This is a niche request, but I’ve really enjoyed reading a few books recently that I would describe as engineering/industrial accidents. I enjoyed Midnight at Chernobyl (about the eponymous nuclear disaster), The Johnstown Flood (about a catastrophic dam failure), and then Truth, Lies, and O-Rings (about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster).
I find it captivating to hear about all the decisions that led up to these failures, as they often have some common themes despite spanning different times and cultures, and they help ground me in my daily career.
Anyone have some other recommendations in this vein?
by SuccessfulJellyfish8