20 best-selling nonfiction books like The Hidden Hindenburg: The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule the Skies by Michael McCarthy

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The Hidden Hindenburg: The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule the Skies

By: Michael McCarthy

4.14

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

By the author of Ashes Under Water (Lyons Press), here is one of the great untold stories of World …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Hidden Hindenburg: The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule the Skies by Michael McCarthy , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • historical
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • history
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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2. The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

By: Elizabeth Letts

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable true st… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
"An old adage says that a good rider can hear his horse speak and a great rider can hear his horse whisper."

-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

"Great dressage demands more than skill; it engages a rider's inner wisdom and his ability to communicate with a mount in the silent language of horsemanship."

-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

"Just as ballroom dancing and pair skating command partners to work together seamlessly, in the sport of dressage, the rider performers an intricate pas de deux with his partner—a twelve-hundred-pound…"

-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

"The stallion’s crest was arched, his nose was perpendicular to the floor, and his hind legs were gathered underneath him, showing off the powerfully developed muscles in his massive hindquarters. His…"

-Elizabeth Letts, The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

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3. Crocodile Tears

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.17

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

It's just another day in the life of an average kid. If you're Alex Rider, that is. A con artist ha… read more

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4. On Target (Gray Man #2)

By: Mark Greaney

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Killing is Court Gentry's business. Now, his business is about to get personal in the second Gray M… read more

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5. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage

By: James D. Bradley

3.86

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The classic New York Timesbestselling story of heroism and sacrifice--by the author of Flags of Our… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

6. The Reporter Who Knew Too Much: The Mysterious Death of What's My Line TV Star and Media Icon Dorothy Kilgallen

By: Mark Shaw

2.00

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

On November 8, 1965, millions of fans of 'What's My Line?' CBS television star, Pulitzer Prize-nomi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

7. The Zone of Interest

By: Martin Amis

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing por… read more

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8. The Fangs of Freelance (Fred, the Vampire Accountant, #4)

By: Drew Hayes

3.86

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

When Fred formed his own parahuman clan out of necessity, he understood that it was going to come w… read more

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9. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

By: None , Keith Gessen

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award On April 2… read more

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10. Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Alex Rider is actually the end of the story. Yassen Gregorovich was the beginning. Alex Rider's lif… read more

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11. The Sound of Rain

By: Gregg Olsen

3.66

Format: None pages,

Former homicide detective Nicole Foster has hit rock bottom. Driven off the force by her treacherou… read more

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12. Thunderstruck

By: Erik Larson

3.77

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven stories of two men whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal cases o… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt

13. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa

By: Charles Brandt

4.12

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint hou… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

14. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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15. 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
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16. Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World

By: Giles Milton

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From a master of popular history, the lively, immersive story of the race to seize Berlin in the af… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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18. 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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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. Travel by Bullet (The Dispatcher, #3)

By: John Scalzi

4.02

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

The Audible and New York Times best-selling "Dispatcher" series returns with a brand-new mystery, p… read more

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20. Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

By: James B. Stewart

3.76

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount Global, the multibilli… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. 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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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication

By: Alexander Larman

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The thrilling and definitive account of the Abdication Crisis of 1936 On December 10, 1936, King E… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon come… read more

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  • historical
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Deadly Assessments (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #5) by Drew  Hayes

26. Deadly Assessments (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #5)

By: Drew Hayes

4.40

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

After several years as a vampire, starting a business, founding his own clan, and proposing to his … read more

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27. Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

By: Buddy Levy

4.42

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity by Carl R. Trueman

28. Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.41

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Carl Trueman Analyzes How Ancient Creeds and Confessions Protect and Promote Biblical Christianity … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. Penitent (Bequin #2)

By: Dan Abnett

4.52

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Book 2 in the Bequin series Alizebeth Bequin's world has been turned upside-down. Now she must c… read more

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"Sometimes the threat is so grave, the worst of enemies must become the best of friends."

-Dan Abnett, Penitent (Bequin #2)

"Heretics are the only ones worth trusting,’ the voice said, ‘for they have everything to gain and everything to lose."

-Dan Abnett, Penitent (Bequin #2)

"I thought I had trained you well, Beta,' she said, 'but I see I must reinforce the most basic conditioning. Know yourself. Understand yourself. In this life, most answers lie within, or in plain view…"

-Dan Abnett, Penitent (Bequin #2)

"All is deceit. Nothing wears a true face or uses a true name. Nothing is as it appears to be, as if the whole universe were busily playing out a function, ‘guised in cunning. The mad are sane, the bl…"

-Dan Abnett, Penitent (Bequin #2)

Cover of When Giants Ruled the Sky: The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship by John Geoghegan

30. When Giants Ruled the Sky: The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship

By: John Geoghegan

4.33

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Nearly everything people know about airships is wrong. Few realize that prior to the Hindenburg dis… read more

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31. The Hidden Hindenburg: The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule the Skies

By: Michael McCarthy

4.14

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

By the author of Ashes Under Water (Lyons Press), here is one of the great untold stories of World … read more

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  • historical
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • history

18 Top history books like The Hidden Hindenburg: The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule the Skies by Michael McCarthy

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

Elizabeth Letts

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Flyboys: A True Story of Courage

James D. Bradley

3.86

The Reporter Who Knew Too Much: The Mysterious Death of What's My Line TV Star and Media Icon Dorothy Kilgallen

Mark Shaw

2.00

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5 must-read audiobook books like I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt

Transform Your Habits

Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss

Philip Carlo

3.78

Transform Your Habits

I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa

Charles Brandt

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob

T.J. English

4.05

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