I recommend . . .

I was speaking with a friend about books we love, and there's one that always comes to mind for me. In The Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick is such an interesting read. I don't want to give too much away, but essentially it's a survival story of the crew of a whaling ship. This real event inspired Melville's Moby Dick.

I know nonfiction can be unappealing to some people, but I promise you this is a fascinating story. You will learn incredible things about human endurance under duress.