Bonkers and Books About DC

I was tweeting with some of my Tweeps tonight about books related to Washington, DC that I’ve read and I discovered two things:

1. Lots of folks are interested in books about DC’s history.
2. I sure seem to have read quite a bit of them.

So I said I’d put together a list of books that I’ve read with DC as either its main character or the backdrop for the story.

Here goes (firing up the Delicious Library), in alphabetical order by author:

1. Berg, Scott W. Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.., 2008.
2. Blackman, Ann. Wild Rose: The True Story of a Civil War Spy. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006.
3. Brinkley, David. Washington Goes to War. Knopf, 1988.
4. Brown, Dan. The Lost Symbol. Doubleday Books, 2009.
5. Fergurson, Ernest B. Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War. Alfred Knopf, 2004.
6. Gunderson, Steve, Rob Morris, and Bruce Bawer. House and Home: The political and personal Journey of a gay Republican Congressman and the man with Whom He Created a Family. Dutton Adult, 1996.
7. Preston, Richard. The Hot Zone. Random House, 1994.
8. Robertson, David M. Booth: A Novel. Doubleday, 1997.
9. Schrag, Zachary M. The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
10. Shilts, Randy. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. St. Martin’s Griffin (revised), 2007.
11. Swanson, James L. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. William Morrow, 2006.
12. Taylor, Nick. The Disagreement: A Novel. Simon & Schuster, 2008.
13. Thomas, Helen. Front Row at the White House. Simon & Schuster, 1999.
14. Vogel, Steve. The Pentagon: A History. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008.

This is it for now. This is a combination of fiction and non-fiction.

If you have others, add them in the comments and I’ll do the same as I come across more.