Berilo Vargas

17 books

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max Hastings

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

Max Hastings

628 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson

430 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson

464 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

571 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction health history science informative slow-paced
The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World by Linda Colley

The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

Linda Colley

448 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

448 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Hampton Sides

410 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

Walter Isaacson

542 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography business technology informative inspiring medium-paced
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

Manning Marable

608 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer

316 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective fast-paced