Books like Eaters of the Dead
12 books with a reading profile close to Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. Escapist; a moderate read.
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1
The Eagle has Landed
Also escapist · history, thriller
In 1943, Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Steiner leads a small unit of German paratroopers on a mission to kidnap Winston Churchill from a remote Norfolk village.
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2
Pompeii
Also escapist · history, thriller
Set in the final days before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the narrative follows Marcus Attilius Primus, a young engineer sent to repair the Augusta, the world’s largest aqueduct.
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3
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil
history, entertainment
This book documents the rise and eventual dissolution of the American punk rock movement from the late 1960s through the 1980s.
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4
The Day of the Jackal
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Set in 1963, the plot follows a secret French paramilitary group, the OAS, as they hire a professional British assassin known only by the codename Jackal.
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5
Gates of Fire
history, entertainment
Steven Pressfield’s historical novel reconstructs the Battle of Thermopylae through the eyes of Xeones, a squire and the sole survivor of the Spartan defense.
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6
The Revenant
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Set in 1823, Michael Punke’s novel follows Hugh Glass, a scout for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company.
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7
The Chamber
by John Grisham
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Adam Hall, a young Chicago lawyer, travels to Mississippi to represent Sam Cayhall, a convicted murderer facing execution in the gas chamber.
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8
The Last Juror
by John Grisham
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
In 1970, twenty-three-year-old college dropout Willie Traynor purchases a bankrupt weekly newspaper in Ford County, Mississippi.
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9
Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event (Comic)
by Mark Millar
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Following a catastrophic explosion in Stamford caused by a battle between the New Warriors and Nitro, the United States government passes the Superhuman Registration Act.
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10
300
by Frank Miller
Also escapist · history, entertainment
In 480 B.C., King Leonidas leads three hundred Spartan warriors to the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae to block the invading Persian army commanded by the self-proclaimed god-king Xerxes.
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Batman, Volume 2: The City of Owls
by Scott Snyder
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
In the second volume of Scott Snyder’s Batman run, Bruce Wayne faces the Court of Owls, a secret cabal that has manipulated Gotham City's infrastructure and politics from the shadows for centuries.
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12
Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye
by Frank Miller
Also escapist · thriller, entertainment
Marv is a massive, scarred brawler who wakes up in a cheap hotel to find Goldie, the beautiful woman he just spent the night with, murdered beside him.
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