Books like Wild Swans
12 books with a reading profile close to Wild Swans by Jung Chang. Clear-cut; a moderate read.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X
history, biography
The narrative chronicles Malcolm Little’s evolution from a Midwestern childhood marked by white supremacist violence to his street life as a hustler and thief in Harlem.
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Blaine Harden chronicles the life of Shin Dong-hyuk, the only person known to have been born in and successfully escaped from a North Korean "total control zone" political prison.
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3
Decision Points
history, biography
Decision Points functions as a non-linear memoir centered on fourteen distinct choices made by the forty-third president.
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Schindler’s List
history, biography
In German-occupied Poland, industrialist Oskar Schindler utilized his connections within the Nazi Party and the SS to shield Jewish workers from liquidation.
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5
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
history, biography
Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed the Warsaw Zoo during the 1939 German invasion of Poland.
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Life of Black Hawk, Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak
by Black Hawk
history, memoir
In this 1833 autobiography, Sauk leader Black Hawk recounts his military life and the territorial disputes leading to the Black Hawk War.
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
by Dava Sobel
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Dava Sobel reconstructs the life of Galileo Galilei through the preserved correspondence of his eldest child, Suor Maria Celeste.
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A Promised Land
by Barack Obama
Also clear-cut · history, biography
In this memoir, Barack Obama details his political rise from his early organizers’ roots in Chicago to the conclusion of his first term in the Oval Office.
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Roots
by Alex Haley
history, biography
Alex Haley reconstructs his family lineage starting with Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka youth abducted from West Africa in 1767 and sold into chattel slavery in Maryland.
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Hallie Rubenhold reconstructs the biographies of Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly, shifting the historical focus away from their murderer.
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12
Careless Love
history, biography
This volume documents the final two decades of Elvis Presley’s life, beginning with his 1958 military service in Germany and concluding with his death in 1977.
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