My 5 favorite ones I read this year<p><pre><code>  In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
  Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
  To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War by Jeff Shaara 
  Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
  The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
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All 21 books I read are here <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10785428" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10785428</a>