7 must-read history books like Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation by Kevin Chong

Cover of Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation by Kevin  Chong

Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation

By: Kevin Chong

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

 In every sport there are a select few competitors that come to define the excellence that all othe…

If you liked the history plot in Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation by Kevin Chong , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Eclipse: The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever by Nicholas Clee

1. Eclipse: The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever

By: Nicholas Clee

3.40

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

His four rivals are so far behind him that, in racing terms, they are "nowhere." Watching Eclipse i… read more

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  • sports
  • history
Cover of A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck by Jane Smiley

2. A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck

By: Jane Smiley

2.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Every horse story is a love story," writes Jane Smiley, who has loved horses for most of her life … read more

Similar categories in Jane Smiley's A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck book and Kevin Chong's Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation

  • sports

3. Scarborough

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.19

Format: 208 pages,

Scarborough is a low-income, culturally diverse neighborhood east of Toronto, the fourth largest ci… read more

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4. The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human History

By: Susanna Forrest

3.91

Format: 385 pages,

An essential book for anyone who's ever been captivated by horses, The Age of the Horseis a breatht… read more

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Cover of All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner

5. All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

By: Rebecca Donner

4.31

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Born and raised in Milwaukee, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six when she enrolled in a PhD program in … read more

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  • history
Cover of Akin by Emma Donoghue

6. Akin

By: Emma Donoghue

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A retired New York professor's life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the … read more

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Cover of Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath by Bill Browder

7. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

By: Bill Browder

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browd… read more

Similar categories in Bill Browder's Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath book and Kevin Chong's Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation

  • history
Cover of Talking to Canadians by Rick      Mercer

8. Talking to Canadians

By: Rick Mercer

4.28

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Canada’s beloved comic genius tells his own story for the first time. What is Rick Mercer going… read more

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Cover of What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

9. What Strange Paradise

By: Omar El Akkad

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another overfilled, ill-equipped, dilap… read more

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"Today you are the only boy in the world and tomorrow it will be as though you never existed."

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

"And what do you think the prerequisite for kindness is? Have you ever tried to be kind to someone better off than you?"

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

"Farther out, the water sheds its sandy complexion and turns a turquoise of such clarity that the tourists’ sailboats seem to float atop their own shadows."

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

"Because that's how we take the future from them," Walid said, animated now. "Look at Stockholm, look at Munich, look at New York-- who's picking up the garbage, cleaning the toilets? Who's doing the …"

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

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10. The Survivors

By: Jane Harper

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets... Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day… read more

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Cover of The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan

11. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

By: Rosemary Sullivan

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept... Using new technology, recently discovered doc… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Sullivan's The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation book and Kevin Chong's Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation

  • history
"The fact that Otto survived the horror of the concentration camps demonstrated his profound will to live."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"Fascism counts on people's credulity, on their craving to believe, on their fear that there is nothing to believe."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"While someone with the first person knowledge is still alive, while records are still available, while relatives of witnesses can come forward, the stories must be told."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"The Netherlands in 1940 was like a petri dish in which one can examine how people brought up in freedom react to catastrophe when it is brought to their door: It is a questions still worth asking tod…"

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

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12. The Spoon Stealer

By: Lesley Crewe

4.40

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Born into a basket of clean sheets—ruining a perfectly good load of laundry—Emmeline never quite fi… read more

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"So much of our lives depend on just one move, one way or the other. If I'd turned left instead of right that day..."

-Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

Cover of Denial (Jilly Truitt, #2) by Beverley McLachlin

13. Denial (Jilly Truitt, #2)

By: Beverley McLachlin

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

CityLine Book Club Pick for September From the former Chief Justice of Canada and #1 bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Beverley McLachlin's Denial (Jilly Truitt, #2) book and Kevin Chong's Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation

Cover of Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse by Kim Wickens

14. Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse

By: Kim Wickens

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

“A vivid portrait of America’s greatest stallion, the larger-than-life men who raced and bred him, … read more

Similar categories in Kim Wickens's Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse book and Kevin Chong's Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation

  • sports
  • history
Cover of Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation by Kevin  Chong

15. Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation

By: Kevin Chong

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

 In every sport there are a select few competitors that come to define the excellence that all othe… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Chong's Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation book and Kevin Chong's Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation

  • sports
  • history
Cover of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

16. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

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  • history

20 must-read fiction books like Denial (Jilly Truitt, #2) by Beverley McLachlin

Transform Your Habits

Poles Apart

Terry Fallis

3.74

Comfort Food

Kate Jacobs

2.84

Transform Your Habits

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Robert Rotenberg

3.85

Transform Your Habits

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Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

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