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Books like Hidden Figures
An inspiring, intellectually thrilling journey alongside the brilliant minds who defied gravity and systemic prejudice to change the course of history. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Hidden Figures.
- intellectually charged
- triumphant
- historically grounded
- hopeful
- 01
Counting on Katherine
Helaine Becker
An uplifting, educational journey that celebrates the boundless curiosity and heroic intellect of a groundbreaking mathematician.
- 02
Code girls
Liza Mundy
An inspiring, bustling journey into the secret rooms where brilliant women quietly changed the course of history.
- 03
Operation paperclip
Annie Jacobsen
A chilling, meticulously documented descent into the moral compromises that built the modern American military-industrial complex.
- 04
An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth
Chris Hadfield
A masterclass in extreme preparation that somehow leaves you feeling profoundly calm and deeply appreciative of ordinary life.
- 05
Warriors Don't Cry
Melba Patillo Beals
A harrowing, deeply personal memoir that plunges you into the terrifying and triumphant reality of a teenager on the front lines of history.
- 06
A Man on the Moon
Andrew Chaikin · 1995
An intimate, awe-inspiring journey that puts you inside the minds and spacesuits of the first humans to leave our world.
- 07
The Girls Of Atomic City The Untold Story Of The Women Who Helped Win World War Ii
Denise Kiernan
A fascinating, shadowed glimpse into a bustling secret city where young women unknowingly built the weapon that changed the world.
- 08
Broad Band
Claire L. Evans
A vibrant, vindicating journey through the hidden history of the digital age, spotlighting the women who wove the web.
- 09
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
An epic, deeply human tapestry that reads like a sweeping novel while reshaping your understanding of American history.
- 10
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot · 2009
A gripping, deeply humanizing investigation into the collision of scientific miracle and profound exploitation.
- 11
Apollo 8
Jeffrey Kluger
A white-knuckle journey into the void that captures both the claustrophobic terror of spaceflight and the soaring triumph of human ingenuity.
- 12
The radium girls
Kate Moore (Writer and editor)
A harrowing but deeply inspiring chronicle of ordinary women fighting for their lives and legacies against monstrous corporate negligence.
