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Steve Rinella enthusiastically recommends this book about Kit Carson and the opening of the American West in the 1840s-60s. He mentions rereading the entire book from start to finish before the interview.

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Hampton Sides discusses his first history book about the Bataan Death March in WWII and the Philippines, and a rescue mission to save the last survivors. Later mentioned it was made into a movie called 'The Great Raid.'

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Hampton Sides describes this book about the assassination of Martin Luther King in Memphis and the psychological profile of James Earl Ray, including the FBI manhunt that followed.

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Hampton Sides discusses this book about the first official American attempt on the North Pole via the USS Jeanette in 1879-1881, describing it as an unknown American survival story comparable to Shackleton's expedition.

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Hampton Sides discusses his book about the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, the most epic battle of the Korean War, fought in -35 degree weather. He describes it as a story of how the First Marine Division fought their way out of being surrounded by Chinese forces.

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Referenced in discussion of cannibalism survival stories. Hampton Sides mentions the book's story of the tragic whaleship Essex, including an anecdote about a survivor being asked if he knew someone and responding 'No, I ate him.'

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Mentioned in discussion of how some stories are too big and sprawling to adapt to film, comparing it to Blood and Thunder. The book is about the Lewis and Clark expedition and has 'probably been optioned twenty times' according to Hampton Sides.