13 must-read nonfiction books like Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea by Thomas Thompson

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Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea

By: Thomas Thompson

4.13

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

In July 1973, Bob Tininenko; his wife, Linda; and his brother in-law, Jim Fisher, set sail from Tac…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea by Thomas Thompson , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood

By: John Glatt

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Lacey Spears made international headlines in January 2015 when she was charged with the “depraved m… read more

Similar categories in John Glatt's My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood book and Thomas Thompson's Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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2. Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season

By: Nick Heil

4.08

Format: 88 pages,

In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everes… read more

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  • survival
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
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3. If You Really Loved Me

By: Ann Rule

3.91

Format: None pages,

There was only one way to please her father: Murder his wife.... David Brown was the consummate ent… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook

4. Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop

By: Carol Shaben

4.75

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was s… read more

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5. Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration

By: David Roberts

3.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

"An important missing story from the heroic age of Antarctic exploration."--Laurence Gonzales, auth… read more

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6. The Climb - Tragic Ambitions on Everest

By: Anatoli Boukreev , G. Weston DeWalt

3.68

Format: 528 pages,

The Climbis Russian mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev's account of the harrowing May 1996 Mount Everest … read more

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7. 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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8. Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

By: Ryan Benz

4.51

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

2024 READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2023 ROYAL DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD WINNER B.R… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"It’s only when we slow down that we notice all the beauty surrounding us."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"Stepping out of your comfort zone is far greater than the comfort itself."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"If the thing you are doing is giving you meaning and purpose, time spent doing it is never wasted."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"I realized that was how problems worked. When you quit worrying about them, they ceased being problems."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

Cover of Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder by Steven B. Epstein

9. Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder

By: Steven B. Epstein

4.18

Format: 608 pages, Kindle Edition

At just 41 years of age, Florida State law professor Dan Markel was among the most well-known and a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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10. Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders

By: Jeremy Josephs

3.93

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

As this true crime tale of murder shows, even the most successful families can hide terrible secret… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Edge of Malice: The Marie Grossman Story (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) by David Miraldi

11. The Edge of Malice: The Marie Grossman Story (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice)

By: David Miraldi

4.33

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Marie Grossman seems to have it all: a devoted husband, two wonderful children, and a professional … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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12. 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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  • survival
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Fatal Charm: The Shocking True Story of Serial Wife Killer Randy Roth by Carlton Smith

13. Fatal Charm: The Shocking True Story of Serial Wife Killer Randy Roth

By: Carlton Smith

3.96

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Search for the Green River A chilling true account of the dream… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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14. Irreparable: Three Lives. Two Deaths. One Story that Has to be Told.

By: Mark Gerardot

4.03

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Mark and Jennair Gerardot had been married nearly 25 years when Mark met someone who changed everyt… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
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15. Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case

By: Caitlin Rother

3.67

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Caitlin Rother explores the mysterious death of 32-year-old Rebecca Zahau, who w… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Rother's Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case book and Thomas Thompson's Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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16. Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota

By: C.J. Wynn

4.23

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

ANGILA WAS STABBED 44 TIMES. THIS WAS PERSONAL. On a November morning in 2015, Christopher Jack… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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17. Kodiak Hero: A True Story of Survival

By: B. Blanc

3.92

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on a story of survival of an Alaskan plane crash which left Donald and Afton Blanc and severa… read more

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Cover of The Day They Were Swept Away: 10 Survivors and Their Unbelievable Stories of Being Shipwrecked, Adrift, and Stranded at Sea by Oliver Cass

18. The Day They Were Swept Away: 10 Survivors and Their Unbelievable Stories of Being Shipwrecked, Adrift, and Stranded at Sea

By: Oliver Cass

3.58

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

“I had three cans of water left. My body and mind were shutting down; it was as if I could feel all… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Cass's The Day They Were Swept Away: 10 Survivors and Their Unbelievable Stories of Being Shipwrecked, Adrift, and Stranded at Sea book and Thomas Thompson's Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea

  • survival
Cover of SAVED AT SEA: An inspiring true story of survival at sea by Michelle    Hamilton

19. SAVED AT SEA: An inspiring true story of survival at sea

By: Michelle Hamilton

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

For 3 terrifying days Michelle Hamilton, clung helplessly to her small capsized canoe in the South … read more

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20. Rescue Below Zero (Search and Rescue)

By: Ian Mackersey

4.14

Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping true account of eighteen heroic men trapped in the heart of the freezing Arctic.Ideal … read more

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21. Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea

By: Thomas Thompson

4.13

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

In July 1973, Bob Tininenko; his wife, Linda; and his brother in-law, Jim Fisher, set sail from Tac… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Thompson's Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea book and Thomas Thompson's Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea

  • audiobook
  • survival
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adventure
  • autobiography
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • drama

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