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Someone else could probably give you better recommendations but I can think of a few:
The Russian Revolution by Robert Service - Service has published many books on Russia from the 19th C to the present and is generally balanced and his writing style is very accessible (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Revolution-1900-1927-Studies-European/dp/0230220401/ref=sr_1_19?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451504927&sr=1-19&keywords=robert+service)
Rethinking the Russian Revolution by Edward Acton - this goes over the events of the revolution but also contrasts different historiographical interpretations of it so is an interesting read especially if you want to see typical attitudes in the US in the 50s and in the Soviet Union (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rethinking-Russian-Revolution-Reading-History/dp/0713165308/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451504560&sr=1-11&keywords=russian+revolution)
The Russian Revolution by Sheila Fitzpatrick - this one is heavier going than Service but I enjoyed it as it is quite an original take on the revolution (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Revolution-Fitzpatrick-published-University/dp/B00E28GE3S/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451504611&sr=1-18&keywords=russian+revolution)
I would highly recommend Ten Days That Shook The World by John Reed - it's not an academic history book but is an account of the revolution by an American journalist who was in Petrograd and Moscow at the time and is a very gripping read (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ten-Days-That-Shook-World/dp/1463683979/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1451504560&sr=1-13)
the bolsheviks were all pricks^1