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12 books with a reading profile close to Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James D. Bradley. Clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

Ten Days in a Mad-House

by Nellie Bly

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1887, journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to secure a commitment to the Women’s Medical College on Blackwell’s Island.
2

The Atomic City Girls

by Janet Beard

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1943, the Army transforms Oak Ridge, Tennessee, into a secret city of thousands of workers building the weapon that will end the war, though almost none of them know what they are making.
3

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

by Harold G. Moore

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Lieutenant General Harold G.
4

The Johnstown Flood

by David McCullough

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

The book reconstructs the 1889 disaster in Pennsylvania, where the South Fork Dam collapsed after days of heavy rain.
5

The Women of Chateau Lafayette

by Stephanie Dray

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

This novel follows the history of the Chateau de Chavaniac, the birthplace of the Marquis de Lafayette, across three distinct centuries.
6

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

by Hampton Sides

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1879, Lieutenant George De Long led the USS Jeannette toward the North Pole, fueled by the incorrect scientific theory of an Open Polar Sea.
7

Kon-Tiki

by Thor Heyerdahl

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Thor Heyerdahl documents his 1947 expedition to prove that ancient South Americans could have settled Polynesia.
8

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

by Jonathan Freedland

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler hid in a hollowed-out woodpile for three days before slipping past the outer perimeter of Auschwitz.
9

The Longest Day: June 6, 1944

by Cornelius Ryan

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Cornelius Ryan reconstructs the D-Day invasion by weaving together hundreds of individual accounts from Allied and German soldiers, as well as French civilians.
10

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

by Kate Clifford Larson

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Kate Clifford Larson reconstructs the life of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest daughter of Joe and Rose Kennedy, who was born with intellectual disabilities.
11

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

by Sonia Purnell

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Sonia Purnell chronicles the life of Virginia Hall, an American woman who overcame a prosthetic wooden leg and deep-seated institutional sexism to become a critical operative for the British Special Operations Executive…
12

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

by Tom Holland

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

Tom Holland chronicles the collapse of the Roman Republic, beginning with the rise of Sulla and concluding with the establishment of the principate under Augustus.

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