12 Best historical books like Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End by Darrel Bristow-Bovey

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Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

By: Darrel Bristow-Bovey

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of Endurance briefly swept the anxiety and rancor of 2022 from the headlines of the w…

If you liked the historical plot in Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End by Darrel Bristow-Bovey , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Next of Kin

By: John Boyne

4.07

Format: 50 pages, Hardcover

John Boyne has been heralded as “one of the most imaginative and adventurous of the young Irish n… read more

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  • historical
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2. In Praise of the Bees

By: Kristin Gleeson

4.18

Format: 306 pages,

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  • historical
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3. Crooked Seeds

By: Karen Jennings

3.53

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A woman in post-apartheid South Africa confronts her family's troubling past in this taut and darin… read more

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4. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

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  • historical
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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5. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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6. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

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7. The House of Doors

By: Tan Twan Eng

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more

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  • historical
"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

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8. Children of Sugarcane

By: Joanne Joseph

4.49

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

"Shanti is a heroine that the reader will not easily forget. The story that is told here is worth n… read more

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  • historical
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9. Rassie: Stories of Life and Rugby

By: Rassie Erasmus

4.31

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

Rassie Erasmus has been called a genius. He’s been called reckless. All his life, he’s done things … read more

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10. Al wat tel (Ami Prinsloo, #3)

By: Irma Venter

4.51

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Toe Ami hoor dat 'n man voor haar gim geskiet is, weet sy daar is moeilikheid. En die feit dat die … read more

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11. Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom

By: André de Ruyter

4.56

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

André de Ruyter’s explosive account of his three years as CEO of Eskom, where he dealt with corrupt… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
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12. Sisters Under the Rising Sun

By: Heather Morris

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz… read more

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  • historical
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13. Leo (Bennie Griessel, #8) (Afrikaans Edition)

By: Deon Meyer

4.41

Format: 552 pages, Kindle Edition

’n Student se dood in die berg by Stellenbosch lyk verdag. ’n Oud-recce vermoor as ’n boodskap. ’n … read more

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14. The Invincible Miss Cust

By: Penny Haw

4.19

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Must-read historical fiction for fans of Marie Benedict and Tracey Enerson Wood, based on the real … read more

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  • historical
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15. The Library Thief

By: Kuchenga Shenjé

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A strikingly original and absorbing mystery about a white-passing bookbinder in Victorian England a… read more

Similar categories in Kuchenga Shenjé's The Library Thief book and Darrel Bristow-Bovey's Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

  • historical
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16. Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

By: Darrel Bristow-Bovey

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of Endurance briefly swept the anxiety and rancor of 2022 from the headlines of the w… read more

Similar categories in Darrel Bristow-Bovey's Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End book and Darrel Bristow-Bovey's Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

  • history
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • maritime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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17. Sea Bean

By: Sally Huband

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A powerful journey of sea and self, trial and hope on the islands of Shetland When a seed falls … read more

Similar categories in Sally Huband's Sea Bean book and Darrel Bristow-Bovey's Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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18. Rise: The Brand New Autobiography

By: Siya Kolisi

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

‘Siya's rise from humble beginnings to lifting that World Cup trophy is the stuff of fairytales.’ M… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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19. The Hidden Storyteller

By: Mandy Robotham

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in war-torn Germa… read more

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  • historical
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20. The Shadow Key

By: Susan Stokes-Chapman

4.09

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

There's something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or… read more

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  • historical
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21. The Woman at the Wheel

By: Penny Haw

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Inspiring historical fiction based on the real life of Bertha Benz, whose husband built the first p… read more

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  • historical
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22. Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

By: Jonny Steinberg

4.53

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From one of South Africa's foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched, shattering new account… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Steinberg's Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage book and Darrel Bristow-Bovey's Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

  • nonfiction
  • history
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23. The Bitterness of Olives

By: Andrew Brown

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

‘Why can you not be friends anymore?’ It was the story of his country, he supposed. Perhaps they… read more

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24. Laaste kans (Afrikaans Edition)

By: Marita van der Vyver

3.87

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

’n Groep vriende kom die eerste keer in vyf-en-twintig jaar bymekaar om Adriaan se verjaardag te vi… read more

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25. Prescription: Ice Cream: A Doctor's Journey to Discover What Matters

By: Alastair Mcalpine

4.40

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2018, Alastair McAlpine, a palliative paediatrician in Cape Town, decided to share some inspirin… read more

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26. The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaire’s Club

By: Pieter Du Toit

3.68

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

About 50km outside of Cape Town lies the beautiful town of Stellenbosch, nestled against vineyards … read more

Similar categories in Pieter Du Toit's The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaire’s Club book and Darrel Bristow-Bovey's Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

  • nonfiction
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27. Love and Fury: A Memoir

By: Margie Orford

4.57

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Love and Fury traces a woman's fierce love and righteous rage, unravelling entanglements that are a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Lost Property

By: Megan Choritz

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

One morning Laine wakes up to discover that the man she's been married to for 15 years has been sec… read more

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29. The Wilderness Between Us

By: Penny Haw

4.27

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

***** 2022 WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S FICTION WRITERS ASSOCIATION (WFWA) STAR AWARD ***** A group of … read more

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30. God's Pocket

By: Sven Axelrad

4.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A cabin. A quarry. A crazy plan to run away and write a novel. From the author of the exciting … read more

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31. A Short Life

By: Nicky Greenwall

4.00

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

‘What are you thinking about?’ ‘I think I might have killed someone’ How far would you go to pr… read more

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André de Ruyter

4.56

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Darrel Bristow-Bovey

4.49

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Sea Bean

Sally Huband

4.03

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Rise: The Brand New Autobiography

Siya Kolisi

4.24

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John Boyne

4.07

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Sebastian Barry

3.85

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Karen Jennings

3.53

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Shubnum Khan

3.87

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