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12 books with a reading profile close to The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

Flags of Our Fathers

by James D. Bradley

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

James Bradley reconstructs the lives of the six men who raised the American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
2

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

by Timothy Egan

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

In the early 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan moved beyond the deep South to establish a stronghold in the American Midwest, specifically Indiana.
3

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

by Garrett M. Graff

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

Garrett M.
4

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson

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

Erik Larson chronicles the five months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the surrender of Fort Sumter.
5

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

by Nathaniel Philbrick

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

In the winter of 1820, a massive sperm whale repeatedly rammed and sank the whaleship Essex in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
6

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

by Erik Larson

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

Erik Larson reconstructs the final 1915 voyage of the luxury ocean liner Lusitania, tracking its path from New York toward the Irish coast during the early stages of World War I.
7

One Summer: America, 1927

by Bill Bryson

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

Bill Bryson chronicles the rapid cultural and technological shifts in American life during five months in 1927.
8

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

by Stephen E. Ambrose

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

Stephen Ambrose reconstructs the Allied invasion of France through hundreds of oral histories from the men who fought on the ground.
9

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

by Ross King

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

In 1418, the architects of Florence faced a structural crisis: the massive central opening of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral remained uncovered, as no known building method could support a dome of such scale withou…
10

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

by Liza Mundy

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

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S.
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

by Stephen E. Ambrose

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

Stephen E.
12

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

by Adam Makos

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

In December 1943, Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown flew a crippled B-17 bomber over Germany, its fuselage shredded and half its crew wounded.

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