Suggested by Kathy Cannon Wiechman, inaugural winner of the Grateful American Book Prize for Like a River: A Civil War...

Suggested by Jon Parrish Peede, former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Suggested by Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello

Suggested by Ryan Cole, author of Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero

Suggested by Michael F. Bishop, a board member of the Abraham Lincoln Institute

Suggested by Jon Parrish Peede, former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Suggested by author and storyteller Dr. Ed Lengel, chief historian at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas

Suggested by Max Rudin, president and publisher of Library of America

Suggested by Edgar Dobie, executive producer and president of Arena Stage

Suggested by Michael B. Poliakoff, president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni

Whether it’s via their tone, topic, or tenor, certain works just say “America.”

Whether it’s via their tone, topic, or tenor, certain works just say “America.”