20 Top nonfiction books like Titanic: The Tragic Story of the Ill-Fated Ocean Liner by Rupert Matthews

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Titanic: The Tragic Story of the Ill-Fated Ocean Liner

By: Rupert Matthews

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

'Goodbye Miss Young. Good luck to you and don't forget to remember me to the folks back home.'Major…

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1. It Only Happens in the Movies

By: Holly Bourne

3.76

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Audrey is over romance. While dealing with her parents’ contentious divorce, a breakup of her own, … read more

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"Why love is never like the movies"

-Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies

"Or maybe there’s a type of laughter that only feels good with old friends."

-Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies

"Hell is other people and what they do in the anonymous dark of the cinema."

-Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies

"All I'm saying is, love changes over time. No person is ever perfect for another person"

-Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies

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2. 1776

By: David McCullough

4.09

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"

-David McCullough, 1776

"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."

-David McCullough, 1776

"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."

-David McCullough, 1776

"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"

-David McCullough, 1776

Cover of Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words by Andrew Morton

3. Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words

By: Andrew Morton

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In a shocking, headline-making story (coming as an NBC TV movie), Andrew Morton goes beyond specula… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"She believes that they are caught in an emotional timewarp without the necessary vision to appreciate the changes that have take place in society."

-Andrew Morton, Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words

"Não fico ressentida por conta disso, mas seria muito bom fazer coisas como passar um fim de semana em Paris, mas isso não é possível para mim no momento. Porém, sei que um dia, se seguir as regras da…"

-Andrew Morton, Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words

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4. Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived. by Andrew Wilson

By: Andrew Wilson

3.83

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

'Shadow of the Titanic' tells the extraordinary stories of some of those 705 who survived. How did … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. The Princess Diarist

By: Carrie Fisher

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

The Princess Diaristis Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happe… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

6. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

3.67

Format: None pages,

A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abrah… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up

By: Naya Rivera

3.98

Format: 480 pages,

Funny and deeply personal, Sorry Not SorryrecountsGleestar Naya Rivera's successes and missteps, ur… read more

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  • nonfiction

8. Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (Scary Stories, #3)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Storytellers know -- just as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years -- that everyone enjoys a… read more

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9. The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1)

By: Alex Grecian

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Victorian London is a cesspool of crime, and Scotland Yard has only twelve detectives--known as "Th… read more

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10. Twelve Years a Slave

By: Solomon Northup

3.58

Format: None pages, ebook

A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starrin… read more

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11. The Night Lives On

By: Walter Lord

3.60

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The most awesome ocean-going vessel the world had ever seen, the mightly TITANIC struck an iceberg … read more

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12. A Night to Remember

By: Walter Lord , Nathaniel Philbrick

3.67

Format: 208 pages,

The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic, in a 50th anniversary edition w… read more

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13. Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.33

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Now in hardcover, the ninth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns t… read more

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"What makes you think I know?' asked Zach, who, if questioned, would deny his own existence out of sheer habit."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"I saw nothing suspicious—which is unusual. A copper can usually find something suspicious if they look hard enough."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"Always look after your people,' he said as I noted down the order. 'The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"Lips too thick and nose too wide–he looked like he’d stepped out of an early Asterix comic. Subconscious racism, I thought–it will fuck you up every time."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

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14. Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.25

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

O’Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in th… read more

Similar categories in Bill O'Reilly's Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America book and Rupert Matthews's Titanic: The Tragic Story of the Ill-Fated Ocean Liner

  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

By: Robert Kurson

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The inside, lesser-known story of NASA's boldest and riskiest mission: Apollo 8, mankind's first jo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

By: Cal Flyn

4.20

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

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17. Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

By: Alan Rickman

3.58

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

Madly Deeply is a rare invitation into the mind of Alan Rickman—one of the most magnetic, beloved … read more

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  • nonfiction
"The trouble with death is that there is no next."

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

"Why was I dreaming about having got myself a Saturday job at Woolworth's??"

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

"The walls we are surrounded by, the objects we fill the spaces with, the lives they all describe."

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

"Savoy Grill with Emma[Thompson]. A very easy, enjoyable meal with an easy enjoyable person. She says 'fuck' a lot. Much laughter."

-Alan Rickman, Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

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18. Titanic: True Stories of her Passengers, Crew and Legacy

By: Nicola Pierce

4.12

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

This book commemorates the enduring legacy of the world's most famous ship – TITANIC. Her story is… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. This Much is True

By: Miriam Margolyes

4.09

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a … read more

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  • nonfiction
"...it is the vulnerabilities in people, rather more than their strengths, which allow us to love them."

-Miriam Margolyes, This Much is True

"And I was in love with him because, when he ended it, I can remember the feeling of being annihilated - a pure, wrenching grief and loss."

-Miriam Margolyes, This Much is True

Cover of Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World by Chris Wallace

20. Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World

By: Chris Wallace

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, comes an electrifying beh… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments

By: Hannah Brown

3.81

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

"My life was a complete mess, and God bless all of it. Because it's in the messes where we learn th… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

By: Bill O'Reilly

3.67

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

By: Natasha Bowen

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A way to survive.A way to serve.A way to save. Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves the… read more

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"Do not be ashamed of who you are."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"When you pull back the skin of the sea, you never know what you will find."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"Simidele. Listen to me. I know you will make things right. What is done is done. We cannot change the past, only learn from it. What happens next is up to you."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

Cover of The Sinking of the the SS Titanic April 14-15, 1912 by John B. Thayer

24. The Sinking of the the SS Titanic April 14-15, 1912

By: John B. Thayer

4.42

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A vivid account of how the TITANIC sank by survivor Jack Thayer’ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘A dramatic … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley

25. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

By: Douglas Brinkley

4.17

Format: 576 pages, ebook

Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approache… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Orphanage: The True Story Of An Abused Convent Upbringing by Frances Reilly

26. The Orphanage: The True Story Of An Abused Convent Upbringing

By: Frances Reilly

4.38

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

'Nobody wants you, so we have to put up with you. We'll soon knock the disobedience out of you...' … read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. Titanic: Minute by Minute

By: Jonathan Mayo

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

2.20am on 15th April 1912, the Titanic is plunging 12,000 feet to the ocean floor.Machinery, coal, … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Titanic: The Tragic Story of the Ill-Fated Ocean Liner by Rupert Matthews

28. Titanic: The Tragic Story of the Ill-Fated Ocean Liner

By: Rupert Matthews

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

'Goodbye Miss Young. Good luck to you and don't forget to remember me to the folks back home.'Major… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

14 must-read history books like Titanic: The Tragic Story of the Ill-Fated Ocean Liner by Rupert Matthews

Transform Your Habits

1776

David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words

Andrew Morton

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived. by Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

3.67

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14 Top audiobook books like Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson

Transform Your Habits

Apollo: The Race To The Moon

Charles Murray , Catherine Bly Cox

4.52

Transform Your Habits

A Man on the Moon

Michael Kramer , Bronson Pinchot , Tom Hanks , Andrew Chaikin

4.49

Transform Your Habits

The Astronaut Wives Club

Lily Koppel

3.50

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

Scott Kelly

4.55

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