Prompts

What are some great nonfiction books that are especially about history?

I am partial to big nonfiction books, with preference for presidential biographies, and history. I own or have read the McCullough, Chernow, and Mehcham books. Please try to recommend underrated or quite unknown books.

Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

2015 • 139 Readers • 360 pages 3.9

To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima

2010 • 7 Readers • 432 pages 4