9 must-read historical books like Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks by Amy Hill Hearth

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Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

By: Amy Hill Hearth

3.78

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

"Sharks are as timid as rabbits." So says a superintendent of the Coast Guard, dismissing the possi…

If you liked the historical plot in Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks by Amy Hill Hearth , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage

By: Hazel Rowley

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt’s marriage is one of the most celebrated and scrutinized part… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Rowley's Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • historical
  • audiobook
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2. The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado

By: Holly Bailey

4.14

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

“A gripping, heartbreaking and heartwarming account of the monster tornado that ravaged Moore, Okla… read more

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  • historical
  • nature
  • audiobook
"Outside the rain began to pour in sheets, and the wind howled . Giant pieces of hail began to pelt the building— banging off the skylights so hard that Simpson worried the glass might shatter. Then, …"

-Holly Bailey, The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado

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3. A Catalog of Birds

By: Laura Harrington

3.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Laura Harrington's new novel is a portrait of a family in the midst of recovery, the mysterious dis… read more

Similar categories in Laura Harrington's A Catalog of Birds book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Hemingway's Girl

By: Erika Robuck

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

"She remembered when Hemingway had planted a banyan at his house and told her its parasitic roots w… read more

Similar categories in Erika Robuck's Hemingway's Girl book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

5. The Complete Jack the Ripper

By: Donald Rumbelow

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Few stories have fastened their claws so firmly into the public imagination as the notorious and gr… read more

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6. Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916

By: Michael Capuzzo

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shorebrilliant… read more

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7. Beast

By: Peter Benchley

3.48

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Makes the shark from "Jaws" look like a pet goldfish . . ." USA Weekend Straight from the cutting … read more

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8. Twelve Days of Terror: A Definitive Investigation of the 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks

By: Richard G. Fernicola

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

The acclaimed account of the infamous and heretofore unexplained shark attacks that served as the h… read more

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9. Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln

By: Janis Cooke Newman

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

Mary Todd Lincoln is one of history's most misunderstood and enigmatic women. The first president's… read more

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10. Horror Show

By: Greg Kihn

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now a finalist for the Bram Stoker Awards for Best First Novel. It is Hollywood, 1996. When "Monste… read more

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11. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

By: Casey Sherman

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more

Similar categories in Casey Sherman's A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • audiobook
Cover of Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians by William McKeever

12. Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians

By: William McKeever

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this remarkable groundbreaking book, a documentarian and conservationist, determined to dispel m… read more

Similar categories in William McKeever's Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • animals
  • nature
  • audiobook
"The salt in the sea is the same as the salt in our blood"

-William McKeever, Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians

"Taking into account fair labor wages for fishermen and canning employees- and the damage inflicted to the ocean through overfishing and the ecological impact of the slow annihilation of sharks- a sin…"

-William McKeever, Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians

"If we act today, we can ensure that our children will look out on the ocean and know underneath the surface, a shark will be swimming, standing guard over its dominion, protecting the ocean, the grea…"

-William McKeever, Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians

"Society's lack of compassion for our fellow people and for animals leads to an ocean where sharks are dying by the millions and slaves are being abused by the thousands. The connection is basic: a di…"

-William McKeever, Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians

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13. Drowning

By: T.J. Newman

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman—whose first book Falling was… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Newman's Drowning book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel

By: ReShonda Tate

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one … read more

Similar categories in ReShonda Tate's The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • historical
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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16. A Deadly Endeavor

By: Jenny Adams

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Philadelphia, 1921. When Edie Shippen returns home after spending years in California recovering fr… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. The House of Last Resort

By: Christopher Golden

3.20

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

The next high concept horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden. Across Italy,… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's The House of Last Resort book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark by Gregory Skomal

18. Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark

By: Gregory Skomal

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Greg Skomal, one of the leading great white shark experts in the country, reveals the true natu… read more

Similar categories in Gregory Skomal's Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • animals
  • nature
  • audiobook
"Now the white shark has returned to one of America’s most iconic summertime destinations, and it’s challenging our perception of what the ocean is to us. For the first time in a long time, we have a …"

-Gregory Skomal, Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark

Cover of Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin

19. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
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20. Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

By: Amy Hill Hearth

3.78

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

"Sharks are as timid as rabbits." So says a superintendent of the Coast Guard, dismissing the possi… read more

Similar categories in Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • animals
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
  • thriller
  • horror
  • nature
  • audiobook
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21. Girls and Their Horses

By: Eliza Jane Brazier

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Set in the glamorous, competitive world of showjumping, a novel about the girls who ride, their cut… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Jane Brazier's Girls and Their Horses book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • mystery thriller
  • animals
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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22. The Devil's Daughter

By: Gordon Greisman

3.86

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-nominated screenwriter Gordon Greisman, The Devil's Daughter is a noir thriller full of t… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Greisman's The Devil's Daughter book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. So Thirsty

By: Rachel Harrison

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in thi… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Harrison's So Thirsty book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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24. Under the Surface

By: Diana Urban

4.10

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping … read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Under the Surface book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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25. My Father, the Panda Killer

By: Jamie Jo Hoang

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A poignant coming-of-age story told in two alternating voices: a California teenager railing agains… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Jo Hoang's My Father, the Panda Killer book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls by Susan Seidelman

26. Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls

By: Susan Seidelman

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The funny and insightful first-person story of the trailblazing movie director of the 80s and 90s … read more

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  • audiobook
"The biggest takeaway from my long-distance relationship with Floyd Byars was that I optioned an original screenplay he had co-written with his writing partner, Laurie. Another takeaway was a case of …"

-Susan Seidelman, Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls

Cover of Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5) by Juneau Black

27. Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5)

By: Juneau Black

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A unique take on dark academia, featuring everyone's favorite vulpine sleuth, Vera Vixen. It's lat… read more

Similar categories in Juneau Black's Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5) book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • mystery thriller
  • animals
  • fiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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28. Breach

By: Holly S. Roberts

4.31

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

A terrifying summer adventure Craving the vastness of the open sea, Kate and her family set out … read more

Similar categories in Holly S. Roberts's Breach book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • thriller
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29. Bad Boy Beat

By: Clea Simon

3.97

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

A page-turning journalistic thriller starring a rookie female reporter for the Boston Standard who… read more

Similar categories in Clea Simon's Bad Boy Beat book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Queen of Steeplechase Park by David Ciminello

30. The Queen of Steeplechase Park

By: David Ciminello

4.15

Format: 470 pages, Paperback

The Queen of Steeplechase Park is the absolutely, positively, practically, almost-true story of inf… read more

Similar categories in David Ciminello's The Queen of Steeplechase Park book and Amy Hill Hearth's Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

  • historical
  • fiction
Cover of DUNES 'TIL DEAD: A Mickey Cleary Novel by Daniel J. Waters

31. DUNES 'TIL DEAD: A Mickey Cleary Novel

By: Daniel J. Waters

4.23

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

JULY 1976Down the shore, it's America's Bicentennial Summer. But not everyone is celebrating with s… read more

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16 must-read fiction books like Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks by Amy Hill Hearth

Transform Your Habits

A Catalog of Birds

Laura Harrington

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Hemingway's Girl

Erika Robuck

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Drowning

T.J. Newman

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel

ReShonda Tate

3.94

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18 Top audiobook books like Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians by William McKeever

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The Deep

Peter Benchley

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians

William McKeever

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

Steve Brusatte

4.38

Transform Your Habits

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

Steve Brusatte

4.20

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