Eleven top nonfiction books for Erik Larson fans

Jeff Somers is the author of Writing Without Rules, the Avery Cates series, The Ustari Cycle, Lifers, and Chum (among many other books) and numerous short stories.

At BookBub he tagged eleven "engrossing narrative nonfiction books that will keep you engaged and teach you something new," including:

A Gentleman and a Thief by Dean Jobb

Dean Jobb strikes the perfect balance between real-life history and crime thriller with this account of Arthur Barry, who grew up on the streets of a small Massachusetts town but parlayed a talent for mimicry into a career as a jewel thief. Able to pass himself off as a member of society, Barry infiltrated glittering parties and managed to steal an estimated $60 million worth of jewelry in the 1920s — including jewels stolen from the British royal family. David Grann calls Jobb “a master of narrative nonfiction.”

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--Marshal Zeringue