14 Best history books like Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America by Bill Geist

Cover of Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America by Bill Geist

Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

By: Bill Geist

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Beloved TV host Bill Geist pens a reflective memoir of his incredible summers spent in the heart of…

If you liked the history plot in Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America by Bill Geist , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Cicada Summer by Maureen Leurck

1. Cicada Summer

By: Maureen Leurck

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this moving, witty novel, author Maureen Leurck explores the intricacies and joys of renovation … read more

Similar categories in Maureen Leurck's Cicada Summer book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • humor
Cover of Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales

2. Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN

By: James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales

3.76

Format: 763 pages, Hardcover

In the exclusive behind the scenes look, sports fans can unlock the fascinating history of the chan… read more

Similar categories in James Andrew Miller's Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club by Kent Zimmerman, Keith Zimmerman, Ralph Barger

3. Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club

By: Kent Zimmerman , Keith Zimmerman , Ralph Barger

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The only authorized, authentic book about the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club by founding member, Son… read more

Similar categories in Kent Zimmerman's Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz

4. Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child

By: Bob Spitz

3.50

Format: 824 pages, Paperback

It's rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very … read more

Similar categories in Bob Spitz's Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Site (Delta Force, #1) by Dalton Fury

5. Black Site (Delta Force, #1)

By: Dalton Fury

3.14

Format: 160 pages,

From former Delta Force commander and New York Timesbestselling author of Kill Bin Ladencomes the f… read more

Similar categories in Dalton Fury's Black Site (Delta Force, #1) book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • audiobook
Cover of Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music by John Fogerty

6. Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music

By: John Fogerty

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The long-awaited memoir from John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and … read more

Similar categories in John Fogerty's Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2) by Jean Craighead George

7. On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2)

By: Jean Craighead George

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger s… read more

Similar categories in Jean Craighead George's On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2) book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

8. My Year of Running Dangerously: A Dad, a Daughter, and a Ridiculous Plan

By: Tom Foreman

4.15

Format: 384 pages,

CNN correspondent Tom Foreman's remarkable journey from half-hearted couch potato to ultra-marathon… read more

Similar categories in Tom Foreman's My Year of Running Dangerously: A Dad, a Daughter, and a Ridiculous Plan book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

9. Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country

By: Craig Pittman

4.09

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller Oh, Florida!That name. That combination of sounds. Three simple syllabl… read more

Similar categories in Craig Pittman's Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

10. The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London

By: Judith Flanders

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of The Invention of Murder, an extraordinary, revelatory portr… read more

Similar categories in Judith Flanders's The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

11. Elsewhere

By: Richard Russo

4.22

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

After eight commanding works of fiction, the Pulitzer Prize winner now turns to memoir in a hilario… read more

Similar categories in Richard Russo's Elsewhere book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

12. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • biography
  • history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

13. The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories

By: Maurice Carlos Ruffin

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A collection of raucous stories that offer a panoramic view of New Orleans from the author of the "… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Carlos Ruffin's The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • adult
Cover of There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

14. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more

Similar categories in Hanif Abdurraqib's There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Cover of Sharing Too Much: Inspirational Musings and Lessons from an Unlikely Life by Richard Paul Evans

15. Sharing Too Much: Inspirational Musings and Lessons from an Unlikely Life

By: Richard Paul Evans

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and “king of Christmas fiction” ( The New York Times ) del… read more

Similar categories in Richard Paul Evans's Sharing Too Much: Inspirational Musings and Lessons from an Unlikely Life book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Death Over Easy (Country Store Mysteries, #5) by Maddie Day

16. Death Over Easy (Country Store Mysteries, #5)

By: Maddie Day

4.12

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Restaurateur Robbie Jordan is ready for the boost in business a local music festival brings to Sout… read more

Similar categories in Maddie Day's Death Over Easy (Country Store Mysteries, #5) book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6) by Maddie Day

17. Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6)

By: Maddie Day

4.06

Format: 295 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Robbie Jordan’s rustic country store is growing in popularity. But when a dead body appears, it tur… read more

Similar categories in Maddie Day's Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6) book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood by Erin Carlson

18. No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood

By: Erin Carlson

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own —one of the most beloved basebal… read more

Similar categories in Erin Carlson's No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal by Neil King Jr.

19. American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal

By: Neil King Jr.

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C. to New York City—an unfor… read more

Similar categories in Neil King Jr.'s American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Life's Too Short: A Memoir by Darius Rucker

20. Life's Too Short: A Memoir

By: Darius Rucker

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, Diamond-selling le… read more

Similar categories in Darius Rucker's Life's Too Short: A Memoir book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Best Cook in the World by Rick Bragg

21. The Best Cook in the World

By: Rick Bragg

4.19

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Margaret Bragg does not own a single cookbook. She measures in "dabs" and "smidgens" and "tads" and… read more

Similar categories in Rick Bragg's The Best Cook in the World book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

22. The Secret History of Bigfoot

By: John O’Connor

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more

Similar categories in John O’Connor's The Secret History of Bigfoot book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • history
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West by Finn Murphy

23. Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West

By: Finn Murphy

3.65

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of The Long Haul returns with the story of ditching his truck to seek his f… read more

Similar categories in Finn Murphy's Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Biscuits and Slashed Browns (Country Store Mysteries, #4) by Maddie Day

24. Biscuits and Slashed Browns (Country Store Mysteries, #4)

By: Maddie Day

4.01

Format: 292 pages, Mass Market Paperback

For country-store owner Robbie Jordan, the National Maple Syrup Festival is a sweet escape from lat… read more

Similar categories in Maddie Day's Biscuits and Slashed Browns (Country Store Mysteries, #4) book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley by Brent Underwood

25. Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley

By: Brent Underwood

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned… read more

Similar categories in Brent Underwood's Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving by David J. Silverman

26. This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving

By: David J. Silverman

4.22

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Ahead of the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, a new look at the Plymouth colony's found… read more

Similar categories in David J. Silverman's This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
"If how we tell history is one of the ways we shape our present and future, we can do no better than to rethink the myth of the First Thanksgiving and its role in the Thanksgiving holiday."

-David J. Silverman, This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving

Cover of If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie by Christopher Ingraham

27. If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie

By: Christopher Ingraham

3.88

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

The hilarious, charming, and candid story of writer Christopher Ingraham’s decision to uproot his l… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Ingraham's If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America by Bill Geist

28. Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

By: Bill Geist

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Beloved TV host Bill Geist pens a reflective memoir of his incredible summers spent in the heart of… read more

Similar categories in Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • travel
  • coming of age
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Tupelo Honey by Lis Anna-Langston

29. Tupelo Honey

By: Lis Anna-Langston

4.38

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

WINNER of 10 BOOK AWARDS including the 2020 Independent Press Award & the 2020 NYC Big Book Award!!… read more

Similar categories in Lis Anna-Langston's Tupelo Honey book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

Cover of Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

30. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

Similar categories in Mikita Brottman's Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Walk Upon a Time: An Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike by Leslie Fletcher

31. Walk Upon a Time: An Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike

By: Leslie Fletcher

4.07

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Leslie on her journey as she embarks on a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, a 2,200-mile tre… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Fletcher's Walk Upon a Time: An Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike book and Bill Geist's Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

9 must-read adult books like Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America by Bill Geist

Transform Your Habits

The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Death Over Easy (Country Store Mysteries, #5)

Maddie Day

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store Mysteries, #6)

Maddie Day

4.06

Transform Your Habits

No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood

Erin Carlson

3.69

View all the books

11 best-selling adult books like The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

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

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

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.