Recs if you like The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald...
night at the museum
books with a painting/artwork on the cover see the pinned comment for artwork details suggestions welcome 🚧this list is under construction🚧
nautical nonfiction ⚓
tales of history's infamous ships and those who sailed them
Niche Nonfiction to Get Your Dad
Niche nonfiction books that dads are still likely to enjoy that either 1) are not military history at all or 2) a niche area of a war that is not military history
lyrically literate
these book titles are all recognizable song lyrics! (though some have adjusted a word or two)
as always, suggestions are welcome!
Niche microhistories
Small topics that pack a punch
Great Lakes (mainly Michigan) literature
Fresh coast, best coast 🌊 For anyone who is also obsessed with the upper Great Lakes: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ontario, etc. Suggestions are welcome!
Shipwrecks
Nonfiction books about shipwrecks and survival.
Setting: somewhere chilly
Antarctica, Patagonia, Alaska, Canada, upper Great Lakes, somewhere in the mountains, wintertime, etc. (fiction and nonfiction)
Fiction-like nonfiction
Nonfiction (mostly 😺) that read like fiction
when the waves turn the minutes to hours
nonfiction about the tragedy of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald
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