12 must-read history books like Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage by Jonny Steinberg

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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…

If you liked the history plot in Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage by Jonny Steinberg , here is a list of 12 books like this:

1. Killing Kebble: An Underworld Exposed

By: Mandy Wiener

0.00

Format: None pages,

In September 2005, Brett Kebble, a prominent South African mining magnate, was killed on a quiet su… read more

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  • africa
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • south africa
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2. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

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3. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

By: Ben Goldfarb

4.45

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more

Similar categories in Ben Goldfarb's Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet book and Jonny Steinberg's Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. 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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6. 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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"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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7. King: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig

4.67

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

By: Stuart A. Reid

4.40

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the US-sanctioned plot… read more

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  • africa
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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9. 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

Similar categories in Joanne Joseph's Children of Sugarcane book and Jonny Steinberg's Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

  • africa
  • south africa
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10. 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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  • africa
  • biography
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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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  • africa
  • biography
  • history
  • south africa
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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12. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality

By: David Edmonds

4.26

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker , an entertaining and illuminating biography … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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13. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

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14. An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence

By: Zeinab Badawi

3.97

Format: 531 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone. For too long, Afric… read more

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  • politics
  • africa
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Shackleton: A Biography

By: Ranulph Fiennes

4.32

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Discover the story Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition through the words of the worl… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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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 Jonny Steinberg's Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. 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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  • africa
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • south africa
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18. Scatterlings

By: Rešoketšwe Manenzhe

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In This journey, someone will get lost, someone will give up and turn back, and someone may go all … read more

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  • africa
  • south africa
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19. Bechamel Mucho

By: Dimitri Verhulst

3.44

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

In dit ultieme zomerboek volgen we Alex, entertainer bij een clubhotel op Mallorca. Wie zijn we als… read more

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20. 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 Jonny Steinberg's Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

  • africa
  • biography
  • history
  • south africa
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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21. The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation

By: Justice Malala

4.20

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

A “gripping and important” (The Guardian) account of nine tumultuous days, as the assassination of … read more

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  • africa
  • biography
  • history
  • south africa
  • politics
  • nonfiction

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