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24 alternatives to Welcome to Braggsville: A Novel

Berkeley students take on a Civil War re-enactment

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Welcome to Braggsville: A Novel launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Sympathizer: A Novel▲66

   One man's political beliefs and individual loyalties clash

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Youngblood▲71

   The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll

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   Ender's Game▲93

   The enemy's gate is down

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   We Need Diverse Books▲87

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   2014 · its alternatives →

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   City on Fire: A novel ▲79

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   Decoding AP Computer Science A▲60

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   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

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   Valley of the Gods▲65

   A Silicon Valley story

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War▲62

   Describes the western world that exploded into The Great War

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Gene▲64

    An Intimate History

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Throwback Special▲61

    A Novel

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Audiologs x Tibz - 028: Civil War Crepes▲52

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    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Battle Leadership▲56

    War is Human Life Amplified and Intensified

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling▲68

    Using stories to advocate, influence, and persuade

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Loner▲64

    Turns the traditional campus novel on its head

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Understanding Media▲70

    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Fictionhub, a place to share fiction▲46

    2015 · fictionhub.io · its alternatives →

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    For God, Country, and Coca-Cola▲67

    America's socio-economic history through the "glass"

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    War in Val D’Orcia▲55

    An Italian War diary 1943–1944

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Road to Little Dribbling▲70

    Adventures of an American in Britain

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    How High School Became a Thing▲84

    A new illustrated story, from Hardbound

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography▲61

    A pioneer who fought her own creative freedom & independence

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Goldfinch▲86

    Recent Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Road to Character▲73

    The deeper values that should inform our lives

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