Best 19th Century Books

A selection of recommended 19th century books worth reading.

• Black Af HistoryMichael Harriot
• FoursomeChristina Baker Kline
• PioneersDavid McCullough
• In the Heart of the SeaNathaniel Philbrick
• Johnstown FloodDavid McCullough
• Midnight on the PotomacScott Ellsworth
• Jefferson on RaceThomas Jefferson
• The Civil War a Narrative 3 Volume Box SetShelby Foote
• Five Weeks in the CountryFrancine Prose
• Six FrigatesIan W. Toll
• Hist of the Amer PeoplePaul Johnson
• Reconstruction UpdatedEric Foner
• Democracy in AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville
• Terrible IntimacyMelvin Patrick Ely
• Fate Worse Than HellW. Fitzhugh Brundage
• Three Roads to GettysburgTim McGrath
• Words That Made UsAkhil Reed Amar
• Slavery by Another Name the Re Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil WarDouglas A. Blackmon
• Confederates in the AtticTony Horwitz
• PerfectionistsSimon Winchester
• Gettysburg the Last InvasionAllen Guelzo
• Elegant EdificeMary Elise Antoine
• Emerson CircleBruce Nichols