My 5 favorite ones I read this year<p><pre><code> In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War by Jeff Shaara
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
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All 21 books I read are here <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10785428" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10785428</a>
See also: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10783219" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10783219</a>