United States, history book series in reading order

by Kate Messner

Who HQ is the credit on 429 children's nonfiction biographies in the catalogue, published from 2002 to 2026. The run opens with Who Was Albert Einstein?, Who Was Amelia Earhart? and Who Was Ben Franklin? (all 2002) and reaches Who Is Vera Wang (2026). Subjects include biography, history and juvenile nonfiction for readers aged 8 to 12. Other names credited on some of the books include Megan Stine (7), John Hinderliter (7) and Nico Medina (4).

Catherine Marshall was an American author of inspirational non-fiction, devotional writing and fiction, married to the minister Peter Marshall. A Man Called Peter (1951) opens a catalogue of 42 books, and Christy (1967) sits in it alongside the Christy of Cutter Gap series. Christian life, faith, prayer and biography are the recurring subjects, with teachers and schools among them. The catalogue closes with Moments That Matter (2001).

Matthew A. Rozell writes United States military history of the Second World War, told through the voices of those who served. The Things Our Fathers Saw series carries most of the catalogue: the Pacific Theater volume (2015), a second volume running from the Great Depression into combat (2017), two volumes on the war in the air (2017), then Up the Bloody Boot on the war in Italy (2018), D-Day and Beyond (2019), The Bulge and Beyond (2020), Across the Rhine (2021) and On to Tokyo (2022). A Train Near Magdeburg (2016) records a teacher's journey into the Holocaust and the reuniting of survivors with their liberators 70 years on. Ten books are catalogued, none since 2022.

Brad Meltzer

85 books• 14 series

Brad Meltzer, born April 1, 1970, is an American novelist, non-fiction author, television creator and comic book writer. The novels span political thrillers, legal thrillers and conspiracy fiction. Meltzer has written superhero comics for DC Comics and, at times, Marvel, and a run of short biographies of well-known people for young readers. The catalogue holds 86 titles from The Tenth Justice (1997) to We are the Wright Brothers (2026), and I am Taylor Swift is scheduled for 2027. Series include Ordinary People Change the World, Beecher White/Culper Ring and Escape Artist/Zig & Nola. Other titles include Identity Crisis (2004) and The Book of Fate (2006).

H.W. Brands writes history and biography centred on American presidents, the Cold War and United States foreign relations. The catalogue lists 48 books from Cold Warriors (1988) to American Patriarch (2026), and includes the series Foreign Relations and the Presidency. Early titles are India and the United States, The Specter of Neutralism, Inside the Cold War, Bound to Empire, The Devil We Knew and The Reckless Decade. Brands is still publishing.

David Heska Wanbli Weiden teaches political science at Metropolitan State University of Denver and writes crime and thriller fiction. Weiden is Lakota, and Lakota life, South Dakota and Native American history run through the work. Three books are catalogued: Spotted Tail (2019), Winter Counts (2020) and Wisdom Corner (2026). Winter Counts, the debut novel, took the Anthony, Lefty, ITW Thriller, Barry, Macavity and Spur awards.