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5.0

It's rare when you find a book that you can honestly say "is one of my favorites" and mean it. Far more elusive is to say "this is my favorite book, ever". The Boys in the Boat stands as my favorite book ever; I might live the rest of my days reading exemplary work after classic novel after moving fictional tale after...well, you get it...and never find one better.

Being from Seattle, and even knowing UW rowers, definitely brought this story more vividly to life. But make no mistake, these boys do not need you to know their town or their school or their sport or even the era they lived in (The Depression) to be moved by their journey and their accomplishment. Read it and be mesmerized.