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A cinematic, present-tense plunge into one of history's darkest moments that reads with the breathless urgency of a ticking-clock thriller. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Killing Lincoln.
- tense
- foreboding
- cinematic
- gripping
- 01
Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly
A cinematic, ticking-clock narrative that transforms a well-known historical tragedy into a suspenseful collision of two very different lives.
- 02
Chasing Lincoln's killer
James L. Swanson
A breathless, true-crime historical thriller that plunges you into the desperate, shadowy swamps of a twelve-day national manhunt.
- 03
Manhunt
James L. Swanson
A ticking-clock historical thriller that plunges the reader into the desperate, hour-by-hour pursuit of America's most notorious fugitive.
- 04
Assassination vacation
Sarah Vowell
A delightfully morbid and deeply nerdy road trip through the weirdest, darkest corners of American history.
- 05
Lincoln
David Herbert Donald
A masterful, deeply humanizing portrait of a leader evolving under the crushing weight of a fractured nation.
- 06
The destiny of the republic
Candice Millard
A gripping, tragic collision of politics, madness, and medical hubris that reads with the breathless urgency of a thriller.
- 07
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith
A straight-faced, blood-soaked reimagining of American history where the greatest political battles are fought with an axe in the dark.
- 08
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Janet B. Pascal
An engaging, fast-paced, and heavily illustrated introduction to the life and legacy of a monumental historical figure.
- 09
John Adams
David McCullough
An immersive, deeply human portrait of a prickly but passionate founding father and the extraordinary marriage that anchored him.
- 10
Our American hero
J. K. Ronayne
A sweeping, evidence-driven journey across Civil War-era cities that challenges the accepted narrative of one of history's most famous assassinations.
- 11
Grant
Ron Chernow
A sweeping, deeply humanizing portrait of a quiet man who carried the weight of a fractured nation on his shoulders.
- 12
Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin · 2005
A sweeping, deeply human portrait of political genius that makes the monumental figures of history feel like complex, breathing people in a room together.
