The Greatest Books of All Time on Reconstruction

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
58 Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1936 American English
451 Hiroshima John Hersey 1946 American English
879 A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute 1950 British English
1638 Postwar Tony Judt 2005 British English
2613 Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant U. S. Grant 1885 American English
3637 The Questionnaire Ernst von Salomon 1951 German German
4752 Origins of the New South C. Vann Woodward 1951 American English
4807 The Burden of Southern History C. Vann Woodward 1960 American English
5012 Zone One Colson Whitehead 2011 American English
5037 Black Reconstruction In America W. E. B. Du Bois 1935 American English
5088 Imperial Life in the Emerald City Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2006 American English
5251 The Strange Career of Jim Crow C. Vann Woodward 1955 American English
5330 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
5500 After the Flood P. C. Jersild 1982 Swedish Swedish
7820 Women Of Messina Elio Vittorini 1949 Italian Italian
9053 Built From The Fire Victor Luckerson 2023 Unknown English
9284 News Of The World Paulette Jiles 2016 American English
10158 A Bell for Adano John Hersey 1944 American English
11140 Embracing Defeat John W. Dower 1999 American English
11662 The Assassins’ Gate George Packer 2005 American English
11940 Grant William S. McFeely 1981 American English
14232 The Postman David Brin 1985 American English
14698 Radiance Of Tomorrow Ishmael Beah 2014 American English
14985 The March E. L. Doctorow 2005 American English
14985 The Sweetness Of Water Nathan Harris 2021 American English
15674 The Middle Of The Road Philip Gibbs 1923 British English
15914 Iola Leroy Frances Harper 1892 American English
17159 A History of the Civil War James Ford Rhodes 1917 American English
17159 A History of the United States Edward Channing 1905 American English
17159 The Road to Reunion Paul Herman Buck 1937 American English
17159 Been in the Storm So Long Leon F. Litwack 1979 American English
17159 April 1865 Jay Winik 2001 American English
17159 A Fool's Errand, By One Of The Fools Albion Winegar Tourgee 1879 American English
17159 American Ground William Langewiesche 2002 American English
17159 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17159 The Man Who Saved The Union H.W. Brands 2012 American English
17159 Beulah Land Harold Davis 1973 American English
17159 Klan War Fergus M. Bordewich 2023 Unknown English
17159 Fire In The Canyon Daniel Gumbiner 2023 Unknown English
17159 The House Is On Fire Rachel Beanland 2023 Unknown English