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12 books with a reading profile close to Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clear-cut; an easy read.

1

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

by Mark Owen

Also clear-cut · history, memoir

Mark Owen, a pseudonym for a member of Navy SEAL Team Six, provides a chronological account of Operation Neptune Spear, the 2011 raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
2

YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY

by Gavin Newsom

Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Gavin Newsom traces the intersection of his family’s multi-generational history in San Francisco and his own rise through California’s political hierarchy.
3

Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

by J.B. West

Also clear-cut · history, memoir

J.B.
4

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

by Marcus Luttrell

Also clear-cut · history, memoir

In June 2005, Marcus Luttrell and three fellow Navy SEALs deployed into the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan for Operation Red Wings.
5

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

by Chris Kyle

Also clear-cut · history, memoir

Chris Kyle details his four combat deployments during the Iraq War as a Navy SEAL sniper.
6

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J.D. Vance

history, memoir

J.D.
7

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

by David Attenborough

Also clear-cut · history, memoir

At ninety-four, David Attenborough utilizes his career as a naturalist to document the decline of Earth’s biodiversity.
8

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

by Guy Delisle

history, memoir

Guy Delisle spent two months in Pyongyang overseeing an animation project at a state-run studio.
9

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

by Kamala Harris

Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Kamala Harris outlines her professional trajectory from a courtroom prosecutor to the United States Senate, focusing on the core principles she identifies as the foundation of American democracy.
10

The Know-It-All

by A.J. Jacobs

Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible

A.J.
11

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

history, memoir

Jon Krakauer chronicles the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, during which eight climbers died in a single storm.
12

Papillon

by Henri Charrière

Also clear-cut · memoir, accessible

Henri Charrière, a safecracker nicknamed Papillon, receives a life sentence for a murder he maintains he did not commit.

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