Books like The Boys from Biloxi
12 books with a reading profile close to The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham. Practical, outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
This historical narrative recounts the final days of the American Civil War, focusing on the parallel timelines of President Abraham Lincoln and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
James L.
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Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
General George S.
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
Simon Garfield chronicles the evolution of letterforms from Gutenberg’s mechanical press to the digital screens of the twenty-first century.
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Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, Murder and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
by Bill Browder
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
After the Russian government murdered his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, financier Bill Browder pivoted from investing to international activism.
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Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
Also practical and clear-cut · history, narrative
Maureen Callahan tells the stories of several women connected to the Kennedy family and argues that they were treated badly by the men around them and by the family's image-making.
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
by Ian Mortimer
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
This book treats the fourteenth century as a tangible destination rather than a remote historical era.
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
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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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
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.
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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.
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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
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.
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