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Books like Thunderstruck
The best books like Thunderstruck are The Devil in the White City, Killers of the Flower Moon, and American Prometheus. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson is about technology, crime, innovation. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Devil in the White City
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Erik Larson · History
The Devil in the White City tells two stories that unfolded simultaneously in Chicago in 1893.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Killers of the Flower Moon
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David Grann · History
In the 1920s, members of the Osage Nation in northeastern Oklahoma were being murdered.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - American Prometheus
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Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin · Biography
Kai Bird and Martin J.
A kindred history read.
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- In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
Hampton Sides · History
In 1879, the USS Jeannette sailed from San Francisco into the Arctic under the command of Lieutenant George Washington De Long, on a mission to reach the North Pole.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - The Lost City of Z
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David Grann · Memoir
David Grann's account of the British explorer Percy Fawcett's disappearance in the Amazon in 1925 — and of Grann's own journey into the jungle to investigate — is one of the most compelling works of narrative journalism of the 2000s.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Empires of Light
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Jill Jonnes · History
Empires of Light is Jill Jonnes's history of the War of Currents — the late-nineteenth-century battle between Thomas Edison's direct-current electrical system and George Westinghouse's alternating-current system, with Nikola Tesla as the third figure whose genius made AC practical.
Shares technology and innovation with Thunderstruck.
Read the summary → - Continuous Discovery Habits
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Teresa Torres · Business
Continuous Discovery Habits is Teresa Torres's practical guide to making product discovery a sustainable, weekly team practice rather than a periodic research event.
Shares technology and innovation with Thunderstruck.
Read the summary → - Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance · Biography
Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk is the most comprehensive account of Musk's life and companies up to 2015, written with Musk's cooperation after an initial refusal and a long negotiation.
Shares technology and innovation with Thunderstruck.
Read the summary → - Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products
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Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products
Marty Cagan and Chris Jones · Business
Empowered is Marty Cagan and Chris Jones's guide to what separates product organizations that consistently build products people love from those that operate as feature factories.
Shares technology and innovation with Thunderstruck.
Read the summary → - Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
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Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
Marty Cagan · Business
Inspired is Marty Cagan's guide to how the best technology companies build products that customers actually want.
Shares technology and innovation with Thunderstruck.
Read the summary → - Steve Jobs
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Walter Isaacson · Biography
Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs was authorized by Jobs himself, who gave Isaacson more than forty hours of interviews and opened up his family, friends, and colleagues to the same scrutiny.
Shares technology and innovation with Thunderstruck.
Read the summary → - Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel · Business
Zero to One began as notes from a Stanford course Thiel taught on startups in 2012, assembled into a book with co-author Blake Masters.
Shares technology and innovation with Thunderstruck.
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Books like Thunderstruck: quick answers
What are the best books like Thunderstruck?
The best books like Thunderstruck by Erik Larson are The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides, The Lost City of Z by David Grann, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Thunderstruck, such as technology, crime, innovation.
What should I read after Thunderstruck?
A natural next read after Thunderstruck is The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. A kindred history read. Other strong choices are Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides.
What books are similar to Thunderstruck by Erik Larson?
Thunderstruck centers on technology, crime, innovation. Books with a similar feel include The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides, The Lost City of Z by David Grann, Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
