Bookworms

I got to thinking that some of you might be interested in a complete list of the historical books I’ve read since Today’s History Lesson began.  This list is not necessarily to endorse these books (though I rarely read a bad book of history), but rather to give you some ideas for your reading time.

2012:
Duel – Thomas Fleming
Ghost Soldiers – Hampton Sides
One Man’s Wilderness – Richard Proenneke & Sam Keith
Ghosts in the Fog – Samantha Seiple

2011:
Samuel Adams: A Life – Ira Stoll
Destiny of the Republic – Candice Millard
True Stories of the Blitz – Henry Brook
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards – Jay Feldman
James Madison – Ralph Ketcham
Deathly Deception – Denis Smyth

2010:
Shadows in the Jungle – Larry Alexander
Miracle at Philadelphia – Catherine Bowen
Valkyrie: An Insider’s Account of the Plot to Kill Hitler – Hans Bernd Gisevius
The Big Burn – Timothy Egan
The Road to Arnhem – Donald Burgett
The Longest Winter – Alex Kershaw

2009:
Ardennes: The Secret War – Charles Whiting
A Frozen Hell – William Trotter
Crete 1941: The Battle at Sea – David Thomas
To the Far Side of Hell – Derrick Wright
Alexander Hamilton – Ron Chernow
The Children’s Blizzard – David Laskin
Tears in the Darkness – Michael & Elizabeth Norman
The Fall of Eben Emael – James Mzarek
Retribution – Max Hastings
The Burma Road – Donavan Webster
An Army at Dawn – Rick Atkinson

2008:
The Rape of Nanking – Iris Chang
Eyewitness Auschwitz – Filip Muller
Hiroshima – John Hersey
Tarawa:  A Hell of a Way to Die – Derrick Wright
Brotherhood of Heroes – Bill Sloan
Guadalcanal – Richard Frank
Absolute War – Chris Bellamy
Lightning War – Ronald Powaski
A Shattered Peace – David Andelman
Incredible Victory – Walter Lord
The Ultimate Battle – Bill Sloan