9 Best biography books like Ira Hayes: The Akimel O'odham Warrior, World War II, and the Price of Heroism by Tom Holm

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Ira Hayes: The Akimel O'odham Warrior, World War II, and the Price of Heroism

By: Tom Holm

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The gripping, forgotten tale of Ira Hayes—a Native American icon and World War II legend who famous…

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1. Dawn (The Night Trilogy #2)

By: Elie Wiesel , Frances Frenaye

3.66

Format: 320 pages,

Elisha is a young Jewish man, a Holocaust survivor, and an Israeli freedom fighter in British-contr… read more

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2. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

By: Greg Mortenson , David Oliver Relin

3.67

Format: None pages,

The inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and ant… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

3. Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62

By: Frank Dikötter

3.51

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with t… read more

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4. They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War

By: None , None

0.00

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

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5. The Adversary

By: Michael Crummey

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents (“Extraordinary”— Wall Street … read more

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6. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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7. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

By: Stephanie Land

3.62

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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8. King: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig

4.67

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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9. Saga, Volume 11

By: Brian K. Vaughan

4.26

Format: 153 pages, ebook

While Hazel and her family fight for scraps to survive, the rich and powerful race to forge new all… read more

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10. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

By: Patricia Evangelista

4.18

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

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"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

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12. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders

By: John Glatt

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Tangled Vines , bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigiou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers by Frank Figliuzzi

14. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

By: Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. Fayne: A Novel

By: Ann-Marie MacDonald

4.26

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magyk, love and identity. In the late nineteent… read more

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"Byrn speaks and I understand him without effort, his words as clear as spring water. / Ask a favour of the plover, he says. Borrow her eyes. / Then I am flying through the air, and the flying is his …"

-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fayne: A Novel

Cover of Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir by Daniel Barban Levin

16. Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir

By: Daniel Barban Levin

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An “extraordinary” (Nylon) firsthand account of the creation of a modern cult and the costs paid by… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Hate Next Door: Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy by Matson Browning

17. The Hate Next Door: Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy

By: Matson Browning

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The changing face of hate is on your doorstep… Matt Browning, an undercover detective in Arizona, t… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. A Nasty Little War: The West's Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution

By: Anna Reid

3.96

Format: 431 pages, Kindle Edition

A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Thoroughly researched, stylish and entertaining' Financial … read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan

By: Mitchell Zuckoff

4.30

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

The incredible true story of a breathtaking rescue in the frenzied final hours of the U.S. evacuati… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919 by James Carl Nelson

20. The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919

By: James Carl Nelson

3.55

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary lost chapter in the history of World War I: the story of America’s year-long invas… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
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21. Ira Hayes: The Akimel O'odham Warrior, World War II, and the Price of Heroism

By: Tom Holm

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The gripping, forgotten tale of Ira Hayes—a Native American icon and World War II legend who famous… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • indigenous

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