Books recommended on American History Tellers

Part of American History Tellers.

As of November 2026, 44 books have been recommended across 49 analyzed episodes of American History Tellers; the most frequent are The Last Gunfight, Escape: The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jailbreak and This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving.

Which books does American History Tellers recommend?

Recommended on American History Tellers

  1. The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter — 3 episodes, most recently Apr 2025 in The Carter Years | Homecoming | American History Tellers | Podcast
  2. Keeping Faith — 3 episodes, most recently Apr 2025 in The Carter Years | Homecoming | American History Tellers | Podcast
  3. Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam — 2 episodes, most recently Apr 2025 in The Carter Years | 444 Days | American History Tellers | Podcast
  4. His Very Best, Jimmy Carter: Alive — 2 episodes, most recently Apr 2025 in The Carter Years | Crisis of Confidence | American History Tellers | Podcast
  5. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre — 2 episodes, most recently Feb 2026 in St. Valentines Day Massacre | Public Enemy No. 1 | American History Tellers
  6. Murder and Mayhem on Chicago's North Side — 2 episodes, most recently Feb 2026 in St. Valentines Day Massacre | Public Enemy No. 1 | American History Tellers
  7. The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President — 1 episode, most recently Jun 2025 in The Progressive Era | In the Arena | American History Tellers | Podcast
  8. Voices from the Railroad — 1 episode, most recently Dec 2024 in Transcontinental Railroad | The Iron Road | American History Tellers | Podcast
  9. The hidden history of the White House — 1 episode, most recently Dec 2024 in FDR & Churchill: A Friendship For the Ages with History Hit's Dan Snow | American History...
  10. Albert Sabin, the life of a polio vaccine pioneer — 1 episode, most recently Jan 2026 in Conquering Polio | The Cutter Fiasco | American History Tellers
  11. Judith Walzer Levan — 1 episode, most recently Jun 2025 in Typhoid Mary | Destroying Angel | American History Tellers
  12. Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 — 1 episode, most recently Dec 2024 in Encore: Boston Molasses Disaster | A Deadly Deluge | American History Tellers | Podcast
  13. Dedra Bear — 1 episode, most recently Feb 2026 in St. Valentines Day Massacre | Public Enemy No. 1 | American History Tellers
  14. Al Capone, the Life, Legacy, and Legend — 1 episode, most recently Feb 2026 in St. Valentines Day Massacre | The Land of Bilk and Money | American History Tellers
  15. David McCullough — 3 episodes, most recently Jan 2025 in The Wright Brothers | Coming Down to Earth | American History Tellers | Podcast
  16. How the Other Half Lives — 1 episode, most recently May 2025 in The Progressive Era | Roots of Reform | American History Tellers

Also mentioned on American History Tellers

  1. The Last Gunfight — 3 episodes, most recently Oct 2025 in Shootout at the O.K. Corral | Vendetta
  2. Escape: The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jailbreak — 2 episodes, most recently Oct 2025 in Escape from Libby Prison | Episode 5 | Daring Prison Escapes
  3. This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving — 2 episodes, most recently Dec 2025 in The Mayflower | The Thanksgiving Myth | American History Tellers
  4. Ride the Devil's Herd — 2 episodes, most recently Oct 2025 in Shootout at the O.K. Corral | Vendetta
  5. Tombstone (book by Tom Clavin) — 2 episodes, most recently Oct 2025 in Shootout at the O.K. Corral | Thirty Seconds
  6. Of Plymouth Plantation — 1 episode, most recently Nov 2025 in The Mayflower | Cutthroats | American History Tellers
  7. Treaty of Paris (1783) — 1 episode, most recently Sep 2025 in Benjamin Franklin | The Flame of Liberty | American History Tellers | Podcast
  8. The Mayflower: Saints and Strangers — 1 episode, most recently Nov 2025 in The Mayflower | Saints and Strangers | American History Tellers
  9. Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America — 1 episode, most recently Dec 2025 in The Mayflower | The Thanksgiving Myth | American History Tellers
  10. Stolen Kisses — 1 episode, most recently Oct 2025 in Shootout at the O.K. Corral | Vendetta
  11. Tombstone (book) — 1 episode, most recently Oct 2025 in Shootout at the O.K. Corral | Vendetta
  12. The Ride the Devil's Herd — 1 episode, most recently Oct 2025 in Shootout at the O.K. Corral | The Road to Tombstone
  13. The Great Desert Escape — 1 episode, most recently Sep 2025 in Nazis in the Arizona Desert | Episode 4 | Daring Prison Escapes
  14. Leavenworth Train: A Fugitive Search for Justice and the Vanishing West — 1 episode, most recently Sep 2025 in Escape from Leavenworth | Episode 3 | Daring Prison Escapes |
  15. Escape from Alcatraz — 1 episode, most recently Sep 2025 in Fleeing the Rock | Episode 2 | Daring Prison Escapes
  16. Daring Prison Escapes: The Bastile of the Confederacy — 1 episode, most recently Sep 2025 in Bastille of the Confederacy | Episode 1 | Daring Prison Escapes
  17. Treaty of Alliance (1778) — 1 episode, most recently Sep 2025 in Benjamin Franklin | The Flame of Liberty | American History Tellers | Podcast
  18. Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) — 1 episode, most recently Sep 2025 in Benjamin Franklin | The Flame of Liberty | American History Tellers | Podcast
  19. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — 1 episode, most recently Sep 2025 in Benjamin Franklin | The Flame of Liberty | American History Tellers | Podcast
  20. Birdman — 4 episodes, most recently Jan 2025 in The Wright Brothers | Controlling the Skies | American History Tellers | Podcast
  21. The Jungle — 1 episode, most recently May 2025 in The Progressive Era | The Muckrakers | American History Tellers | Podcast
  22. Hunter Civic Biology — 1 episode, most recently Jul 2025 in Evolution on Trial | Monkeytown | American History Tellers | Podcast
  23. Voyage of Mercy — 1 episode, most recently Jan 2025 in The Irish Famine Relief Mission | Ship of Hope | American History Tellers | Podcast
  24. Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine — 1 episode, most recently Jan 2025 in The Irish Famine Relief Mission | Ship of Hope | American History Tellers | Podcast
  25. North American Review — 1 episode, most recently Dec 2024 in Transcontinental Railroad | The Golden Spike | American History Tellers | Podcast
  26. Indian Summer — 1 episode, most recently Jan 2026 in The Ice King | Indian Summer | American History Tellers
  27. Pure Food and Drug Act — 1 episode, most recently May 2025 in The Progressive Era | The Bull Moose party | American History Tellers | Podcast
  28. meat inspection act — 1 episode, most recently May 2025 in The Progressive Era | The Bull Moose party | American History Tellers | Podcast