Books like In Harm's Way

In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton reads as harrowing, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Ghost soldiers

Hampton Sides · 2001

Shares the quest thread

78% genome match

Black Hawk, Down

Mark Bowden · 1999

Shares the quest thread

74% genome match

The Last Season (P.S.)

Eric Blehm · 2007

Shares the quest thread

69% genome match

To Hell and Back

Audie Murphy · 1949

Shares the quest thread

78% genome match

The Perfect Storm

Sebastian Junger

Shares the quest thread

69% genome match

The Great Escape (Bull's-eye S.)

Paul Brickhill · 1950

Shares the quest thread

69% genome match

The last stand of Fox Company

Bob Drury · 2009

Shares the quest thread

76% genome match

The coast watchers

Eric Augustus Feldt · 1946

Shares the quest thread

74% genome match

Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer · 1997

Both explore survival

83% genome match

In the Heart of the Sea

Nathaniel Philbrick · 2000

Both explore survival

65% genome match

The climb

Anatoli Boukreev · 1997

Shares the quest thread

69% genome match

438 Days

Jonathan Franklin · 2015

Both explore survival

66% genome match