Books like Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
12 books with a reading profile close to Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Lincoln
history, biography
David Herbert Donald recreates Abraham Lincoln’s life by strictly following the information available to the president at each specific moment.
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Grant
by Ron Chernow
history, biography
Ron Chernow’s biography provides a comprehensive account of Ulysses S.
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Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
history, biography
Ron Chernow chronicles the life of the first U.S.
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Napoleon: A Life
history, biography
Andrew Roberts utilizes thirty-three thousand recently published letters to reconstruct the daily reality of Napoleon Bonaparte’s administration and military campaigns.
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John Adams
history, biography
David McCullough chronicles the life of the second American president, focusing on his intellectual rigor and his central role in the Continental Congress.
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
history, biography
Doris Kearns Goodwin chronicles the internal dynamics of the White House between 1940 and 1945, focusing on the symbiotic but strained partnership between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Van Gogh: The Life
history, biography
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith utilize a decade of research and thousands of family letters to reconstruct Vincent van Gogh's life beyond the myth of the "mad artist." The biography details his failed careers as…
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird
history, biography
Kai Bird and Martin J.
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
history, biography
Robert Caro’s biography tracks the career of Robert Moses, a public official who reshaped New York through the construction of bridges, highways, and public parks without ever being elected to office.
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The princes in the tower
by Alison Weir
history, biography
Alison Weir investigates the 1483 disappearance of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York, from the Tower of London.
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Sauron Defeated
by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
history, dense
Sauron Defeated constitutes the ninth volume of The History of Middle-earth, documenting the final evolution of The Lord of the Rings.
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The War of the Ring
by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
history, dense
The War of the Ring constitutes the eighth volume of the History of Middle-earth, documenting the draft stages of J.R.R.
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