20 must-read nonfiction books like Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever by Rachel Lance

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Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever

By: Rachel Lance

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers—men and women—who expo…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever by Rachel Lance , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

1. 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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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

2. 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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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • 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

Cover of A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery by Lawrence Ingrassia

3. A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery

By: Lawrence Ingrassia

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia … read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jeff Shaara

4. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

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  • historical
  • adult
  • war
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters by Susan  Page

5. The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

By: Susan Page

3.90

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a wo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

6. 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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  • science
  • history
  • historical
  • 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

Cover of Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw

7. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

8. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • science
Cover of Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin

9. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more

Similar categories in Eric Jay Dolin's Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World book and Rachel Lance's Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked by Jonna Méndez

10. In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked

By: Jonna Méndez

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling co-author of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of bein… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

11. 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

Similar categories in Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day book and Rachel Lance's Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever

  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig Whitlock

12. 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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  • history
  • 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

Cover of Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor by Ronald Drabkin

13. Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor

By: Ronald Drabkin

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the spirit of Ben Macintyre’s greatest spy nonfiction, the truly unbelievable and untold story o… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler by Peter Pomerantsev

14. How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler

By: Peter Pomerantsev

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propa… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever by Rachel Lance

15. Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever

By: Rachel Lance

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers—men and women—who expo… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lance's Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever book and Rachel Lance's Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever

  • audiobook
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • science
Cover of Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy by Jason Bell

16. Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy

By: Jason Bell

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis In public life, Dr. Winth… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned by John Strausbaugh

17. The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned

By: John Strausbaugh

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
Cover of Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World by Caroline Alexander

18. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919 by James Carl Nelson

19. The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919

By: James Carl Nelson

3.55

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary lost chapter in the history of World War I: the story of America’s year-long invas… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

20. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine by Charles Lachman

21. Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine

By: Charles Lachman

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The white-knuckled war saga of the US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944, … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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Erik Larson

4.24

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Jeff Shaara

4.33

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David Gibbins

3.44

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Garrett M. Graff

4.59

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4.24

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Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

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The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

Steven Johnson

4.08

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Emily Nussbaum

4.02

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