15 Top nonfiction books like Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell by Paul Wilson

Cover of Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell by Paul      Wilson

Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

By: Paul Wilson

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1978, twenty-one-year-old Paul Wilson jumps at the chance to join two local icons …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell by Paul Wilson , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of High on Arrival by Mackenzie Phillips

1. High on Arrival

By: Mackenzie Phillips

3.82

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

The eldest daughter of John Phillips and stepdaughter of Michelle Phillips, both lead singers of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing by Chas Smith

2. Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing

By: Chas Smith

3.73

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith’s wild and unflin… read more

Similar categories in Chas Smith's Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea by Jaimal Yogis

3. Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea

By: Jaimal Yogis

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Fed up with teenage life in the suburbs, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a cop… read more

Similar categories in Jaimal Yogis's Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

4. The unknown Mongol

By: None

2.00

Format: None pages,

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5. Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop

By: Carol Shaben

4.75

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was s… read more

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6. Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival

By: Yossi Ghinsberg

3.79

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

What begins as a dream adventure for four amicable, if hastily met, mochileros (backpackers) quickl… read more

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7. Wrong Place Wrong Time

By: David P. Perlmutter

3.31

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

After a reckless night out and losing everything I had worked so hard for, I leave memories of a Lo… read more

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8. In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road

By: None

4.00

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

In 1996, Allan Weisbecker sold his home and his possessions, loaded his dog and surfboards into his… read more

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9. The Backpacker

By: John Harris

4.31

Format: 32 pages,

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10. Tapping the Source

By: Kem Nunn

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

People go to Huntington Beach in search of the endless parties, the ultimate highs and the perfect … read more

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11. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

Similar categories in Marty Ohlhaut's Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Cover of Alligators Eat Marshmallows (And Other Things I Learned On My 10,000 Mile Road Trip Around The USA!): A Comedy Memoir by Tony James Slater

12. Alligators Eat Marshmallows (And Other Things I Learned On My 10,000 Mile Road Trip Around The USA!): A Comedy Memoir

By: Tony James Slater

4.46

Format: 488 pages, Kindle Edition

“Show me America!” he cried out to the people. “Okay,” they replied, their voices a roar… “You aske… read more

Similar categories in Tony James Slater's Alligators Eat Marshmallows (And Other Things I Learned On My 10,000 Mile Road Trip Around The USA!): A Comedy Memoir book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • travel
  • memoir
Cover of The Pale-Faced Lie by David   Crow

13. The Pale-Faced Lie

By: David Crow

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A violent ex-con forces his son to commit crimes in this unforgettable memoir about family and surv… read more

Similar categories in David Crow's The Pale-Faced Lie book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"Her definition of love was obligation and guilt."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

"No tie is as strong as family, making it the hardest one to break."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

"For the first time, I saw my behavior from someone else’s point of view."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

"Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. Believe in yourself. Never quit."

-David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

Cover of The Buddha and the Bee: Biking through America's Forgotten Roadways on an Accidental Journey of Discovery by Cory Mortensen

14. The Buddha and the Bee: Biking through America's Forgotten Roadways on an Accidental Journey of Discovery

By: Cory Mortensen

4.09

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

I will ride my bike down a never-ending ribbon of asphalt wearing a backpack. A solo bike ride a… read more

Similar categories in Cory Mortensen's The Buddha and the Bee: Biking through America's Forgotten Roadways on an Accidental Journey of Discovery book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Breaking Midnight: A True Story by Lynn  Walker

15. Breaking Midnight: A True Story

By: Lynn Walker

4.41

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

John Walker was a Miami undercover narcotics agent in the 1970s. Ten years later, he was in prison … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Walker's Breaking Midnight: A True Story book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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16. Out of Hand in a Foreign Land

By: Stephen Koral

4.01

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

In his late twenties and appalled at the thought of doing a nine to five until he died, Stephen Kor… read more

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17. Escape from Venezuela’s Deadliest Prison

By: Natalie Welsh

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2001 Natalie Welsh took her four-year-old daughter Nikita on the holiday of a lifetime to Venezu… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Welsh's Escape from Venezuela’s Deadliest Prison book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of 34 Years in Hell: My Time Inside America's Toughest Prisons by Jamie Morgan Kane

18. 34 Years in Hell: My Time Inside America's Toughest Prisons

By: Jamie Morgan Kane

4.09

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

In July 1983, James Morgan Kane returned home in the evening to find a corpse in his living room.Fe… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Morgan Kane's 34 Years in Hell: My Time Inside America's Toughest Prisons book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell by Paul      Wilson

19. Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

By: Paul Wilson

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1978, twenty-one-year-old Paul Wilson jumps at the chance to join two local icons … read more

Similar categories in Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adventure
  • travel
  • humor
  • true story
  • nonfiction
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter by Lynn  Walker

20. Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter

By: Lynn Walker

4.35

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Lynn was the carefree daughter of a Miami undercover narcotics agent—until her dad snuck out of the… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Walker's Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation by Jean Muenchrath

21. If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

By: Jean Muenchrath

3.94

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Her grand adventure turned into a nightmare. After skiing 200 miles along California's John Muir Tr… read more

Similar categories in Jean Muenchrath's If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure
"Life is short. Live you dreams now!"

-Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

Cover of Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart by Leslie White

22. Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart

By: Leslie White

4.31

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Leslie White knew she wanted more out of life- She found it in an unlikely place.Devastated from th… read more

Similar categories in Leslie White's Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of HANGMEN: Riding with an outlaw motorcycle club in the old days. (Hangmen Motorcycle Club Book 1) by Dale Arenson

23. HANGMEN: Riding with an outlaw motorcycle club in the old days. (Hangmen Motorcycle Club Book 1)

By: Dale Arenson

4.27

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Take a thrill-packed ride with the outlaw bikers of the Hangmen Motorcycle Club during the wild day… read more

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Cover of Granite City: The Life of a Bandit by Norman Spells

24. Granite City: The Life of a Bandit

By: Norman Spells

3.88

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Told with raw emotion, this is the true story of one man’s journey through the formative years of t… read more

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Cover of The Unknown Mongol 2 "The Sequel" by Scott "Junior" Ereckson

25. The Unknown Mongol 2 "The Sequel"

By: Scott "Junior" Ereckson

4.39

Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition

For those of you that read The Unknown Mongol, you're probably wondering just what the hell happene… read more

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26. Flying Into the Sun

By: Paul Ogier

4.27

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

“Tourists in Mexico are warned not to drive at night. Cows, burros, dead animals or broken-down car… read more

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Cover of The Life and Times of Cocaine Charlie by Charles T. H. Woods

27. The Life and Times of Cocaine Charlie

By: Charles T. H. Woods

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

An unrepentant true crime memoir about the life of a man who sold and used cocaine daily for thirty… read more

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Cover of Chasing the Squirrel: The Pursuit of Notorious Drug Smuggler Wally Thrasher by Ron Peterson

28. Chasing the Squirrel: The Pursuit of Notorious Drug Smuggler Wally Thrasher

By: Ron Peterson

4.30

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

CHASING THE SQUIRREL is the true story of notorious drug smuggler Wally Thrasher, whose investigati… read more

Similar categories in Ron Peterson's Chasing the Squirrel: The Pursuit of Notorious Drug Smuggler Wally Thrasher book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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29. Into Trouble

By: Paul Francis Gorman

4.10

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

2022 Readers' Favorite award winner 2022 Best Book Awards Finalist "A well-written account abou… read more

Similar categories in Paul Francis Gorman's Into Trouble book and Paul Wilson's Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of A Smuggler's Guide to Good Manners: A True Story Of Terrifying Seas, Double-Dealing, And Love Across Three Oceans (The Smuggler's Guide Series Book 1) by Kenny Ranen

30. A Smuggler's Guide to Good Manners: A True Story Of Terrifying Seas, Double-Dealing, And Love Across Three Oceans (The Smuggler's Guide Series Book 1)

By: Kenny Ranen

4.33

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

A Smuggler’s Guide to Good Manners is a true story of wild seas, double dealing, and love across th… read more

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"I prefer female crew because a woman will pull the trigger and a man will take that crucial moment to think about it."

-Kenny Ranen, A Smuggler's Guide to Good Manners: A True Story Of Terrifying Seas, Double-Dealing, And Love Across Three Oceans (The Smuggler's Guide Series Book 1)

Cover of NARCO X: God created man, man created ecstasy, and I made it for the Sinaloa Cartel and the CIA by Steven Spaliviero

31. NARCO X: God created man, man created ecstasy, and I made it for the Sinaloa Cartel and the CIA

By: Steven Spaliviero

4.35

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

With over 20 years in the narcotics business, Australian-born Steven Spaliviero knows a thing or tw… read more

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3.73

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David Crow

4.28

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Lynn Walker

4.41

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Jamie Morgan Kane

4.09

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4.21

Transform Your Habits

American Drug Addict: a memoir

Brett Douglas

4.11

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Riding with Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang

Ken Croke

4.24

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Susan J. Eischeid

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