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Books like Devil Makes Three A Novel

Across Political and Historical — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Devil Makes Three A Novel by Ben Fountain.

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Top related books to Devil Makes Three A Novel

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Indestructible The Unforgettable Memoir of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima

Jack H. Lucas

Themes: Political • Historical

Casa Nostra A Home in Sicily

Caroline Seller Manzo

Themes: Political • Historical

The Clockmaker’s Wife

Daisy Wood

Themes: Political • Historical

Citizens of the Green Room Profiles in Courage and Self-Delusion

Mark Leibovich

Themes: Political • Historical

Red Hands

Colin W. Sargent

Themes: Political • Historical

Passionately Positive The Beverly O’Neill Story: Leadership Through Inspiration

Harry Saltzgaver

Themes: Political • Historical

Lloyd George

Hugh Purcell

Themes: Political • Historical

It Occurs to Me That I Am America New Stories and Art

Richard Russo

Themes: Political

Ed The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader

Mehdi Hasan

Themes: Political • Historical

#10

Young Heroes of the Soviet Union A Memoir and a Reckoning

Alex Halberstadt

Themes: Political • Historical

#11

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

Themes: Political • Historical

#12

Lessons in Chemistry ?

Bonnie Garmus

Themes: Political • Historical

#13

Everything Beautiful in Its Time Seasons of Love and Loss

Jenna Bush Hager

Themes: Political • Historical

#14

1948 Harry Truman’s Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America’s Role in the World

Themes: Political

Themes: Political • Historical

#16

The House of Yan A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

Lan Yan

Themes: Political • Historical

#17

The Diplomat Lester Pearson and the Suez Crisis

Antony Anderson

Themes: Political • Historical

#18

Christina, Queen of Sweden The Restless Life of a European Eccentric

Veronica Buckley

Themes: Political • Historical

#19

Sacred Trust Election Integrity and the Will of the People

Themes: Political

Themes: Political

The Five The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

Themes: Political • Historical

#22

Francona The Red Sox Years

Terry Francona

Themes: Political • Historical

#23

The Authorised Biography of Margaret Thatcher

Charles Moore

Themes: Political • Historical

#24

In the Footsteps of Churchill

Richard Holmes

Themes: Political • Historical

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Devil Makes Three A Novel by Ben Fountain. Connected by Political, Historical. Authors featured include Jack H. Lucas, Caroline Seller Manzo, Daisy Wood, Mark Leibovich, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.