I’m going on a long car trip with my Dad. The last time I went with him on a long car trip I had just checked out Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. I prefer to read books aloud because I feel like it causes me to absorb the information better. So although I didn’t plan on it, I ended up reading the book aloud to my Dad while he drove. And it was great. We both enjoyed the book and it brought us closer together. So I’m looking for another book to read while we’re on the road. I’m fine with either fiction or non-fiction but I’m leaning toward non-fiction because I’d like to learn something new. I’d like the story to be highly investing or interesting but not deeply analytical. Also keep in mind I am reading this with my Dad. He’s pretty cool so we don’t have to read something completely devoid of adult themes. But no graphic on page sex or anything that extreme that you wouldn’t feel comfortable talking about with your chillest relative.
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**Shadow Divers** by Robert Kurson (Non fiction) 2004
“Two SCUBA divers in the fall of 1991, were not prepared for what they found 230 feet below the surface, in the frigid Atlantic waters sixty miles off the coast of New Jersey: a World War II German U-boat, its ruined interior a macabre wasteland of twisted metal, tangled wires, and human bones-all buried under decades of accumulated sediment.
No identifying marks were visible on the submarine or the few artifacts brought to the surface.
No historian, expert, or government had a clue as to which U-boat the men had found. In fact, the official records all agreed that there simply could not be a sunken U-boat and crew at that location”
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Divers-Adventure-Americans-Everything/dp/0739320831
Teddy Roosevelt biography is good . Never Cry Wolf is a fictional book written by the author about his own research of Wolves. The Flying Tigers , The Untold Story.
Two quite short fiction books that are both a lot or fun in different ways:
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett about Queen Elizabeth II developing a reading addiction. Very funny and sweet.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss. Technically a novella to a series but honestly it can be read without. Seven days in the life of a mysterious young woman who sees the world in a unique way living underground going about her daily errands.
Both are lovely little books and I’m sure you’d both enioy their quirkiness 🙂