17 Top biography books like The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II by Judith Mackrell

Cover of The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II by Judith Mackrell

The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

By: Judith Mackrell

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The riveting, untold history of a group of heroic women reporters who revolutionized the narrative …

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Cover of Gellhorn: A Twentieth Century Life by Caroline Moorehead

1. Gellhorn: A Twentieth Century Life

By: Caroline Moorehead

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The first major biography of legendary war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, whose life provides a uni… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Moorehead's Gellhorn: A Twentieth Century Life book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • journalism
Cover of The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon by Alex Kershaw

2. The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

By: Alex Kershaw

4.17

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Certain Age (A Certain Age, #1) by Beatriz Williams

3. A Certain Age (A Certain Age, #1)

By: Beatriz Williams

3.65

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of A Hundred Summers brings the Roaring Twenties brilliantly to life in this… read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's A Certain Age (A Certain Age, #1) book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • audiobook
Cover of Forgotten Voices of the Great War by Imperial War Museum, Max Arthur

4. Forgotten Voices of the Great War

By: Imperial War Museum , Max Arthur

4.47

Format: None pages, Paperback

This unique landmark oral history uses first-hand accounts from ordinary men and women who were the… read more

Similar categories in Imperial War Museum's Forgotten Voices of the Great War book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy

5. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

By: John Guy

4.16

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . .  Hunting the Falcon  brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland by Troy Senik

6. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

By: Troy Senik

4.16

Format: 384 pages, ebook

“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

7. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Travel Light, Move Fast

By: Alexandra Fuller

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling author Alexandra Fuller, the utterly original story of her father, Tim Fuller, and… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Fuller's Travel Light, Move Fast book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fi: A Memoir of My Son by Alexandra Fuller

9. Fi: A Memoir of My Son

By: Alexandra Fuller

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

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10. Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

By: Damien Lewis

3.78

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The New Yorker, Best Books of 2022 Vanity Fair, Best Books of 2022 Booklist, Best Books of 2022 Si… read more

Similar categories in Damien Lewis's Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Wandering through Life: A Memoir by Donna Leon

11. Wandering through Life: A Memoir

By: Donna Leon

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Theinternationally bestselling author of the Guido Brunetti mysteries tells herown adventurous life… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's Wandering through Life: A Memoir book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood by Erin Carlson

12. No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood

By: Erin Carlson

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own —one of the most beloved basebal… read more

Similar categories in Erin Carlson's No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II by Judith Mackrell

13. The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

By: Judith Mackrell

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The riveting, untold history of a group of heroic women reporters who revolutionized the narrative … read more

Similar categories in Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America by Therese Oneill

14. Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

By: Therese Oneill

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t … read more

Similar categories in Therese Oneill's Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
"[A woman] takes up just the right amount of space. Small is best. You need to prove yourself worthy of the molecules you displace, madam."

-Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

Cover of After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War by Helen Rappaport

15. After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

By: Helen Rappaport

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the … read more

Similar categories in Helen Rappaport's After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"His wife, "who only demanded of life that it should amuse her"."

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"(B)ut behind it all-- nothing: just vodka and the void. (Coco Chanel)"

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"We lived side by side with life but were afraid of meeting it. (Maria Pavlovna)"

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"(H)is action was merely "galvanizing the corpse" of an army that was already in retreat and heading for defeat."

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

Cover of Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings

16. Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943

By: Max Hastings

4.15

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF’s 6… read more

Similar categories in Max Hastings's Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line (Feminist History Book for Adults) by Mari K.  Eder

17. The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line (Feminist History Book for Adults)

By: Mari K. Eder

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Radium Girls and history and WWII buffs, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you in… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War by Deborah  Cohen

18. Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War

By: Deborah Cohen

3.79

Format: 557 pages, Hardcover

They were an astonishing group: glamorous, gutsy, and irreverent to the bone. As cub reporters in t… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Cohen's Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
"What they didn't understand was that the Soviet Union wasn't communism, certainly not as Marx envisioned it. Instead, it was best understood as the most extractive sort of capitalism in which all pro…"

-Deborah Cohen, Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War

Cover of The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It by Nina Siegal

19. The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It

By: Nina Siegal

4.33

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look at the story of World War II and the Holocaust through the diaries of Dutch citizen… read more

Similar categories in Nina Siegal's The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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20. Looking for Trouble

By: Virginia Cowles

4.49

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

The fast-paced, keen-eyed memoir of an American gossip columnist turned amazingly brilliant reporte… read more

Similar categories in Virginia Cowles's Looking for Trouble book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
Cover of First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent by Lorissa Rinehart

21. First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent

By: Lorissa Rinehart

4.32

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The first authoritative biography of pioneering photojournalist Dickey Chapelle, who from World War… read more

Similar categories in Lorissa Rinehart's First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent book and Judith Mackrell's The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
"There is no revolution without domestic labor."

-Lorissa Rinehart, First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent

15 Top audiobook books like The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II by Judith Mackrell

Transform Your Habits

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

Alex Kershaw

4.17

Transform Your Habits

A Certain Age (A Certain Age, #1)

Beatriz Williams

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

John Guy

4.16

Transform Your Habits

A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Troy Senik

4.16

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Transform Your Habits

Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943

Erica Fischer , Edna McCown

4.04

Transform Your Habits

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Louise Erdrich

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth

Keiron Pim

4.40

Transform Your Habits

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Burkhard Bilger

4.09

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