 | Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Buy used from: $15.05 If you are only going to read one book about Lincoln read this book. This is the best book about Lincoln during the White House Years and also the best book about Lincoln and his leadership style.
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 | The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War (Modern Library) by Michael Shaara
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $13.68 This novel is not about Lincoln, but this is definitely the best fiction of the Civil War by far!
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 | Lincoln: A Novel (Narratives of Empire) by Gore Vidal
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $1.95 The best fiction focusing on Abraham Lincoln. Not perfect, but very accessible and enjoyable to read.
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 | With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen B. Oates
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $6.78 This is an excellent short one volume biography of Lincoln. It's particularly good for the first time readers of Abraham Lincoln.
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 | Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $2.13 I think this is the second best single volume biography of Lincoln. It is especially strong covering his law career.
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 | Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States) by James M. McPherson
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.00 This the best one volume history of the American Civil War.
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 | Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by James L. Swanson
Buy new: $11.18 / Used from: $3.69 This is the most accessible Lincoln assassination book. It's also the most enjoyable to read. Very exciting.
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 | Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library) by Garry Wills
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $1.72 The best examination of arguably America's most famous speech.
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 | Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by Edward Steers Jr.
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $9.66 Overall, this is the best and most comprehensive Lincoln assassination book.
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 | Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.99 Interesting.
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 | Lincoln at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President by Harold Holzer
Buy used from: $10.00 This speech helped launch Lincoln towards the Presidency.
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 | Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution by James M. McPherson
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $5.72 |
 | Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President (Library of Religious Biography) by Allen C. Guelzo
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $8.00 Moral biography.
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