MattonArsenal t1_ixxsioz wrote on November 27, 2022 at 5:16 AM

Loved this book. Along those lines, three narrative historical non-fiction (I realize Pompeii is fictional) books I really enjoyed were Devil in the White City (serial killer/architecture and urban planning) and Isaac’s Storm (natural disaster/early meteorology) both by Erik Larson. Also the Johnstown Flood by David McCollugh (man-made disaster/civil engineering).

Awesomest_Possumest t1_ixz43k3 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 2:58 PM

Any of Erik Larson is good. In the garden of beasts I think it's called is his about the rise of the Nazis through the lens of the American ambassador to Germany. Dead Wake, about the sinking of the passenger ship the Lusitania by a German U boat in WWI. It's fascinating about how just the right combination of factors made the ship sink, let alone be fired upon.