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12 books with a reading profile close to Rocket Billionaires by Tim Fernholz. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

The space barons

by Christian Davenport

Also outward-looking and growth-minded · history, business strategy

Christian Davenport chronicles the private space race driven by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos as they challenge the aerospace establishment.
2

Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, Murder and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

by Bill Browder

Also outward-looking and growth-minded · history, narrative

After the Russian government murdered his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, financier Bill Browder pivoted from investing to international activism.
3

Fermat's Enigma

by Simon Singh

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Simon Singh chronicles the three-century pursuit of a solution to Pierre de Fermat’s Last Theorem, a deceptively simple conjecture stating that no three positive integers a, b, and c satisfy the equation a^n + b^n = c^n…
4

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

by David Grann

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1740, the British vessel HMS Wager departed on a secret mission to intercept a Spanish treasure galleon but wrecked against desolate rocks off the coast of Patagonia.
5

The Last Days of Night

by Graham Moore

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, business strategy

In 1888 New York, young attorney Paul Cravath takes on a legal defense for George Westinghouse, who is being sued by Thomas Edison for one billion dollars over the invention of the light bulb.
6

The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece

by Jonathan Harr

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Jonathan Harr chronicles the recovery of "The Taking of Christ," a Caravaggio masterpiece hidden in the dining room of a Jesuit residence in Dublin for decades.
7

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

by Tom Standage

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Tom Standage organizes human civilization into six distinct eras defined by a dominant beverage: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola.
8

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

by Sebastian Junger

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In October 1991, a rare meteorological convergence created a "meteorological bomb" off the coast of New England.
9

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

by Erik Larson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Erik Larson reconstructs the 1900 hurricane that leveled Galveston, Texas, focusing on meteorologist Isaac Cline and the technical failings of the fledgling U.S.
10

Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General

by Bill O'Reilly

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

General George S.
11

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

by Malcolm Gladwell

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Malcolm Gladwell examines the technological evolution and moral dilemmas of industrial warfare through the rivalry between General Haywood Hansell and General Curtis LeMay.
12

The Lost City of the Monkey God

by Douglas Preston

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 2012, Douglas Preston joined a team of scientists to locate Ciudad Blanca, a legendary civilization hidden within the Honduran rainforest.

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