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Bloodlands
by Timothy Snyder • 2010
14 million murdered between Hitler and Stalin, a zone where each regime's massacres fed the other's.
4.39
20k+
Bloodlands Summary
Bloodlands 87%
14 million murdered between Hitler and Stalin, a zone where each regime's massacres fed the other's.
by Timothy Snyder 2010
4.39
20k+ ratings
The Forgotten Highlander
by Alistair Urquhart • 2010
Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.
4.54
6k+
The Forgotten Highlander Summary
The Forgotten Highlander 87%
Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.
by Alistair Urquhart 2010
4.54
6k+ ratings
Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave
by Mariana Enriquez • 2025
Mariana Enriquez tours graves worldwide: erotic tombs, colonial mass graves, London vampire panic.
3.81
5k+
Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave Summary
Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave 87%
Mariana Enriquez tours graves worldwide: erotic tombs, colonial mass graves, London vampire panic.
by Mariana Enriquez 2025
3.81
5k+ ratings
The Tin Ring
by Zdenka Fantlova • 1996
A tin ring, six camps, and the love that carried a young woman through the Holocaust.
4.44
457
The Tin Ring Summary
The Tin Ring 87%
A tin ring, six camps, and the love that carried a young woman through the Holocaust.
by Zdenka Fantlova 1996
4.44
457 ratings
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty • 2014
A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.
4.22
110k+
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Summary
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory 87%
A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.
by Caitlin Doughty 2014
4.22
110k+ ratings
The Long Walk
by Slavomir Rawicz • 1956
Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.
4.24
22k+
The Long Walk Summary
The Long Walk 87%
Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.
by Slavomir Rawicz 1956
4.24
22k+ ratings
Sun and Steel
by Yukio Mishima • 1968
Words trapped him. The body gave him a second grammar: its final word was death.
3.83
9k+
Sun and Steel Summary
Sun and Steel 87%
Words trapped him. The body gave him a second grammar: its final word was death.
by Yukio Mishima 1968
3.83
9k+ ratings
The Bone Woman
by Clea Koff • 2001
At 23, she exhumed mass graves in Rwanda. The bones held evidence no killer could silence.
4.02
3k+
The Bone Woman Summary
The Bone Woman 86%
At 23, she exhumed mass graves in Rwanda. The bones held evidence no killer could silence.
by Clea Koff 2001
4.02
3k+ ratings
The Third Reich in Power
by Richard J. Evans • 2005
Peacetime Nazi Germany was no monolith. It was a chaos of rival fiefdoms driving toward racial war.
4.36
8k+
The Third Reich in Power Summary
The Third Reich in Power 86%
Peacetime Nazi Germany was no monolith. It was a chaos of rival fiefdoms driving toward racial war.
by Richard J. Evans 2005
4.36
8k+ ratings
The Art of Political Murder
by Francisco Goldman • 2007
Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.
4.15
1k+
The Art of Political Murder Summary
The Art of Political Murder 86%
Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.
by Francisco Goldman 2007
4.15
1k+ ratings
First They Killed My Father
by Loung Ung • 2000
Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.
4.36
55k+
First They Killed My Father Summary
First They Killed My Father 86%
Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.
by Loung Ung 2000
4.36
55k+ ratings
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)
by Sallie Tisdale • 2018
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
4.14
2k+
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) Summary
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) 86%
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
by Sallie Tisdale 2018
4.14
2k+ ratings
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
by Rosemary Sullivan • 2022
A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.
3.83
16k+
The Betrayal of Anne Frank Summary
The Betrayal of Anne Frank 86%
A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.
by Rosemary Sullivan 2022
3.83
16k+ ratings
Come of Age
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2018
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
4.25
173
Come of Age Summary
Come of Age 86%
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2018
4.25
173 ratings
Curse of The Narrows
by Laura M. MacDonald • 2005
Before Hiroshima, the largest manmade blast leveled a Canadian city. Oppenheimer studied its ruins.
3.99
1k+
Curse of The Narrows Summary
Curse of The Narrows 86%
Before Hiroshima, the largest manmade blast leveled a Canadian city. Oppenheimer studied its ruins.
by Laura M. MacDonald 2005
3.99
1k+ ratings
The Giant Killer
by David A. Yuzuk • 2020
He was 4'9", a Green Beret, a spy, and homeless. His hit-and-run death solved nothing.
4.50
2k+
The Giant Killer Summary
The Giant Killer 86%
He was 4'9", a Green Beret, a spy, and homeless. His hit-and-run death solved nothing.
by David A. Yuzuk 2020
4.50
2k+ ratings
Surrender or Starve
by Robert D. Kaplan • 1988
A Marxist regime weaponized famine in Ethiopia. The West's life-saving aid also financed the war.
3.67
474
Surrender or Starve Summary
Surrender or Starve 86%
A Marxist regime weaponized famine in Ethiopia. The West's life-saving aid also financed the war.
by Robert D. Kaplan 1988
3.67
474 ratings
Los hornos de Hitler
by Olga Lengyel • 1947
A Hungarian doctor's wife keeps her family together all the way to the gates of Birkenau.
4.42
21k+
Los hornos de Hitler Summary
Los hornos de Hitler 86%
A Hungarian doctor's wife keeps her family together all the way to the gates of Birkenau.
by Olga Lengyel 1947
4.42
21k+ ratings
The Nazis
by Laurence Rees • 1997
The Third Reich was chaos masquerading as order, and its rise was never inevitable.
4.30
1k+
The Nazis Summary
The Nazis 86%
The Third Reich was chaos masquerading as order, and its rise was never inevitable.
by Laurence Rees 1997
4.30
1k+ ratings
The Third Reich at War
by Richard J. Evans • 2008
The Nazi war and the Holocaust were one project, and they rose and fell together.
4.40
6k+
The Third Reich at War Summary
The Third Reich at War 86%
The Nazi war and the Holocaust were one project, and they rose and fell together.
by Richard J. Evans 2008
4.40
6k+ ratings
Over the Edge
by Greg Child • 2002
Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.
3.78
643
Over the Edge Summary
Over the Edge 86%
Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.
by Greg Child 2002
3.78
643 ratings
Comandante ad Auschwitz
by Rudolf Höss • 1951
His kids played happily feet from the gas chambers. The Auschwitz commandant's own words.
3.85
4k+
Comandante ad Auschwitz Summary
Comandante ad Auschwitz 86%
His kids played happily feet from the gas chambers. The Auschwitz commandant's own words.
by Rudolf Höss 1951
3.85
4k+ ratings
The Least of All Possible Evils
by Eyal Weizman • 2012
When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.
4.19
224
The Least of All Possible Evils Summary
The Least of All Possible Evils 86%
When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.
by Eyal Weizman 2012
4.19
224 ratings
Staring at the Sun
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2008
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
4.23
16k+
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun 86%
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2008
4.23
16k+ ratings
The Black Book of Communism
by Stéphane Courtois • 1997
Eighty-five to one hundred million dead, and the ideology that demanded every killing.
4.01
1k+
The Black Book of Communism Summary
The Black Book of Communism 86%
Eighty-five to one hundred million dead, and the ideology that demanded every killing.
by Stéphane Courtois 1997
4.01
1k+ ratings
The Drone Eats with Me
by Atef Abu Saif • 2015
War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.
4.40
452
The Drone Eats with Me Summary
The Drone Eats with Me 86%
War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.
by Atef Abu Saif 2015
4.40
452 ratings
Human Smoke
by Nicholson Baker • 2008
Before the Holocaust, the Allies closed doors, starved civilians, and firebombed cities.
4.06
2k+
Human Smoke Summary
Human Smoke 86%
Before the Holocaust, the Allies closed doors, starved civilians, and firebombed cities.
by Nicholson Baker 2008
4.06
2k+ ratings
How We Die
by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
4.07
9k+
How We Die Summary
How We Die 86%
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994
4.07
9k+ ratings
Die Wise
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2015
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
4.34
861
Die Wise Summary
Die Wise 86%
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2015
4.34
861 ratings
When Broken Glass Floats
by Chanrithy Him • 2000
Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.
4.18
5k+
When Broken Glass Floats Summary
When Broken Glass Floats 86%
Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.
by Chanrithy Him 2000
4.18
5k+ ratings
The Nazi Doctors
by Robert Jay Lifton • 1986
Nazi doctors killed to heal the race. A psychologist reveals the mechanism that enabled it.
4.12
4k+
The Nazi Doctors Summary
The Nazi Doctors 86%
Nazi doctors killed to heal the race. A psychologist reveals the mechanism that enabled it.
by Robert Jay Lifton 1986
4.12
4k+ ratings
After Auschwitz
by Eva Schloss • 2013
Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.
4.32
8k+
After Auschwitz Summary
After Auschwitz 86%
Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.
by Eva Schloss 2013
4.32
8k+ ratings
Mars and Venus Starting Over
by John Gray • 2002
He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.
3.85
968
Mars and Venus Starting Over Summary
Mars and Venus Starting Over 86%
He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.
by John Gray 2002
3.85
968 ratings
The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson • 2013
Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.
4.38
30k+
The Boy on the Wooden Box Summary
The Boy on the Wooden Box 86%
Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.
by Leon Leyson 2013
4.38
30k+ ratings
Stiff
by Mary Roach • 2003
Every car you drive was safety-tested on a human cadaver. That is only the beginning.
4.06
245k+
Stiff Summary
Stiff 86%
Every car you drive was safety-tested on a human cadaver. That is only the beginning.
by Mary Roach 2003
4.06
245k+ ratings
Five Days at Memorial
by Sheri Fink • 2013
How Hurricane Katrina turned Memorial Hospital's doctors from healers into homicide suspects.
3.93
41k+
Five Days at Memorial Summary
Five Days at Memorial 86%
How Hurricane Katrina turned Memorial Hospital's doctors from healers into homicide suspects.
by Sheri Fink 2013
3.93
41k+ ratings
In My Time of Dying
by Sebastian Junger • 2024
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
3.82
9k+
In My Time of Dying Summary
In My Time of Dying 86%
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
by Sebastian Junger 2024
3.82
9k+ ratings
AMERN WIFE
by Taya Kyle • 2015
The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.
4.27
5k+
AMERN WIFE Summary
AMERN WIFE 86%
The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.
by Taya Kyle 2015
4.27
5k+ ratings
On Desperate Ground
by Hampton Sides • 2018
Surrounded by eight divisions in brutal cold, the Marines didn't retreat: they attacked to the sea.
4.59
8k+
On Desperate Ground Summary
On Desperate Ground 86%
Surrounded by eight divisions in brutal cold, the Marines didn't retreat: they attacked to the sea.
by Hampton Sides 2018
4.59
8k+ ratings
Warsaw Boy
by Andrew Borowiec • 2014
He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.
4.09
180
Warsaw Boy Summary
Warsaw Boy 86%
He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.
by Andrew Borowiec 2014
4.09
180 ratings
Memento Mori
by Joanna Ebenstein • 2024
A daily reminder of death: the ancient, now science-backed practice for the life you actually want.
4.02
266
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori 86%
A daily reminder of death: the ancient, now science-backed practice for the life you actually want.
by Joanna Ebenstein 2024
4.02
266 ratings
Heavens on Earth
by Michael Shermer • 2018
The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.
3.88
626
Heavens on Earth Summary
Heavens on Earth 86%
The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.
by Michael Shermer 2018
3.88
626 ratings
Hiroshima
by John Hersey • 1946
Six people. One flash. The morning Hiroshima vanished, and the lives that somehow continued.
4.05
91k+
Hiroshima Summary
Hiroshima 86%
Six people. One flash. The morning Hiroshima vanished, and the lives that somehow continued.
by John Hersey 1946
4.05
91k+ ratings
On Desperate Ground
by James R. Benn • 2000
1945: a German colonel's plot to pit Americans against Russians could prolong a war already lost.
4.03
242
On Desperate Ground Summary
On Desperate Ground 86%
1945: a German colonel's plot to pit Americans against Russians could prolong a war already lost.
by James R. Benn 2000
4.03
242 ratings
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
by Michael Gruenbaum • 2015
An eight-year-old's Prague becomes Terezin, where soccer and a children's opera are his defiance.
4.32
2k+
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun Summary
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun 86%
An eight-year-old's Prague becomes Terezin, where soccer and a children's opera are his defiance.
by Michael Gruenbaum 2015
4.32
2k+ ratings
The Bomber Mafia
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2021
They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.
4.02
65k+
The Bomber Mafia Summary
The Bomber Mafia 86%
They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2021
4.02
65k+ ratings
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
by Margareta Magnusson • 2017
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
3.42
34k+
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Summary
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning 86%
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
by Margareta Magnusson 2017
3.42
34k+ ratings
On Killing
by Dave Grossman • 1995
The 15% who fired, the 95% who did, and the psychological bill for killing.
4.11
12k+
On Killing Summary
On Killing 86%
The 15% who fired, the 95% who did, and the psychological bill for killing.
by Dave Grossman 1995
4.11
12k+ ratings
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
by Thomas Ligotti • 2011
Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.
4.01
10k+
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Summary
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race 86%
Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.
by Thomas Ligotti 2011
4.01
10k+ ratings
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
4.40
10k+
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life 86%
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021
4.40
10k+ ratings
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