Erik Larson Books

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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 773,830 ratings — published 2003
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 140 times as erik-larson)
avg rating 3.90 — 224,102 ratings — published 2011
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as erik-larson)
avg rating 4.13 — 165,596 ratings — published 2015
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 74,334 ratings — published 1999
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Thunderstruck Thunderstruck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as erik-larson)
avg rating 3.78 — 58,078 ratings — published 2006
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 85 times as erik-larson)
avg rating 4.30 — 141,597 ratings — published 2020
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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as erik-larson)
avg rating 4.17 — 61,572 ratings — published 2024
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Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 2,301 ratings — published 1994
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No One Goes Alone No One Goes Alone (Audio CD)
by (shelved 16 times as erik-larson)
avg rating 3.32 — 8,121 ratings — published 2021
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The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 252 ratings — published 1992
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Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.38 — 1,112 ratings — published 2011
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Guilty Not Guilty Guilty Not Guilty (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.94 — 2,938 ratings — published 2019
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A Short History of Nearly Everything A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 430,784 ratings — published 2003
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Erik Larson
“To do our work, we all have to read a mass of papers. While energy has to be spent in looking for the essential points.

I ask my colleagues and their staffs to see to it that their reports are shorter.”
Erik Larson, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson
“I went to Harvard for examination with two men not as well prepared as I. Both passed easily, and I flunked, having sat through two or three examinations without being able to write a word." Burnham said.

Larson wrote, "The same happened at Yale, Both schools turned him down. He never forgot it.”
Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

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