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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown
★★★★★· Published 2013· 404 pages
The University of Washington rowing team's improbable road to gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. I don't even care about rowing and I was riveted.
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
Daniel James Brown
The Donner Party told through one young bride's ordeal. Harrowing and hard to put down.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Erik Larson
The American ambassador's family in Berlin as the Nazis rose to power. Reads like a thriller, and it's all true.
★ 5The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann
A shipwreck, a mutiny, and rival survivors telling wildly different stories. Grann makes nonfiction read like a thriller.