I just finished Tunnel 29 by Helena Merriman about a tunnel built under the Berlin Wall. It was amazing. A total page turner, written by a journalist based on interviews and extensive research. It was so compelling. And the STORY…so human, so good.
I want more! Not necessarily about this period of history, but with the same pace and journalistic style. What do you recommend? (I don’t want anything gruesome. My heart can’t take it.)
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*Ghost Wars,* by Steve Coll
*New Cold Wars,* by David Sanger
*To Start A War*, by Robert Draper
*The Spymasters,* by Chris Whipple (my personal favorite)
*Putin’s People,* by Catherine Belton (a little long)
*The Perfect Weapon,* by David Sanger
*This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends,* by Nicole Perlroth (a little dramatic, but interesting)
*Undaunted,* by John Brennan
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (about Weinstein) is probably the most in-depth, well-written journalistic approach to the whole story that’s also more expansive than just what we know from the news.
*The Tiger* by John Vaillant, about the hunt for a man-eating tiger in the remote Russian wilderness.
Anything by Patrick Radden Keefe.
Command and Control by Eric Schlosser
Electric Kool aid acid test
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham (about the nuclear power plant disaster)
King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild (about the atrocities in Belgian Congo)
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang (Imperial Japanese Army atrocities in Naking, China)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (ethics of science/medicine and how racism affects these fields)
Anything by Patrick Radden Keefe, Adam Higginbotham, or Isabel Wilkerson.
I really enjoyed The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freeland.
American Kingpin by Nick Bilton and Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham.
Civil Action by Jonathan Harr it is about the first class action suit. A town is poisoned by a tanning company which was bought but a huge conglomerate. It’s a David vs Goliath story and it’s an absolute page turner.
Anything by Erik Larson
“The Hot Zone” by Richard Preston.
Unless you’re a germophobe in which case definitely don’t read it 😂
Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes