Erik Larson

19 books

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson

430 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

608 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson

464 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices by Robert Dugoni, Garth Stein, Kevin O'Brien

Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices

Robert Dugoni, Garth Stein, Kevin O'Brien

256 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction mystery short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

448 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

336 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
July 20, 2019: Life in the 21st Century (Omni Book) by Dick Teresi, G. Harry Stine, Robert Weil, Richard Wolkomir, Pamela Weintraub, Mark Teich, Kathleen Stein, Arthur C. Clarke, Douglas Colligan, Erik Larson, T.A. Heppenheimer, Judith Hooper, Patrice Adcroft, Tim Onosko

July 20, 2019: Life in the 21st Century (Omni Book)

Dick Teresi, G. Harry Stine, Robert Weil, Richard Wolkomir, Pamela Weintraub, Mark Teich, Kathleen Stein, Arthur C. Clarke, Douglas Colligan, Erik Larson, T.A. Heppenheimer, Judith Hooper, Patrice Adcroft, Tim Onosko

281 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction science fiction adventurous reflective slow-paced
Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun by Erik Larson

Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun

Erik Larson

304 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history politics true crime informative reflective medium-paced
The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities by Erik Larson

The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities

Erik Larson

288 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction business economics sociology challenging informative slow-paced
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson

608 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced