History SapiensYuval Noah Harari Rated 5 out of 5Yuval Noah Harari dives into the complicated and fascinating history of human beings A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson Rated 5 out of 5Bill Bryson delivers a wide-sweeping and entertaining history of Earth The Right StuffTom Wolfe Rated 4 out of 5Tom Wolfe takes readers inside Project Mercury, America's first manned mission to space Bad BloodJohn Carreyrou Rated 4 out of 5Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou details the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos Undaunted CourageStephen Ambrose Rated 4 out of 5Stephen Ambrose traces the Lewis and Clark Expedition, a journey that paved the way for America’s later westward expansion 1776David McCullough Rated 4 out of 5David McCullough outlines a few of the early battles led by George Washington that helped America secure its independence The Wright BrothersDavid McCullough Rated 4 out of 5David McCullough shares the story of Wilbur and Orville Wright, two brothers who became the first humans to achieve controlled, powered flight Midnight in ChernobylAdam Higginbotham Rated 4 out of 5Adam Higginbotham takes a close look at the events behind the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occurred in Soviet Ukraine in 1986 The Housing Boom and BustThomas Sowell Rated 4 out of 5Economist Thomas Sowell explores the factors behind the housing boom and bust that sparked The Great Recession of 2007-09 MoneyballMichael Lewis Rated 4 out of 5Michael Lewis explores how the Oakland A's revolutionized baseball by shifting to a statistics-based approach with the goal of finding low budget players with value The Smartest Guys in the RoomBethany McLean Rated 4 out of 5Bethany McLean digs into the scandal that took down Enron, one of the biggest and most successful companies of the 1990s Einstein's FridgePaul Sen Rated 4 out of 5Paul Sen takes readers through a history of thermodynamics, reflecting on the findings of Sadi Carnot, Albert Einstein, James Joule, and more StarbuckedTaylor Clark Rated 3 out of 5Taylor Clark explores the rise of the Starbucks Corporation and how the coffeehouse movement changed our way of life Lincoln's Last TrialDan Abrams Rated 3 out of 5Dan Abrams details Abraham Lincoln's last major murder trial as a lawyer before becoming the 16th President of the United States
