13 best-selling biography books like Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets by Michael Korda

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Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets

By: Michael Korda

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier-poets in M…

If you liked the biography plot in Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets by Michael Korda , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)

By: Pat Barker

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Paperback

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2. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East

By: James Holland

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, driv… read more

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3. The Eye in the Door (Regeneration, #2)

By: Pat Barker

4.24

Format: 200 pages,

London, 1918. Billy Prior is working for Intelligence in the Ministry of Munitions. But his private… read more

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4. 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
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • 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

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6. Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

By: Andrea Wulf

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarka… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Devil's Blaze

By: Robert J. Harris

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Set in London during World War II, a thrilling murder mystery where the world’s greatest detective … read more

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8. 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

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Burma Sahib

By: Paul Theroux

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of  The Mosquito Coast  and  The Bad Angel Brothers  comes a riveting new… read more

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  • audiobook
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10. The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

By: Victor Davis Hanson

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the mod… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook
"...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom o…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

"The same hubris that posits that complex tools of mass destruction can be created but never used, also fuels the fatal vanity that war itself is an anachronism and no longer an existential concern-at…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

"War is probably the oldest human endeavor, and its face of battle is constantly changing, with new challenges prompting counterresponses. Its novel and unforeseen dangers can never be underestimated.…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

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11. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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13. The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No

By: Carl Elliott

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Shocking cases of abusive medical research and the whistleblowers who spoke out against them, somet… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. 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

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Kubrick: An Odyssey

By: Robert P. Kolker

4.26

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey , The Shining , and A Clockwork Or… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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17. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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18. Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets

By: Michael Korda

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier-poets in M… read more

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  • poetry
  • world war i
  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

By: Natalie Dykstra

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The vivid and masterful story of an American original—a formidable art collector and builder of one… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

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  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

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21. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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22. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Indispensables , the unknown and dramatic story of irregular gue… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict by Andrew Pettegree

24. The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict

By: Andrew Pettegree

3.84

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone fo… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. The Race to the Future: 8,000 Miles to Paris―The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century

By: Kassia St. Clair

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The rise of the automobile as told through its Rubicon moment—a sensational, high-risk race across … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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26. American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873

By: Alan Taylor

4.45

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize winner’s masterful history of the Civil War and its reverberations across the cont… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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27. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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28. The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt

By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The definitive story of the seven Cleopatras, the powerful goddess-queens of ancient Egypt   One o… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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29. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

By: Valerie Bauerlein

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s viol… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier

By: Robert G. Parkinson

3.73

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A fundamentally new account of the American frontier, showing that it was defined not by hardy pion… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany

By: Pamela D. Toler

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of unheralded women’s stories, a captivating look at Sigrid Schultz, one of the earliest r… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

19 must-read audiobook books like Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets by Michael Korda

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

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

Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

Andrea Wulf

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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

Steve Coll

4.44

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8 Top adult books like The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No by Carl Elliott

Transform Your Habits

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts

Sarah Thornton

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

Barbara Weisberg

3.43

Transform Your Habits

The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No

Carl Elliott

3.99

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