The best books on Reconstruction include Reconstruction by Eric Foner, The Second Founding, Black Reconstruction in America, Stamped from the Beginning, The Day Freedom Died and Forever Free.
The best books on the American Civil War include Battle Cry of Freedom, The Civil War: A Narrative, This Republic of Suffering, Killer Angels, Grant by Ron Chernow and The Red Badge of Courage.
The best books on the American Revolution include 1776, The Glorious Cause, Washington’s Crossing, The British Are Coming, American Scripture and Johnny Tremain.
The best books on the Founding Fathers include Founding Brothers, Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, John Adams by David McCullough, Washington: A Life, The Hemingses of Monticello and Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson.
The best books on Abraham Lincoln include Team of Rivals, Lincoln by David Herbert Donald, A. Lincoln, The Fiery Trial, Manhunt and Lincoln in the Bardo.
The best books on women’s suffrage include The Woman’s Hour, Vanguard, Century of Struggle, Failure Is Impossible, Jailed for Freedom and Votes for Women.
The best books on Watergate include All the President’s Men, The Final Days, Watergate: A New History, The Wars of Watergate, Blind Ambition and Nixonland.
The best books on the JFK assassination include The Death of a President, Case Closed, Reclaiming History, Five Days in November, Oswald’s Tale and 11/22/63.
The best books on the Cuban Missile Crisis include One Minute to Midnight, Thirteen Days, Nuclear Folly, Essence of Decision, The Kennedy Tapes and Gambling with Armageddon.
The best books on the Apollo 11 Moon landing include First Man, Carrying the Fire, A Man on the Moon, Magnificent Desolation, Shoot for the Moon and Moonshot by Brian Floca.