NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #38 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
Tonight is my second of three nights featuring favorite books about the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln, among my favorite history topics. Tonight, books on Lincoln Himself, all available at
@CityLightsBooks. Here was last night's list on the war itself:
@CityLightsBooks. Here was last night's list on the war itself:
PS: Two caveats before tonight's list: Doris Kearns Goodwin's TEAM OF RIVALS will appear tomorrow night, with books on world around Lincoln—so don't @ me—and I've already mentioned George Saunders' LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, in a previous #GMGReads:
1) David Herbert Donald's LINCOLN is just a masterful one-volume biography. Start here if you're just diving in: bookshop.org/books/lincoln-…
2) Douglas Wilson's HONOR'S VOICE paints a portrait of just how unexpected Lincoln's rise to power truly was: bookshop.org/books/honor-s-…
3) Fred Kaplan (not @fmkaplan, the other one) examines Lincoln through the lens of his most important voice—his writing—in his captivating LINCOLN: THE BIOGRAPHY OF A WRITER: bookshop.org/books/lincoln-…
4) Gore Vidal's novel LINCOLN, one of his Narratives of Empire books, is just an engrossing and meaty portrait of the president and the era, despite it being fiction: bookshop.org/books/lincoln-…
5) Two important arguments about Lincoln's nuances: @haroldholzer's LINCOLN PRESIDENT-ELECT, arguing he was more thoughtful than you think thru the secession winter powells.com/book/-97807432… & Mark Neely's FATE OF LIBERTY, about Lincoln and civil liberties: bookshop.org/books/the-fate…
That's tonight's #GMGReads. What are your favorite books on Lincoln or other US presidents? Share! #avidreadersunite
Also, one final aside on Lincoln books: I've always kept my eye out for a copy of Ida Tarbell's IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LINCOLNS, but have never found it yet. If you ever see it, grab a copy!
