20 must-read nonfiction books like When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

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When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

1. 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

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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2. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

Similar categories in Doris Kearns Goodwin's An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House by Jared Cohen

3. Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

By: Jared Cohen

4.27

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most pow… read more

Similar categories in Jared Cohen's Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

5. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

Similar categories in Keith O'Brien's Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

6. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

Similar categories in Steve Coll's The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Shanghai book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • world war ii
  • historical
Cover of The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George  Stephanopoulos

8. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

Similar categories in George Stephanopoulos's The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

Similar categories in Adam Higginbotham's Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Cover of Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw

10. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

Similar categories in Alex Kershaw's Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass by Ramin Setoodeh

11. Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass

By: Ramin Setoodeh

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the editor in chief of Variety and author of the New York Times bestseller Ladies Who Punch, t… read more

Similar categories in Ramin Setoodeh's Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

12. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

Similar categories in Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World by David L. Roll

13. Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World

By: David L. Roll

4.44

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Fra… read more

Similar categories in David L. Roll's Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

14. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more

Similar categories in Emily Nussbaum's Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government by Brody Mullins

15. The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government

By: Brody Mullins

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

Two veteran investigative journalists trace the rise of the modern lobbying industry through the th… read more

Similar categories in Brody Mullins's The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis

16. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower

By: Michel Paradis

4.46

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew … read more

Similar categories in Michel Paradis's The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue by Dean Jobb

17. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue

By: Dean Jobb

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“A master of narrative nonfiction … in this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jo… read more

Similar categories in Dean Jobb's A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World by Caroline Alexander

18. Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World

By: Caroline Alexander

4.00

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the NYT bestelling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most br… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Alexander's Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum

19. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

Similar categories in Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc. book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

Cover of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

20. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

Similar categories in Evan Friss's The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine by Charles Lachman

21. Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine

By: Charles Lachman

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The white-knuckled war saga of the US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944, … read more

Similar categories in Charles Lachman's Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine book and Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

16 Best audiobook books like When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

Transform Your Habits

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

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Transform Your Habits

Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Jared Cohen

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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21 Best audiobook books like The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George Stephanopoulos

Transform Your Habits

Eruption

Michael Crichton

3.91

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

4.60

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