I am reading Dongri to Dubai by S. Hussain Zaidi.
Growing up in Mumbai in the 1980s/90s, I remember reading news stories about the Mumbai gang wars.
This book covers that in great detail and as such qualifies as a genuine history book.
And yet, it reads like a potboiler. It is essentially unputdownable.
10/10
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Helter Skelter. It’s on the Manson family and it’s super entertaining
Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James Hornfischer.
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live by Paul Kix
The Day of St Anthony’s Fire, John G. Fuller.
The Johnstown Flood, by David McCullough
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann.
I’m reading the Wager right now. It’s a page-turner. Killers of the Flower Moon is up next.
What’s Wager about? Who is the author
It’s about a shipwreck. Author is David Grann, same as Killers of the Flower Moon. Both are great reads.
The Wager fits the bill!
I finished this last week, and this is a fantastic book. Entirely eye opening the whole way through
I read it in a day and a half. So hard to put down.
Longitude by dava sobel
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński aka. Jack Strong biography. Man is better than most spy/thriller literature.
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
I recently read Thunderstruck, also by Larson, and I found it to be much more tense and exciting. I knew nothing about both stories in that book though. I’d read Harold Schecter’s book on Holmes before I read DitWC, so that was likely a factor.
But I recommend Thunderstruck either way.
So much scary shit happened to me when I read that book. It was like HH Holmes’ ghost didn’t want me knowing what he did.
Yes, and also same for In The Garden of Beasts, and Dead Wake. Larson really has a knack for this subgenre.
Great recommendation! I’ve always been fascinated by the Mumbai gang wars, and it’s amazing to find a history book that reads like a thriller. I’ll definitely add Dongri to Dubai to my reading list. Thanks for sharing!
The Winter Fortress by Neil Bascomb. It details a British/Norwegian raid to destroy Nazi Germany’s heavy water plant.
Incredible book. Just about everything related to that raid is amazing.
Sounds like a great read. I’ll add this to my list! Thank you
‘Josephine Baker, American beauty, French Hero, British spy’ is AMAZING. True story of an incredible woman who risked everything in WW2, certainly reads like a thriller.
Oooh, I bought this book last week! Looking forward to reading it!
Empire of the Summer Moon. Absolutely brutal, but it’s a hard one to put down.
Brutal is a great description. I loved it but it’s a tough one at times.
It’s fascinating how the book blends detailed historical accounts with the gripping narrative of a thriller. Growing up in Mumbai during that era must have given you a unique perspective on the events described in the book. It’s always intriguing when a non-fiction book manages to be as engrossing as any fiction out there
River of Doubt. About Teddy Roosevelt’s experience in Brazil navigating the river.
I liked that one a lot.
This one was really good.