21 must-read history books like Truman and the Bomb: The Untold Story by D.M. Giangreco

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Truman and the Bomb: The Untold Story

By: D.M. Giangreco

3.57

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Many myths have grown up around President Harry S. Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons against…

If you liked the history plot in Truman and the Bomb: The Untold Story by D.M. Giangreco , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Ball Four

By: Jim Bouton

4.05

Format: 465 pages, Paperback

Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton.When first p… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it."

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

"The older they get, the better they get when they were younger"

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

"High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game."

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

"I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while."

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

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2. Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)

By: Richard Russo

4.11

Format: 549 pages, Paperback

Richard Russo's slyly funny and moving novel follows the unexpected operation of grace in a deadbea… read more

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  • audiobook
"Like many men addicted to sports, Clive Sr. was also a religious man."

-Richard Russo, Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)

"It was a scary thought. A man could be surrounded by poetry reading and not know it."

-Richard Russo, Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)

"probably horse doo had a name in french also, but that didn't mean god intended for you to eat it."

-Richard Russo, Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)

"He couldn’t very well start lecturing the boy now. There was every reason to believe that the first thirty-five years of Peter’s life had been the formative ones."

-Richard Russo, Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)

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3. The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45

By: John Toland

3.43

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Ja… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

4. But Not in Shame: The Six Months After Pearl Harbor

By: John Toland

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Currently being serialized prior to publication in Look magazine, John Toland's But Not in Shame is… read more

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5. The Mauritius Command

By: Patrick O'Brian

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

"O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actually constitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should ha… read more

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6. Battle: The Story of the Bulge

By: John Toland , Carlo D'Este

3.23

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

"The perspective of 15 years, painstaking research, thousands of interviews, extensive analysis and… read more

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7. Infamy: Pearl Harbor and its Aftermath

By: John Toland

3.46

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The controversial, best-selling investigation of the events surrounding Pearl Harbor acclaimed as "… read more

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8. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

By: Riley Black

3.95

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."

-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"

-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"

-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

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9. The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

By: David von Drehle

4.00

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

One of our nation’s most prominent writers finds the truth about how to live a long and happy life … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence After Sixty Years

By: Paul Landis

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1963. Shots ring out at Dealey Plaza. The president is struck in the he… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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  • audiobook
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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13. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II

By: Evan Thomas

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. 2054

By: Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive wo… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss

15. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

By: David Maraniss

4.02

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.56

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Last Stone

By: Mark Bowden

3.71

Format: 352 pages, None

On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, ages ten and twelve, vanished from a shoppin… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

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20. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

By: Chris Wimmer

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)

By: Jack Carr

4.54

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more

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  • audiobook
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22. Himawari House

By: Harmony Becker

4.37

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

Bilingual Edition in English and Japanese Living in a new country is no walk in the park. Whe… read more

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23. The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare

By: John Lisle

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch― The Dirty Tricks De… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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24. 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
  • audiobook
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25. A Village in the Third Reich

By: Julia Boyd

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Wate… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. 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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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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27. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower

By: Michel Paradis

4.46

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew … read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Valor: The Astonishing World War II Saga of One Man's Defiance and Indomitable Spirit

By: Dan Hampton

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Valor is the magnificent story of a genuine American hero who survived the fall of the Philippines … read more

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

29. 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
  • nonfiction
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30. Truman and the Bomb: The Untold Story

By: D.M. Giangreco

3.57

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Many myths have grown up around President Harry S. Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons against… read more

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Cover of Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia by Louis Ferrante

31. Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia

By: Louis Ferrante

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

DISCOVER THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA - FROM A MAN WHO'S SEEN IT ALL FROM THE INSID… read more

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22 best-selling audiobook books like Truman and the Bomb: The Untold Story by D.M. Giangreco

Transform Your Habits

Ball Four

Jim Bouton

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Nobody's Fool (Sully #1)

Richard Russo

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

David von Drehle

4.00

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15 Best audiobook books like A Village in the Third Reich by Julia Boyd

Transform Your Habits

State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974

Dominic Sandbrook

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

Anna Keay

4.39

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