RC Book List - Chronological Order (or pdf version)
(History books only.)
| Bk# | Titles | Author | Subject | Location | ~Year |
| 14. | Fifty Famous Stories Retold - See subject/date list. | James Baldwin | Various | Various | Various |
| 121. | Orations (of Marcus Tullius Cicero) | Cicero | Series of political speeches and legal arguments | Rome, Italy | 70-44 BC |
| 136. | Caesar's Gallic War also called The War in Gaul | Julius Caesar | Caesar's conquering and invasion of Europe (France, Belgium, Switzerland, parts of Holland and Germany; invasion of Britain) | Europe (various areas) | 58-50 BC |
| 157. | De Bello Gallico also called Commentaries on the Gallic War or C. Iuli Caesaris Commentarii | Julius Caesar and T. Rice Holmes | Commentary and translation of book which is about Caesar's conquering and invasion of Europe (France, Belgium, Switzerland, parts of Holland and Germany; invasion of Britain) | Europe (various areas) | 58-50 BC |
| 156. | Bellum Civile also called The Civil War | Julius Caesar | Civil War against Pompey | Rome, Italy; Greece; Egypt | 49-48 BC |
| 124. | Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | Caesar's death, and the events surrounding it. | Rome, Italy | 44 BC |
| 100. | The Song of Roland | Anonymous | Battle of Roncevaux Pass | Spain | 778 |
| 126. | American Historical Documents 1000-1904 | Various (Harvard Classics 43) | Accounts of early exploration, life in early America, life during the Civil war, treaties, early government documents, addresses, etc. | United States and Worldwide | 1000-1904 |
| 130. | Ivanhoe | Sir Walter Scott | The time of Richard I and the Crusades | England | 1166 |
| 47. | The Boy Knight also called Winning His Spurs or Fighting the Saracens | G. A. Henty | The Crusades | Palestine | 1190 |
| 110. | The White Company | Arthur Conan Doyle | Hundred Years War | England and France | late 1300s |
| 141. | King Henry V | William Shakespeare | Battle of Agincourt (during Hundred Years War) and events before and after it. | England and France | 1415 |
| 12. | Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World | Josephine Pollard | Life and travels of Columbus | Europe and the Americas | 1435-1506 |
| 74. | The Prince and the Pauper | Mark Twain | Time of Henry VIII (Tudor Period) | England | 1547 |
| 127. | The Enterprising Americans | John Chamberlain | History of business and free enterprise in America. | United States | Early 1700s-1970s |
| 87. | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | Benjamin Franklin | Franklin's life, discoveries, inventions and achievements. Colonial America French and Indian War Pre-Revolutionary Era | United States | 1706-1757 (Died in 1790; book incomplete) |
| 4. | The Life of George Washington | Josephine Pollard | Washington's life, campaigns and presidency Revolutionary War Founding of the U. S. | United States | 1732-1799 |
| 72. | Life of George Washington (Vol. 1) | Washington Irving | Washington's life and campaigns French and Indian War Revolutionary War Founding of the U. S. | United States | 1732-1775 |
| 15. | Four American Naval Heroes (part 1) | Mabel Borton Beebe | Life of Paul Jones & the Revolutionary War | United States (mainly) | 1747-1792 |
| 83. | The Diaries of George Washington (Vol. 1) | George Washington | Washington's early life French and Indian War | United States | 1748-1770 |
| 54. | The Friend of Washington; A Young Folks' Life of General Lafayette | Henry C. Watson | American Revolution French Revolution and Time of Napoleon | United States, France | 1757-1834 |
| 70. | The Pathfinder | James Fenimore Cooper | French and Indian War | United States | 1759 |
| 86. | The Diaries of George Washington (Vol. 2) | George Washington | Washington's life and campaigns Revolutionary War Founding of the U. S. | United States | 1771-1785 |
| 77. | Life of George Washington (Vol. 2) | Washington Irving | Washington's life and campaigns Revolutionary War Founding of the U. S. | United States | 1775-1777 |
| 131. | A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | French Revolution / Reign of Terror | France and England | 1775-1793 |
| 80. | Life of George Washington (Vol. 3) Download Vol. 4 and Vol. 5 if interested. (Not required.) | Washington Irving | Washington's life and campaigns Revolutionary War Founding of the U. S. | United States | 1777-1779 |
| 81. | The Spy | James Fenimore Cooper | American Revolution | United States | 1778 |
| 15. | Four American Naval Heroes (part 2) | Mabel Borton Beebe | Life of Oliver H. Perry & the War of 1812 | United States (mainly) | 1785-1819 |
| 89. | The Diaries of George Washington (Vol. 3) | George Washington | Washington's life Founding of the U. S. | United States | 1786-1788 |
| 57. | David Crockett, Scout | Charles Fletcher Allen | Crockett's life, Creek War, his years in politics, Texan Independence, Battle of the Alamo | United States | 1786-1836 |
| 93. | Life of David Crockett (Autobiography) | David Crockett | Crockett's life, Creek War, his years in politics, Texan Independence, Battle of the Alamo (added after his death) | United States | 1786-1836 |
| 122. | The Federalist (Papers) | Alexander Hamilton, etc. | United States Constitution | United States | 1787-1788 |
| 92. | The Diaries of George Washington (Vol. 4) | George Washington | Washington's life and presidency Founding of the U. S. | United States | 1789-1799 |
| 135. | Fiat Money Inflation in France | Andrew Dickson White | Inflation and the history of an economic experiment | France | 1789-1797 |
| 15. | Four American Naval Heroes (part 3) | Mabel Borton Beebe | Life of David Farragut & the Civil War | United States (mainly) | 1801-1870 |
| 97. | The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln | L. P. Brockett | Lincoln's life and political career Black Hawk War Civil War | United States | 1809-1865 |
| 94. | Not Yours to Give | David Crockett | Historical incident concerning government spending | United States | 1820s |
| 118. | Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman | William Tecumseh Sherman | Sherman's life Civil War | United States | 1820-1891 |
| 133. | The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (Vol. 1) | Jefferson Davis | Civil War: events leading up to it and those shortly thereafter. (Confederate View) | United States | 1820 - late 1860s |
| 139. | The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (Vol. 2) | Jefferson Davis | Civil War: events leading up to it and those shortly thereafter. (Confederate View) | United States | 1820 - late 1860s |
| 108. | Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall) | R. L. Dabney | Jackson's life Mexican-American War Civil War (Confederate) | United States | 1824-1863 |
| 137. | Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln (1832-1865) | Abraham Lincoln | Speeches and letters on subjects personal, political and historical (including the Civil War) | United States | 1832-1865 |
| 142. | Two Years Before the Mast (And Twenty-Four Years After) | Richard Henry Dana | Maritime history (non-military) | Various (Boston to California via Cape Horn) | 1834-1836 and 1859 |
| 15. | Four American Naval Heroes (part 4) | Mabel Borton Beebe | Life of George Dewey & the Spanish-American War | United States, Philippines, South America, various other locations. | 1837-1899 (published 1899; Dewey died 1917) |
| 58. | Up from Slavery | Booker T. Washington | Life of an ex-slave; education and the Tuskegee Institute | United States | 1858-1901 (published in 1901; died in 1915) |
| 115. | Theodore Roosevelt; An Autobiography | Theodore Roosevelt | Roosevelt's life and political career Spanish-American War Panama Canal | United States Cuba | 1858-1913 (published in 1913, but he died in 1919) |
| 104. | The Soldier in Our Civil War (Vol. 1) | Frank Leslie | Civil War | United States | 1861-1865 |
| 114. | The Soldier in Our Civil War (Vol. 2) | Frank Leslie | Civil War | United States | 1861-1865 |
| 129. | A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States | Alexander Stephens | Civil War (Confederate view) | United States | 1861-1865 |
| 140. | Fifty Years in the Royal Navy | Admiral Sir Percy Scott | Naval history over a span of 50 years. (Including WWI) | Worldwide | 1866-1916 |
| 120. | Life on the Mississippi | Mark Twain | Pre-Civil War life in Missouri Life on a steamboat | United States | Early 1870s |
| 8. | Our Hero General U. S. Grant | Josephine Pollard | U. S. Grant's Life American Civil War | United States | 1882-1885 |
| 67. | Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (Vol. 1) | Ulysses S. Grant | Mexican-American War Civil War | United States | 1882-1885 |
| 71. | Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (Vol. 2) | Ulysses S. Grant | Civil War | United States | 1882-1885 |
| 138. | The World Crisis (Vol. 1) | Sir Winston S. Churchill | World War I (this volume only covers through 1915, though the war lasted through 1918) | Europe (mainly) | 1911-1915 |