R.W. Winton
Author of queer historical fiction
Bibliography
These are all the books I've read since June of 2019 for research purposes. All links are to Amazon but they are certainly available elsewhere. I have not included all the countless articles I have also read. All of these works have been read for a deeper contextual understanding of the period and not all are directly related to a specific book. Some, you might notice, definitely are.
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1776 - David McCullough
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A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution - Theodore P. Savas and J. David Dameron
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A Queer History of the United States - Michael Bronski
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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates - Eric Jay Dolin
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Boston and the Dawn of American Independence - Brian Deming
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British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution by Don N. Hagist
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Common Sense and Other Writings - Thomas Paine
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Dr. Benjamin Church, Spy: A Case of Espionage on the Eve of the American Revolution - John A. Nagy
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Fanning's Narrative: The Memoirs of Nathaniel Fanning, 1778-1783 - Nathaniel Fanning
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Farmers Against the Crown: A Comprehensive Account of the Revolutionary War Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut - Keith Marshall Jones III
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George Washington's Indispensable Men: Alexander Hamilton, Tench Tilghman, and the Aides-de-Camp Who Helped Win American Independence - Arthur S. Lefkowitz
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George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution - Brian Kilmead and Don Yaeger
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Hessians: Mercenaries, Rebels, and the War for British North America - Brady J. Crytzer
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His Excellency: George Washington - Joseph J. Ellis
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In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692 - Richard Hite
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Invisible Ink: Spycraft in the American Revolution - John A. Nagy
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John Barry: An American Naval Hero in the Age of Sail - Tim McGrath
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John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy - Evan Thomas
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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America - Eric Jay Dolin
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Male-Male Intimacy in Early America: Beyond Romantic Friendships - William Benemann
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Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience - Martyn Whittock
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Monmouth Court House: The Battle That Made the American Army - Joseph G. Bilby, Katherine Bilby Jenkins
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Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail - Bernard Ireland
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Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution - Don N. Hagist
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Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution - Robert H. Patton
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Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars - Jamie L.H. Goodall
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Privateers of the Revolution: War on the New Jersey Coast 1775-1783 - Donald Grady Shomette
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Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American revolution - Eric Jay Dolin
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Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence - Carol Berkin
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Spies in the Continental Capital: Espionage Across Pennsylvania During the American Revolution - John A. Nagy
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Ten Tea Parties: Patriotic Protests that History Forgot - Joseph Cummins
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The American Revolution: A Historical Guidebook -Frances H. Kennedy (editor)
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The Burning of His Majesty's Schooner Gaspee: An Attack on Crown Rule Before the American Revolution - Steven Park
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The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army - Paul Lockhart
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The Female Review - Herman Mann
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The French in North America: 1500-1783 - W.J. Eccles
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The Involuntary American: A Scottish Prisoner's Journey to the New World - Carol Gardner
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The Pirate Next Door: The Untold Story of Eighteenth Century Pirates' Wives, Families, and Communities - Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos
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The Politics of Fashion in Eighteenth-Century America - Kate Haulman
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The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life - Joyce Lee Malcolm
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Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War - Thomas B. Allen
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Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh: Home to a Revolution - A.J. Schenkman
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Washington's Immortals - Patrick K. O'Donnell
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Washington's Spymaster - Benjamin Tallmadge

A cannon at Fort Montgomery in New York.
If you're interested in other fiction books about the time period, here are some I have enjoyed and recommend:
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Revolutionary Temptation and Of Hope and Anguish - Silvia Violet (m/m romance)
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Rebel and King's Man - Sally Malcolm (m/m romance)
Here is a list of primary sources I have used for research, all available online:
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Journals of the Continental Congress, full text transcripts via Hathi Trust
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Papers of the Continental Congress, original digital scans via Fold3 (subscription required)
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Avalon Project: 18th Century Documents, via Yale Law School
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Founders Online, includes transcripts of the papers of select "founding fathers" via the US National Archive