Today’s TTT is books with occupations in the title: I’m going to go back to 2007 and work my way forward, limiting each year to one book. But first, a tease!
What they understood at Johnny White’s, however, was what most Americans had yet to accept, was that New Orleans was no longer a city. It was a smattering if islands, rising out of the 80% of the city’s land that was submerged. THE GREAT DELUGE
The Knight in History, Frances Gies.
The Undertaker’s Widow, Philip Margolin. One of my earliest (2008) blogging reads, but I remember nothing about it. Margolin is a thriller writer who I’ve forgotten about over the years despite reading a bit from in the mid-2000s.
Boss of Bosses, Joseph F. O’Brien and Andris Kurins. On the criminal career and takedown of Paul Castellano, don of the Gambino family and overall Mafia heavyweight. .
Captain Horatio Hornblower, C.S. Forester. Naval fiction set during the Napoleonic wars. The entire series was fun.
The Revolutionist, Robert Littell. Historical fiction about the Russian Revolution, in which a young idealist sees it betrayed by the opportunistic schemes of an increasingly smaller Bolshevik inner circle.
The Coffee Trader, David Liss. A historical fiction business thriller about this “coffee” stuff that’s suddenly all the rage in Age of Discovery Europe.
The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson
An Officer and a Spy, Robert Harris. Historical fiction about the Dreyfuss affair.
The Cult of the Presidency, Gene Healy. A critical history of how the president grew from unassuming in the 19th century to an elective celebrity-monarch in the 21st.
Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City, Robin Nagle
Reading Freely 
Great and unusual occupations!
Great list! I love the use of both historical fiction and nonfiction here.
fabulous list in intriguing titles and occupations ! 🙌
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Great list, some occupations on here that I haven’t seen today.
Excellent list. I haven’t read any of these.
Hadn’t heard of most of these, but I read The Coffee Trader waaay back in the day! Great range of occupations!
I’ve read The Coffee Trader, I loved all the detailed history. I want to read more of his books.
I’ve enjoyed all of his historical fiction, but he has one called THE ETHICAL ASSASSIN that’s rather different!
You found some really interesting jobs and some books that I would love to read, thanks for that. And thanks for visiting my post.
There was a time in my life when I loved to read books about others’ jobs. I would have read some of these. I may still read them one day!
Nice list! You found some unique ones.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Now I’m craving coffee!
(I had a family emergency last week and so am just catching up on stuff now. )
Hope things are going better!