Jon Krakauer’s latest book, Where Men Win Glory, tells the story of Pat Tillman.  I was skeptical at first to read the book because I wasn’t remotely attracted to the story of an ex-football player turned soldier and his subsequent death in Afghanistan.  I wasn’t interested in a ra-ra saga that would glorify war while diminishing the atrocious truths of it.  I should have known better than to pass judgment so quickly on a book written by Krakauer.  His research—as always—is meticulous, his prose is gripping, and his subject is a man with a lot more substance that I had originally gave him credit for.  If you’re looking for a good book, pick up, Where Men Win Glory.  With it, I believe Krakauer has cemented himself as the best non-fiction writer ever.       

Other books by Jon Krakauer include: Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven.