Browsing: 20th Century

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author: This #1 New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of the Year traces the life and legacy of the 41st US president, George Herbert Walker Bush. “Should be required reading” (The Washington Post).

An “intense, moving” New York Times bestseller (Booklist starred review): In Nazi-occupied Paris, an American physician and his family risked everything to help the French Resistance smuggle Allied pilots to safety. A BookBub Editor Pick that’s “constructed and written like a thriller” (Chicago Tribune).

A “riveting” account (The Wall Street Journal) of the Jazz Age showdown between Harry Houdini and a purported psychic that became a focal point in the national debate over Spiritualism. “Beautifully written, deeply researched, and delightfully mysterious” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Debby Applegate).

In this New York Times bestseller, the author of A Walk in the Woods recounts the summer of 1927 — a pivotal time in US history. “Bryson offers delicious detail and breathtaking suspense… A glorious look at one summer in America” (Booklist).

A New York Times bestseller: The acclaimed author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan recounts the saga of her family’s migration to America. Follow their dreams, struggles, and proud determination to build new lives in this “brilliant tapestry” (Booklist) with nearly 3,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

“Lively, raucous, and immensely entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews): Revel in a century’s worth of laughs with this superb account of humor and humorists. “Pop culture enthusiasts… will relish this important history of American comedy” (Library Journal starred review).

This inspiring true story of veteran Air Force bomber pilot Robert Trimble, who laid his life on the line to…

From a New York Times bestselling author comes the compelling story of a grisly murder case that plunged New York into a frenzied panic during the summer of 1897. “Both a gripping true crime narrative and an astonishing portrait of fin de siècle yellow journalism” (Kirkus Reviews).

This engrossing volume brings to life the turbulent decade of the Great Depression. “A shrewd, concise, wonderfully written account of America in the ’30s… A reminder of why history matters” (The New York Times).

In Chris Matthews’s New York Times bestselling portrait of Robert F. Kennedy, “Readers witness the evolution of Kennedy’s soul. Through…