Books like Unbroken
If you liked Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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John Adams
Because shares tags: biography, history, nonfiction.
McCullough follows Adams from Braintree lawyer to second president.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Because shares tags: war, biography, survival.
Pino Lella guides Jews over Alps then drives for Nazis in Milan.
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The Prince
Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.
Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
Because shares tags: nonfiction, war.
The Ten Booms hide Jews in Haarlem, suffer Ravensbruck, lose Betsie, and learn forgiveness.
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Because shares tags: nonfiction, history.
Washington rowers led by Joe Rantz chase gold in Hitler's Berlin in 1936.
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Spare
Because shares tags: biography, nonfiction.
Prince Harry recalls Diana's death in 1997, two tours in Afghanistan, and stepping back from royal life with Meghan in this frank 2023…
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.
In 1920s Oklahoma, Osage oil wealth makes tribal members targets for murder, forcing the young FBI under Tom White to expose the conspiracy…
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Between the World and Me
Because shares tags: nonfiction, history.
Coates writes to his son about the Black body in America, from Howard to the loss of Prince Jones.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Because shares tags: history, nonfiction.
Diamond argues geography and crops explain why some societies expanded faster than others.
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A Child Called It
Because shares tags: survival, nonfiction.
Dave survives his mother games of hunger and cold in Daly City until teachers and foster care step in.
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Because shares tags: nonfiction, biography.
Malala grows up in Swat, blogged for school under ban, and survives a bus shooting.
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The Devil in the White City
Because shares tags: nonfiction, history.
Architect Burnham builds the 1893 Chicago Fair while H.H. Holmes builds his murder hotel nearby.
