15 Best nonfiction books like The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast by Michael Scott Moore

Cover of The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast by Michael Scott Moore

The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

By: Michael Scott Moore

3.97

Format: 480 pages, ebook

Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narr…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast by Michael Scott Moore , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA by Morten Storm

1. Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA

By: Morten Storm

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Morten Storm was an unlikely Jihadi. A six-foot-one red-haired Dane, Storm spent his teens in and o… read more

Similar categories in Morten Storm's Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, Paula Kahumbu

2. Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship

By: Isabella Hatkoff , Craig Hatkoff , Paula Kahumbu

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The in-demand follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, OWEN & MZEE, the friendship that has touc… read more

Similar categories in Isabella Hatkoff's Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • africa
  • nonfiction

3. Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War

By: Giles Whittell

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Who were the three men the American and Soviet superpowers exchanged at Berlin's Glienicke Bridge a… read more

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4. American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent

By: Kevin Maurer , None

3.19

Format: 292 pages, Audio CD

The explosive memoir of a Muslim American FBI agent fighting terror from the inside It's no secret … read more

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Cover of A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Larry Alexander, Adam Makos

5. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

By: Larry Alexander , Adam Makos

4.36

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germ… read more

Similar categories in Larry Alexander's A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"You fight by rules to keep your humanity"

-Larry Alexander, A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

6. Chasing Shadows (Sekret Machines #1)

By: Paul Costanzo , A.J. Hartley , Tom DeLonge

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Chasing Shadows is the first book in the multimedia Sekret Machines franchise that will reveal fasc… read more

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7. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe

By: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

4.54

Format: 608 pages,

The life Kamila Sidiqi had known changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of the city of K… read more

Similar categories in Gayle Tzemach Lemmon's The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

8. A House in the Sky

By: Sara Corbett , Amanda Lindhout

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world's most beautiful… read more

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Cover of LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf by Alan Shipnuck

9. LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

By: Alan Shipnuck

4.14

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insi… read more

Similar categories in Alan Shipnuck's LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey

10. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

By: Susan Casey

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more

Similar categories in Susan Casey's The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George  Stephanopoulos

11. 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 Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts) by Serj Tankian

12. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)

By: Serj Tankian

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead… read more

Similar categories in Serj Tankian's Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts) book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy by Thomas F. Schaller

13. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

Similar categories in Thomas F. Schaller's White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of No Ordinary Assignment by Jane Ferguson

14. No Ordinary Assignment

By: Jane Ferguson

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"A haunting memoir of disarming honesty. . . a remarkable testament to the anguish and the beauty o… read more

Similar categories in Jane Ferguson's No Ordinary Assignment book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Real History of Pirates, The by Manushag N. Powell

15. Real History of Pirates, The

By: Manushag N. Powell

3.89

Format: None pages, Audiobook

There’s an apocryphal story that Alexander the Great once captured a notorious pirate named Diomede… read more

Similar categories in Manushag N. Powell's Real History of Pirates, The book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Running the Light

By: Sam Tallent

4.40

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Debauched, divorced and courting death, Billy Ray Schafer is a comedian who has forgotten how to la… read more

Similar categories in Sam Tallent's Running the Light book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • audiobook
Cover of The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast by Michael Scott Moore

17. The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

By: Michael Scott Moore

3.97

Format: 480 pages, ebook

Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narr… read more

Similar categories in Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • africa
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • true crime
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • somalia
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Most Dope: The Extraordinary Life of Mac Miller by Paul  Cantor

18. Most Dope: The Extraordinary Life of Mac Miller

By: Paul Cantor

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The first biography of rapper Mac Miller, the Pittsburgh cult-favorite-turned-rap-superstar who tou… read more

Similar categories in Paul Cantor's Most Dope: The Extraordinary Life of Mac Miller book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy by Isaac Arnsdorf

19. Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy

By: Isaac Arnsdorf

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An explosive, behind-the-scenes look at how a radical group of activists — supported by former Pres… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Arnsdorf's Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California's First Drive-Through and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon by Lynsi Snyder

20. The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California's First Drive-Through and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon

By: Lynsi Snyder

3.62

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Discover the official story of In-N-Out Burger––how three generations have created a thriving, fami… read more

Similar categories in Lynsi Snyder's The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California's First Drive-Through and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain by James Bloodworth

21. Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain

By: James Bloodworth

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A compelling and ground-breaking piece of narrative journalism that gets right to the heart of divi… read more

Similar categories in James Bloodworth's Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain book and Michael Scott Moore's The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

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4.36

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LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

Alan Shipnuck

4.14

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Susan Casey

4.24

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George Stephanopoulos

4.45

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Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

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McKay Coppins

4.36

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4.54

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Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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