16 must-read nonfiction books like Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 (Air Disasters) by Samme Chittum

Cover of Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 (Air Disasters) by Samme Chittum

Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 (Air Disasters)

By: Samme Chittum

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the rac…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 (Air Disasters) by Samme Chittum , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of 35 Miles from Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980 by Emilio Corsetti III

1. 35 Miles from Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980

By: Emilio Corsetti III

4.23

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

On May 2, 1970, a DC-9 jet with 57 passengers and a crew of six departed from New York's JFK Intern… read more

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  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • history
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2. Never Enough

By: Joe McGinniss

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

At thirty-nine, Nancy Kissel had it all: glamour, gusto, garishly flaunted wealth, and the royal li… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

By: Jeffrey Kluger , Jim Lovell , Fred Sanders

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

April 1970. The glory days of the Apollo space program. NASA send Commander Jim Lovell and two othe… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Kluger's Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 book and Samme Chittum's Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 (Air Disasters)

  • history
  • nonfiction

4. When I Fell from the Sky: The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival

By: Juliane Koepcke

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

The author was 17 years old when she survived an airplane explosion. Her survival is unexplainable … read more

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5. Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894

By: Daniel James Brown

3.80

Format: 220 pages,

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6. Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea

By: Michael J. Tougias

4.49

Format: 563 pages,

A true story of catastrophe and survival at sea, "Fatal Forecast" is a spellbinding moment-by-momen… read more

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7. Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope

By: Patty Wetterling

4.60

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

With stunning detail, Patty Wetterling shares the untold story of the 27-year search for her son Ja… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty by Mandy Matney

8. Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty

By: Mandy Matney

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders by John Glatt

9. Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders

By: John Glatt

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Tangled Vines , bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigiou… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students by J. Reuben Appelman

10. While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

By: J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “Univers… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World

By: Max Fisher

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From a New York Times investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, “an essential book for ou… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Remember that the number of seconds in your day never changes. The amount of social media content competing for those seconds, however, doubles every year or so, depending on how you measure it. Imag…"

-Max Fisher, The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World

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12. 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

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  • audiobook
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13. The Opening Chase (Chase Fulton #1)

By: Cap Daniels

4.27

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

When collegiate baseball phenom Chase Fulton suffers a freak injury on the field that shatters his … read more

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  • audiobook
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14. 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

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  • history
  • 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

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15. Dawn Girl (Special Agent Tess Winnett, #1)

By: Leslie Wolfe

4.33

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A GRIPPING SERIAL KILLER THRILLER Her blue eyes wide open, glossed over. A few specks of sand cl… read more

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  • audiobook
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16. Taker of Lives (Special Agent Tess Winnett, #4)

By: Leslie Wolfe

4.28

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

A GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER How can you outrun a killer you won’t see coming?They are the most viol… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out by Gracie Gold

17. Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out

By: Gracie Gold

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this explosive tell-all memoir, an Olympic figure skater reveals her battle to survive mental il… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lethal Game (Jonathan Grave, #14) by John Gilstrap

18. Lethal Game (Jonathan Grave, #14)

By: John Gilstrap

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The exhilarating new thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author takes reader… read more

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19. The Twenty-Ninth Day

By: Alex Messenger

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

20. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

Cover of The Distant Chase (Chase Fulton #5) by Cap Daniels

21. The Distant Chase (Chase Fulton #5)

By: Cap Daniels

4.57

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

Face to face with the Kremlin . . . Following the death of his beloved mentor, Dr. Robert “Rocket” … read more

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22. The Unending Chase (Chase Fulton #4)

By: Cap Daniels

4.57

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Espionage . . . Intrigue . . . Heart-Stopping ction. When the Chinese Ministry of State Security un… read more

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Cover of Collision on Tenerife: The How and Why of the World's Worst Aviation Disaster by Jon Ziomek

23. Collision on Tenerife: The How and Why of the World's Worst Aviation Disaster

By: Jon Ziomek

4.19

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

The world’s worst air disaster happened more than 40 years ago on a remote Atlantic Ocean island, w… read more

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  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 (Air Disasters) by Samme Chittum

24. Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 (Air Disasters)

By: Samme Chittum

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the rac… read more

Similar categories in Samme Chittum's Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 (Air Disasters) book and Samme Chittum's Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 (Air Disasters)

  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Glimpse of Death (Special Agent Tess Winnett, #3) by Leslie Wolfe

25. Glimpse of Death (Special Agent Tess Winnett, #3)

By: Leslie Wolfe

4.48

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian Note: See Alternate Cover Edition HERE. A RIVETING SERIAL KILLER THRILLER Her beautif… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Not Really Dead (Special Agent Tess Winnett, #4.5) by Leslie Wolfe

26. Not Really Dead (Special Agent Tess Winnett, #4.5)

By: Leslie Wolfe

4.17

Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition

One number, one letter: 3D. Two characters, nine cuts, their edges always crossing, carved sharply … read more

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Cover of Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse by Shane Burcaw

27. Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse

By: Shane Burcaw

4.35

Format: 208 pages, None

With his signature acerbic wit and hilarious voice, twenty-something author, blogger, and entrepren… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. The Girl You Killed

By: Leslie Wolfe

4.38

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Andrea Brafford’s life is nearly perfect. A passionate marine biologist, happily married to Craig, … read more

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Cover of Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival by Eric Lindner

29. Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival

By: Eric Lindner

4.18

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

September 1962: On a moonless night over the raging Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles from land, the… read more

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  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Entangled Chase (Chase Fulton #6) by Cap Daniels

30. The Entangled Chase (Chase Fulton #6)

By: Cap Daniels

4.64

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

When American covert operative Chase Fulton is arrested for first-degree murder only minutes after … read more

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31. Worst Case Scenario

By: T.J. Newman

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internation… read more

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  • audiobook

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4.60

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Mandy Matney

3.78

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John Glatt

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4.14

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4.51

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Erik Larson

4.24

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Annie Jacobsen

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