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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

Candice Millard

432 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

3.5james2021's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

The Rise and Fall

Stephen Brusatte

404 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

3.0james2021's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years by David Talbot

Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years

David Talbot

480 pages • first pub 2007 (editions) user-added

4.0james2021's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

292 pages • first pub 1959 (editions) user-added

4.0james2021's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer

All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

Stephen Kinzer

272 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

4.0james2021's review
nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard

Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

Candice Millard

375 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

4.0james2021's review
nonfiction biography history informative tense medium-paced
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East (20th Anniversary Edition) by David Fromkin

A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East (20th Anniversary Edition)

David Fromkin

672 pages • first pub 1989 (editions) user-added

3.0james2021's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

Bill Browder

417 pages • first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

3.5james2021's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative tense medium-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann

357 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0james2021's review
nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

The Hero of Ages

Mistborn #3

Brandon Sanderson

576 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

4.5james2021's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced