Books like Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
12 books with a reading profile close to Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
history, analytical
Erik Larson weaves together the true accounts of two men who shaped Chicago during the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition.
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
history, analytical
Yuval Noah Harari tracks the biological and social evolution of Homo sapiens from our origins as a minor African primate to our current dominance over the biosphere.
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
history, analytical
During the 1920s, the Osage Nation in Oklahoma became the wealthiest people per capita in the world after oil was discovered beneath their reservation.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
history, analytical
Michael Pollan investigates the origins of the human diet by tracing four distinct food chains: industrial corn, organic agribusiness, local pastoralism, and personal foraging.
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How Music Works
by David Byrne
history, analytical
David Byrne argues that musical composition is driven by external constraints rather than pure internal inspiration.
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EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS
by John Green
history, analytical
John Green tracks the history and persistence of tuberculosis, a bacterial infection that has killed more humans than any other pathogen.
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
by Kate Moore
history, analytical
Kate Moore details the lives of factory workers in the early twentieth century who painted watch dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint.
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer
history, analytical
Jon Krakauer examines the 1984 murders of Brenda Lafferty and her infant daughter, committed by her brothers-in-law, Ron and Dan Lafferty.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
history, analytical
In 1951, doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took tissue samples from Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman with terminal cervical cancer, without her knowledge or consent.
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
history, analytical
Elizabeth Kolbert explains that Earth is currently undergoing a sixth mass extinction event, differing from the previous five because it is caused by human activity rather than natural disasters.
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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
history, analytical
Peter Frankopan shifts the focus of global history away from the Atlantic and toward the central nervous system of Eurasia.
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