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Modern Era
These are history books about the time period between 1840 A.D to the present day
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The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan

The Great Pretender

Susannah Cahalan

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology science informative medium-paced
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

Jonathan Freedland

11 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima

John Hersey

5 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction classics history dark informative sad medium-paced
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

Ned Blackhawk

17 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

41 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

711 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express by Jim DeFelice

West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express

Jim DeFelice

7 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction historical history adventurous informative fast-paced
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition by Nisid Hajari

Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition

Nisid Hajari

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony by Nelson A. Denis

War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony

Nelson A. Denis

379 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race dark sad slow-paced
The Three Graces of Raymond Street: Murder, Madness, Sex, and Politics in 1870s Brooklyn by Robert E. Murphy

The Three Graces of Raymond Street: Murder, Madness, Sex, and Politics in 1870s Brooklyn

Robert E. Murphy

253 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history true crime medium-paced