9 Best memoir books like Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb by Roseanne Montillo

Cover of Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb by Roseanne Montillo

Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb

By: Roseanne Montillo

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Bomb meets Code Girls in this nonfiction narrative about the little known female scientists who wer…

If you liked the memoir plot in Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb by Roseanne Montillo , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Sabotage: Mission to Destroy Hitler's Atomic Bomb by Neal Bascomb

1. Sabotage: Mission to Destroy Hitler's Atomic Bomb

By: Neal Bascomb

4.01

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

A stunning adventure involving Nazis, nukes, fighting, failure, and everyday heroes, from the autho… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

2. Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.13

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next t… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • science
"She was too well-trained to panic."

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

"When do I start?" is the most refreshing thing I've heard in this whole war."

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

"Here at great expense,' [Colonel Groves] moaned to Oppenheimer, 'the government has assembled the world's largest collection of crackpots."

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

"Everyone worked day and night, Monday through Saturday. Oppenheimer insisted people take Sundays off to rest and recharge. Scientists fished for trout in nearby streams, or climbed mountains and disc…"

-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Cover of The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

3. The Return of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

The Return of Sherlock Holmesis a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in… read more

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Cover of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

4. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of March: Book One (March, #1) by Nate Powell, John             Lewis, Andrew Aydin

5. March: Book One (March, #1)

By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movem… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don  Brown

6. Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

By: Don Brown

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protectiv… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history

7. Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1 (Library Wars: Love & War, #1)

By: Kiiro Yumi , Hiro Arikawa , Kinami Watabe

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems uns… read more

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8. There Will Come Soft Rains

By: Ray Bradbury

4.07

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

First published in Collier's, May 6, 1950. The story concerns a household in Allendale, California,… read more

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Cover of Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II by Lena Andrews

9. Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II

By: Lena Andrews

4.00

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

A history of the role of American servicewomen in WWII, illuminating their forgotten yet essential … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • womens
Cover of A Bookshop in Berlin by Françoise Frenkel

10. A Bookshop in Berlin

By: Françoise Frenkel

3.86

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

The memoir of a Jewish bookseller on a harrowing fight for survival across Nazi-occupied Europe. … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space by Zoraida Córdova

11. Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.83

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen fantasy and science fiction short stories from leading voices in the Latin American diasp… read more

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"I was the thing the monster from my dreams had warned about, the thing that crept on its clawed feet in the darkest night."

-Zoraida Córdova, Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space

"This continued for many weeks. Sometimes, la sirena would join Suma in her singing, and together, their voices would bring dreams of the sea to the people of the plantation. It was in these moments t…"

-Zoraida Córdova, Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space

Cover of The Mitford Trial (Mitford Murders, #4) by Jessica Fellowes

12. The Mitford Trial (Mitford Murders, #4)

By: Jessica Fellowes

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A timeless murder mystery with the fascinating, glamorous Mitford sisters at its heart, The Mitford… read more

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  • historical
Cover of Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by Kate Manne

13. Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia

By: Kate Manne

4.25

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

The definitive takedown of fatphobia, drawing on personal experience as well as rigorous research t… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
Cover of Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America by Jared Cohen

14. Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America

By: Jared Cohen

4.12

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. A… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Fatal First Edition (Library Lover's Mystery, #14) by Jenn McKinlay

15. Fatal First Edition (Library Lover's Mystery, #14)

By: Jenn McKinlay

4.06

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

People are dying to get their hands on a rare, valuable book in the newest Library Lover’s Mystery … read more

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Cover of Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith

16. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains by Alexa  Hagerty

17. Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains

By: Alexa Hagerty

4.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
  • science
Cover of The Mitford Vanishing (Mitford Murders, #5) by Jessica Fellowes

18. The Mitford Vanishing (Mitford Murders, #5)

By: Jessica Fellowes

3.73

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A mystery with the fascinating Mitford sisters at its heart, Jessica Fellowes's The Mitford Vanishi… read more

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  • historical
Cover of Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest

19. Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more

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Cover of Sunshine: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

20. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

21. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Someone Is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong

22. Someone Is Always Watching

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Blythe and her friends—Gabrielle, and brother and sister Tucker and Tanya—have always been a tight … read more

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Cover of A Very Private School: A Memoir by Charles     Spencer

23. A Very Private School: A Memoir

By: Charles Spencer

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
Cover of My Mama, Cass: A Memoir by Owen Elliot-Kugell

24. My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

By: Owen Elliot-Kugell

3.96

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star “M… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina Khan

25. Zara Hossain Is Here

By: Sabina Khan

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Zara's family has waited years for their visa process to be finalized so that they can officially b… read more

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Cover of American Murderer by Gail Jarrow

26. American Murderer

By: Gail Jarrow

4.08

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

What made workers in the American South so tired and feeble during the 19th and early 20th centurie… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
Cover of A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy by Kathy Kleiner Rubin

27. A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy

By: Kathy Kleiner Rubin

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as T… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
Cover of The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss

28. The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

By: Marissa Moss

4.13

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission As a female Jew… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." (Lise Meitner)"

-Marissa Moss, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner

Cover of Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy by Jason Bell

29. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb by Roseanne Montillo

30. Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb

By: Roseanne Montillo

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Bomb meets Code Girls in this nonfiction narrative about the little known female scientists who wer… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • feminism
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • science
Cover of Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani

31. Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier

By: Jim Ottaviani

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the graphic novel Women on the Final Frontier , Jim Ottaviani and illustrator Maris Wicks captu… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • science

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Sabotage: Mission to Destroy Hitler's Atomic Bomb

Neal Bascomb

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Steve Sheinkin

4.13

Transform Your Habits

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

March: Book One (March, #1)

Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

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Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust

Neal Shusterman

4.14

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A Work in Progress

Jarrett Lerner

4.40

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A First Time for Everything

Dan Santat

4.39

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Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

Thien Pham

4.29

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