Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin
William H. Seward
- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson
- Unionists in Virginia: Politics, Secession and Their Plan to Prevent Civil War Lawrence M. Denton
- Mary Surratt: An American Tragedy Elizabeth Trindal
- The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation Brenda Wineapple
- God's Hand on America: Divine Providence in the Modern Era Michael Medved
- The Slave Power: The Free North and Southern Domination, 1780–1860 Leonard L. Richards
- Summary of Roger Lowenstein's Ways and Means IRB Media
- The Demon of Unrest: Abraham Lincoln & America’s Road to Civil War Erik Larson
- Summary of Sean Mirski's We May Dominate the World IRB Media
- The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1910-1960 Douglas Brinkley
- The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights Dorothy Wickenden
