Books like Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
12 books with a reading profile close to Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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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.
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Black Like Me
history, memoir
In 1959, white journalist John Howard Griffin underwent medical treatments, including skin-darkening medication and ultraviolet light exposure, to pass as a Black man in the segregated American South.
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
history, memoir
Caitlin Doughty documents her visits to several countries to observe how diverse cultures handle their dead.
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Half Broke Horses
history, memoir
Jeannette Walls reconstructs the life of her maternal grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, in this oral history styled as a novel.
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
history, memoir
In June 2005, Marcus Luttrell and three fellow Navy SEALs deployed into the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan for Operation Red Wings.
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
history, memoir
In this memoir, Trevor Noah recounts his upbringing in South Africa under apartheid and the subsequent transition to democracy.
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Permanent Record
memoir, narrative
Edward Snowden details his transition from a committed CIA and NSA technologist to a whistleblower who exposed the United States government’s system of mass digital surveillance.
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JUNGLEKEEPER
by Paul Rosolie
memoir, narrative
Paul Rosolie recounts his experiences living within the deep Amazon basin, focusing on the immediate realities of rainforest conservation.
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
history, narrative
Daniel James Brown reconstructs the 1846 Donner Party disaster through the specific experiences of Sarah Graves, a twenty-one-year-old newlywed traveling west from Illinois.
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They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei
history, memoir
George Takei’s graphic memoir recounts his childhood years spent inside American concentration camps following Executive Order 9066.
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