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The Butler County Chapter NSDAR once again received awards from the KSDAR Library committee for the group’s literacy efforts. Chapter members were recognized for completing books from the approved list, with some members completing the entire list of books. 

Each year the Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution librarian compiles a list of recommended books for the ladies to read, many of which have historical content. 

The Butler County Chapter librarian Laura Crafton would like to invite community members to join us in reading from our 2026-2027 list. The books are available at the Butler County Public Library or can be purchased from book sellers.  

KSDAR READING LIST 2026-2027  

Title & Author

-A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams

By Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie

-A Guardian and a Thief

By Megha Majmudar

-America’s First Daughter

By Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie

-And Then We Hit a Rock

By Greg Buenzli

-Carnegie’s Maid

By Marie Benedict

-Her Hidden Genius: A Novel

By Marie Benedict

-Honor Thy Father: A Legal Thriller

By Jason Holland

-Mothering on Perilous

By Lucy Furman

-My Dear Hamilton

By Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie

-The Belle of Chatham: A Colonial-Era Hist. Romance-American Revolution

By Laura Franz

-The Bootlegger’s Daughter

By Nadine Nettmann

-The Orphan Collector: A Heroic Novel of Survival

By Ellen Marie Wiseman

-Mrs. Winchester’s Biographer

By Deanne Lynn Sletten

-Family of Spies” A WW II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor

By Christine Kuehn

-How to Hug a Porcupine: Easy ways to Love the Difficult People in Your Life

By Dr Debbie Joffe Ellis

-In The Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washingto and the Victory at Yorktown

By Nathaniel Philbrick

-Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

By Jared Cohen

-Lincoln’s Final Hours: Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America’s Greatest President

By Kathryn Canavan

-Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

By Dan Jones

-My Enemy, My Friend: A Story of Reconciliation from the Vietnam War

By E. Daniel Cherry

-My Stroke of Insight

By Jill Bolte Taylor

-Simplicity and Excellence: Elizabeth Kremer from Beaten Biscuits to Shaker Lemon Pie

By Diedre A Scaggs & Evalina Settle

-The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By Evan Friss

-The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

By Walter Isaacson

-The Happiest Man On Earth

By Eddie Jaku

-The Last Kings of Hollywood—and the Battle for the Soul of America Cinema

Paul Fischer

-The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany

By Gwen Strauss

-The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

By Kate Anderson Brower

-We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America

By Norah O’Donnell

-Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks

By Jeanne Theoharis