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Books like Two years before the mast

12 books with a reading profile close to Two years before the mast by Richard Henry Dana. Clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

One Christmas

by Truman Capote

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Six-year-old Buddy leaves his rural Alabama home to spend the holidays in New Orleans withhis estranged father.
2

The Doings of Raffles Haw

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature

Raffles Haw is a reclusive chemist who discovers a method to transmute lead into gold, granting him nearly infinite wealth.
3

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains

by Jon Krakauer

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

In this collection of non-fiction reports, Jon Krakauer chronicles the high-risk pursuits of ice climbers and mountaineers.
4

Twelve years a slave

by Solomon Northup

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Solomon Northup, a free Black man residing in Saratoga Springs, New York, was kidnapped in 1841 after being lured to Washington, D.C., under the guise of traveling employment.
5

West with the Night

by Beryl Markham

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Beryl Markham recounts her upbringing in colonial East Africa, where she trained racehorses alongside the Kipsigis people and survived encounters with lions.
6

The Last of the Mohicans

by James Fenimore Cooper

Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature

Set in 1757 during the French and Indian War, the narrative follows frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye, and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas.
7

Trinity

by Leon Uris

Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature

Leon Uris tells the story of Ireland's struggle for independence through Conor Larkin, a Catholic boy from a poor family in Ulster who grows up in the late nineteenth century.
8

Hawaii

by James A. Michener

Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature

James Michener’s narrative begins with the volcanic formation of the islands before chronicling the successive waves of human arrivals.
9

The Scottish Chiefs

by Jane Porter

Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature

Jane Porter’s historical novel recounts the life of William Wallace during the Scottish Wars of Independence against King Edward I of England.
10

Some Christmas Stories Annotated

by Charles Dickens

Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature

This collection gathers short fiction Charles Dickens wrote for the holiday issues of his periodicals, Household Words and All the Year Round.
11

The Mysterious Island

by Jules Verne

Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature

During the American Civil War, five northern prisoners escape Richmond by hijacking a hot air balloon, only to crash onto a remote, uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific.
12

My Own Words

by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

My Own Words is a curated selection of speeches, legal briefs, and judicial opinions written by Ruth Bader Ginsburg over five decades.

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