21 must-read nonfiction books like Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival by Monique Faison Ross

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Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

By: Monique Faison Ross

4.02

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

This domestic abuse survivor's memoir shares an "engaging, powerful, and ultimately shocking story"…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival by Monique Faison Ross , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Innocent Victims: The True Story of the Eastburn Family Murders by Scott Whisnant

1. Innocent Victims: The True Story of the Eastburn Family Murders

By: Scott Whisnant

4.15

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

The riveting true account of a grisly crime and the unprecedented three murder trials faced by Fort… read more

Similar categories in Scott Whisnant's Innocent Victims: The True Story of the Eastburn Family Murders book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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2. Final Vows

By: Karen Kingsbury

3.83

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

An account of the murder of an ex-con's wife describes how an educated, religious woman met, fell i… read more

Similar categories in Karen Kingsbury's Final Vows book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape by Emma Gingerich

3. Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape

By: Emma Gingerich

3.89

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Growing up Amish and leaving the fold, Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, Misso… read more

Similar categories in Emma Gingerich's Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer by Bruce   Henderson

4. Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer

By: Bruce Henderson

4.07

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Some books about serial killers are dramatic and emotional. Trace Evidence, by contrast, has a stea… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Henderson's Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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5. Church of Lies

By: Flora Jessop , None , Paul T. Brown

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the Preface: "My name is Flora Jessop. I've been called apostate, vigilante, and crazy bitch, … read more

Similar categories in Flora Jessop's Church of Lies book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
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6. Secrets in the Cellar

By: John Glatt

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria. He seemed to be living a normal life wi… read more

Similar categories in John Glatt's Secrets in the Cellar book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook

7. No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge

By: Irene Pence

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

The horrifying true story of an abusive husband who committed the ultimate act of violence and betr… read more

Similar categories in Irene Pence's No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook

8. Son of a Grifter: The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious Con Artists in America: A Memoir By The Other Son

By: Kent Walker , Mark Schone

4.12

Format: 206 pages,

In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow … read more

Similar categories in Kent Walker's Son of a Grifter: The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious Con Artists in America: A Memoir By The Other Son book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

9. Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons and a Horrifying Murder

By: Tina Dirmann

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

AN ABUSIVE MOTHER Raised in the suburb of Riverside, California, twenty-year-old college student Ja… read more

Similar categories in Tina Dirmann's Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons and a Horrifying Murder book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

10. Secret Slave: Kidnapped and abused for 13 years. This is my story of survival

By: None

3.61

Format: 231 pages,

'You're not going home. You're not going anywhere. You're mine now.' Growing up in a deeply trouble… read more

Similar categories in None's Secret Slave: Kidnapped and abused for 13 years. This is my story of survival book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

11. Lost and Found: The True Story of Jaycee Lee Dugard and the Abduction that Shocked the World

By: John Glatt

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Then, in August 2009, a registered sex offender named Phillip Garrido appeared on the University of… read more

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12. The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

By: John Glatt

2.83

Format: 288 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling crime writer John Glatt tells the true story behind the kidnappings and … read more

Similar categories in John Glatt's The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

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13. American Black Widow

By: Gregg Olsen

3.75

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Olsen's American Black Widow book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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14. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

Similar categories in Aphrodite Jones's LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps

15. We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

By: M. William Phelps

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author, television personality, and host of the #1 podcast "Paper Ghosts… read more

Similar categories in M. William Phelps's We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley

16. The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.79

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

A successful young mother, Kelsey Berreth, vanishes on Thanksgiving Day 2018. The FBI is afraid the… read more

Similar categories in Rod Kackley's The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder by Ken Englade

17. Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder

By: Ken Englade

3.90

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The shocking murder that exposed a devoted husband as a cold-hearted killer To Love, Honor-And Mur… read more

Similar categories in Ken Englade's Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation by Robert        Rand

18. The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation

By: Robert Rand

4.13

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the definitive book on the Menendez case—and the primary source material for NBC's Law and… read more

Similar categories in Robert Rand's The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park by John Leake

19. The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park

By: John Leake

3.99

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandra Bridewell was a beautiful socialite in the affluent Dallas suburb of Highland Park in 1978-8… read more

Similar categories in John Leake's The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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20. My Perfect Daughter

By: Sarah A. Denzil

4.12

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

Most mothers hope their little girl turns out like their dad, but not Zoe. She hopes the apple fall… read more

Similar categories in Sarah A. Denzil's My Perfect Daughter book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • audiobook
Cover of Memoirs of an Invisible Child (Hope in the Darkness Book 1) by Kelly Walk Hines

21. Memoirs of an Invisible Child (Hope in the Darkness Book 1)

By: Kelly Walk Hines

3.89

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

FINDING HOPE IN THE DARKNESS! At the young age of three, while I was at school, my mother was murde… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Walk Hines's Memoirs of an Invisible Child (Hope in the Darkness Book 1) book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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22. Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

By: Monique Faison Ross

4.02

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

This domestic abuse survivor's memoir shares an "engaging, powerful, and ultimately shocking story"… read more

Similar categories in Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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23. My Firefly

By: Maggie Kirton

4.07

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

“Living is what’s supposed to happen after you survive. It’s life in ‘post-survival’ that defines t… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Kirton's My Firefly book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story by Jeremy L Luberts

24. Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story

By: Jeremy L Luberts

3.96

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Falls, MinnesotaThanksgiving 2012 When two teenage cousins break into a residence on Elm St… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy L Luberts's Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • true crime
Cover of The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) by David Miraldi

25. The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice)

By: David Miraldi

4.28

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Rubery Prize-winning author David Miraldi, A Chilling Crime That Shocked Lorain, Ohio, and… read more

Similar categories in David Miraldi's The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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26. One Last Breath (Tara Mills Mystery #2)

By: Sarah Sutton

4.26

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

ONE LAST BREATH is book two in the new FBI mystery series by debut author Sarah Sutton. A popular … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sutton's One Last Breath (Tara Mills Mystery #2) book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

Cover of Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Lost Innocence, Modern Day Slavery & Transformation by Barbara Amaya

27. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Lost Innocence, Modern Day Slavery & Transformation

By: Barbara Amaya

4.35

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1972, Barbara Amaya was 16 years old, leading a life far from a typical teenager and why she was… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Amaya's Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Lost Innocence, Modern Day Slavery & Transformation book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Charlie's Secret: Inspired by a True Story (Samantha Mallon, #1) by C.L.  Heckman

28. Charlie's Secret: Inspired by a True Story (Samantha Mallon, #1)

By: C.L. Heckman

4.10

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

After years of torture, a mentally and physically abused daughter finally stands up to her abusers,… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Heckman's Charlie's Secret: Inspired by a True Story (Samantha Mallon, #1) book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
Cover of Sole Survivor: The Inspiring True Story of Coming Face to Face with the Infamous Railroad Killer by Holly K. Dunn

29. Sole Survivor: The Inspiring True Story of Coming Face to Face with the Infamous Railroad Killer

By: Holly K. Dunn

4.27

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

A memoir of hope, healing, and survival, sure to resonate with fans of Jaycee Dugard’s A Stolen Lif… read more

Similar categories in Holly K. Dunn's Sole Survivor: The Inspiring True Story of Coming Face to Face with the Infamous Railroad Killer book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth by Minu Cash

30. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

Similar categories in Minu Cash's The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

  • nonfiction
"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

Cover of First Degree Rage: The True Story of 'The Assassin,' An Obsession, and Murder (The "Rage" True Crime Series) by Paula May

31. First Degree Rage: The True Story of 'The Assassin,' An Obsession, and Murder (The "Rage" True Crime Series)

By: Paula May

3.86

Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition

A North Carolina Sheriff’s Detective recounts a shocking case of domestic deception and brutal murd… read more

Similar categories in Paula May's First Degree Rage: The True Story of 'The Assassin,' An Obsession, and Murder (The "Rage" True Crime Series) book and Monique Faison Ross's Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

17 Best audiobook books like Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival by Monique Faison Ross

Transform Your Habits

Innocent Victims: The True Story of the Eastburn Family Murders

Scott Whisnant

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape

Emma Gingerich

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer

Bruce Henderson

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Secrets in the Cellar

John Glatt

4.16

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10 must-read audiobook books like We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps

Transform Your Habits

American Black Widow

Gregg Olsen

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe

John Glatt

3.94

Transform Your Habits

We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

M. William Phelps

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story

Rod Kackley

3.79

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