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Loved The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger? If its nonfiction, ocean and ships and survival story hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster, La Belle Sauvage and The Radium Girls. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea: Nonfiction · Ocean and Ships · Survival Story · Natural Disaster Survival · Tense and Suspenseful

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   Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

   Adam Higginbotham

   Environmental Science · Nonfiction · Tragic · Tense and Suspenseful · Natural Disaster Survival

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   La Belle Sauvage

   Philip Pullman

   Natural Disaster Survival · Survival Story · Ocean and Ships · Tense and Suspenseful · Adventure

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   The Radium Girls

   Kate Moore

   Nonfiction · Working-Class Protagonist · Tragic · Ensemble Cast · Emotional

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   The Butcher's Masquerade

   Matt Dinniman

   Survival Story · Tense and Suspenseful · Ensemble Cast · Emotional · Adventure

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   Nineteen Steps

   Millie Bobby Brown

   Sudden Loss · Working-Class Protagonist · Tragic · Emotional

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   South of Nowhere

   Jeffery Deaver

   Natural Disaster Survival · Tense and Suspenseful · Survival Story

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   Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

   Caroline Fraser

   Environmental Science · Nature Writing · Nonfiction · History · Investigative Journalism

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   Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire

   Julian Sancton

   Ocean and Ships · Nonfiction · Tense and Suspenseful · Adventure · Investigative Journalism

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   The Diary of a Young Girl

   Anne Frank

   Survival Story · Nonfiction · Tragic · Emotional · History

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    Shroud

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Survival Story · Tense and Suspenseful · Ensemble Cast · Adventure · Dense Prose

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    Seasparrow

    Kristin Cashore

    Ocean and Ships · Survival Story · Emotional · Adventure

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    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    Survival Story · Nature Writing · Emotional · Adventure · Haunting

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    As I Lay Dying

    William Faulkner

    Natural Disaster Survival · Tragic · Working-Class Protagonist · Emotional · Dense Prose

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    Jurassic Park

    Michael Crichton

    Survival Story · Tense and Suspenseful · Ensemble Cast · Adventure

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    Refugee

    Alan Gratz

    Survival Story · Ocean and Ships · Adventure · Emotional

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    The Complete Maus

    Art Spiegelman

    Survival Story · Nonfiction · Tragic · Emotional

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    Threshing Day

    Rebecca Yarros

    Survival Story · Tense and Suspenseful · Ensemble Cast · Emotional

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    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

    Survival Story · Tragic · Ensemble Cast · Adventure

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    Happy Snacking, Don't Die!: Foraging and Vegan Recipes with Black Forager (A Cookbook)

    Alexis Nikole Nelson

    Nature Writing · Environmental Science · Nonfiction

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    One by One

    Ruth Ware

    Natural Disaster Survival · Tense and Suspenseful · Survival Story

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