns The Warmth of Other Suns

    31

    Isabel Wilkerson
  32. A Black Women's History of the United States A Black Women's History of the United States

    32

    Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross
  33. In the Garden of Beasts In the Garden of Beasts

    33

    Erik Larson
  34. "The Rest of Us" "The Rest of Us"

    34

    Stephen Birmingham
  35. Unreasonable Men Unreasonable Men

    35

    Michael Wolraich
  36. The 1619 Project The 1619 Project

    36

    Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper, Ilena SIlverman & Jake Silverstein
  37. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

    37

    Damien Lewis
  38. King of Kings King of Kings

    38

    Scott Anderson
  39. Rising from the Rails Rising from the Rails

    39

    Larry Tye
  40. The Emerald Mile The Emerald Mile

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    Kevin Fedarko