<p>Has anyone read and liked any of these books? I have to choose one from the following to read over this summer and write some stuff about it. Which one of these was interesting and EASY to read?</p>
<li><p>A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America. [Michael McGerr] 400 Pages.</p></li>
<li><p>Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. [William Leuchtenburg] 432 Pages.</p></li>
<li><p>The Promise Land. [Nicholas Lemann] 416 Pages.</p></li>
<li><p>The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement. [Aldon Morris] 368 Pages.</p></li>
<li><p>The Cold War: A New History. [John Lewis Gaddis] 352 Pages.</p></li>
<li><p>1968: The Year that Rocked the World. [Mark Kurlansky] 464 Pages.</p></li>
<li><p>A Problem from Hell: America in the Age of Genocide. [Samantha Power] 620 Pages.</p></li>
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<p>hey imt aking ap us history next year.. i didn't get a summer reading list like that.. but we have to read lots of material and do alot f hw so we can go faster when the school year approaches.. tell me what book you choose and if you think its worth reading?</p>
<p>I've read the 1968 one...not exactly all of it, but for our fake internal assessment in tenth grade government. I'm doing the 68 election for my extended essay and the year 1968 has some very interesting stuff. </p>
<p>The Cold War book by Gaddis is on our Topics (IB 12th grade history) syllabus. I haven't exactly heard rave reviews about it, I think it's your general historian's book, and I don't find the Cold War in its entirety exactly fascinating myself. Based on subject matter, personally I think you're best off with either 4 (the civil rights movement has lots of interesting characters, and you've likely been introduced to a lot of it so it ends up being sort of review but in an interesting new light), 6 (because 1968 was pretty interesting and also it's a much more narrow topic than the rest of the list), and 7 (looks like an interesting viewpoint).</p>
<p>If I were you, I'd pick a book that covers the more recent US History years. My APUSH teacher wasn't the best, and my class had to end up self-studying the seven or so chapters he didn't bother to teach before the test. He digresses extensively, to say the least.</p>
<p>I love The Jungle, it was great, I had to read it for english sophmore year. I agree with Why Ignore Ants. I think you should also chose the books that cover the topics that interest you the most. Unfortuantly, I do not get a choice in what I have to read for APUSH, but they seem to be extremely easy reads. If you have time you should go to a Barnes and Noble and look through each of the books and see which ones you like the best. Good Luck :)</p>