10 books for fans of Lincoln In The Bardo
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City of Thieves
by David Benioff
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Benioff weaves dark comedy through the Leningrad siege as two prisoners search for a dozen eggs in a city where people are starving.
★ 4.30 Goodreads (169.7K ratings) - 3
The Death of Kings
Emperor • Book 2
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Julius Caesar comes into his own leading Roman soldiers through North African campaigns. Iggulden's second Emperor novel shows Caesar developing the skills and reputation that will eventually make him legendary.
★ 4.30 Goodreads (21.9K ratings) - 4
The Gods of War
Emperor • Book 4
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53 B.C.: Fresh from Gallic victories, Caesar leads his legions across the Rubicon toward Rome, setting up inevitable civil war with Pompey.
★ 4.33 Goodreads (17.6K ratings) - 5
River Of Blood
The Rat Bastards • Book 3
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The Rat Bastards tear through enemies and jungle obstacles when not busy fighting amongst themselves. Levinson and Mackie serve up unfiltered military mayhem where nothing stops the killer squad.
★ 4.31 Goodreads (54 ratings) - 6
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back • Book 1
by Erich Maria Remarque
★ 4.11 Goodreads (525.3K ratings) - 7
The Prince and The Pauper
by Mark Twain
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Identical boys from opposite ends of 16th-century London's social hierarchy swap places and discover how circumstances shape identity. Twain uses mistaken identity to skewer class assumptions and royal privilege.
★ 3.87 Goodreads (126.0K ratings) - 8
The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick deWitt
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Two professional killers travel through Gold Rush America to assassinate a prospector, but their fraternal relationship and strange encounters complicate the simple job. DeWitt subverts Western tropes with mordant humor and unexpected humanity.
★ 3.85 Goodreads (103.8K ratings) - 9
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
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From German immigrant John Jacob Astor's 1783 arrival to the family fortune's 20th-century collapse—the quintessential American story of ambition and excess.
★ 3.77 Goodreads (20.5K ratings) - 10
The Women
by Kristin Hannah
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Hannah chronicles the untold story of women who served in Vietnam, tracking one nurse's journey through war trauma and the hostile homecoming that awaited female veterans.
★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.6M ratings)