7 books in this category

by Bethany Hamilton
The remarkable true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who returned to competitive surfing just weeks after losing her arm in a shark attack.

by Thomas Keneally
The true story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved over a thousand Jewish lives during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories.

by Jon Krakauer
The true story of Christopher McCandless, a young man who abandoned everything to live in the Alaskan wilderness, and the tragic end of his journey into the wild.

by Gregg Olsen
Gregg Olsen's devastating true crime account of the Knotek sisters and their mother's horrifying abuse and murders. Difficult but important reading about survival, sisterhood, and finally breaking silence. Expertly researched and sensitively handled despite disturbing content.

by Bobi Conn
A powerful memoir of growing up in a remote Kentucky holler in 1980s Appalachia, surviving an alcoholic father's violence, falling into her own cycles of abuse, and ultimately finding escape through education at Berea College and beyond.

by Mark Synnott
The riveting story of Alex Honnold's historic free solo climb of El Capitan's 3,000-foot Dawn Wall, and the obsessive pursuit of perfection in one of the most dangerous athletic achievements ever attempted.

by David Howarth
The extraordinary true story of Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian commando who survived alone in the Arctic wilderness for months after a failed sabotage mission during World War II.