Douglas Brinkley

77 books

America Day by Day by Simone de Beauvoir

America Day by Day

Simone de Beauvoir

390 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel informative reflective slow-paced
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley

American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

Douglas Brinkley

576 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics science informative medium-paced
The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion by Douglas Brinkley

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion

Douglas Brinkley

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional medium-paced
The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President by Julie M. Fenster, Douglas Brinkley

The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President

Julie M. Fenster, Douglas Brinkley

256 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Cronkite by Douglas Brinkley

Cronkite

Douglas Brinkley

832 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, 1968-1976 by Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, 1968-1976

The Fear and Loathing Letters #2

Hunter S. Thompson

784 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography politics challenging reflective medium-paced
Gerald R. Ford by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Douglas Brinkley

Gerald R. Ford

The American Presidents #38

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Douglas Brinkley

224 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective medium-paced
JFK: A Vision for America by Stephen Kennedy Smith, Douglas Brinkley

JFK: A Vision for America

Stephen Kennedy Smith, Douglas Brinkley

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey by Brian Lamb, Douglas Brinkley

The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey

Brian Lamb, Douglas Brinkley

544 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Making of America Revised Edition: The History of the United States from 1492 to the Present by Robert D. Johnston, Douglas Brinkley

The Making of America Revised Edition: The History of the United States from 1492 to the Present

Robert D. Johnston, Douglas Brinkley

240 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced