11 Top true crime books like The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism by Bill Shaffer

Cover of The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism by Bill Shaffer

The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

By: Bill Shaffer

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking cour…

If you liked the true crime plot in The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism by Bill Shaffer , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Stealing Lincoln's Body by Thomas J. Craughwell

1. Stealing Lincoln's Body

By: Thomas J. Craughwell

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

On the night of the presidential election in 1876, a gang of counterfeiters out of Chicago attempte… read more

Similar categories in Thomas J. Craughwell's Stealing Lincoln's Body book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

2. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

By: Timothy Egan

4.38

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Egan's A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Cover of The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt by Audrey Clare Farley

3. The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt

By: Audrey Clare Farley

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At the turn of the twentieth century, American women began to reject Victorian propriety in favor o… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Clare Farley's The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders by Jeremy Josephs

4. Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders

By: Jeremy Josephs

3.93

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

As this true crime tale of murder shows, even the most successful families can hide terrible secret… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Josephs's Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence by Marilyn Brookwood

5. The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence

By: Marilyn Brookwood

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating―and eerily timely―tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who launched t… read more

Similar categories in Marilyn Brookwood's The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime by Joe Pompeo

6. Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

By: Joe Pompeo

3.58

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister a… read more

Similar categories in Joe Pompeo's Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany) by Lyndsy Spence

7. The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany)

By: Lyndsy Spence

3.55

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

MARGARET, DUCHESS OF ARGYLL was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by mil… read more

Similar categories in Lyndsy Spence's The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany) book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders by Mike Rothmiller

8. Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders

By: Mike Rothmiller

4.09

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

It was said of the young Frank Sinatra that he came across as "St Francis of Assisi with a shoulder… read more

Similar categories in Mike Rothmiller's Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals by James McMurtry Longo

9. Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals

By: James McMurtry Longo

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Five youthful years in Vienna. It was then and there that Adolf Hitler's obsession with the Habsbur… read more

Similar categories in James McMurtry Longo's Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill by Stephen Greco

10. Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill

By: Stephen Greco

3.71

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

“Fans of Capote and the era of Camelot should be delighted.” —Shana Abé, New York Times bestsellin… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Greco's Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls by Marlene Wagman-Geller

11. Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls

By: Marlene Wagman-Geller

3.44

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

People are riveted by royals, captivated by celebrities, mesmerized by the monied and enthralled by… read more

Similar categories in Marlene Wagman-Geller's Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph by Kate Braithwaite

12. The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph

By: Kate Braithwaite

4.30

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling historical retelling of the first great scandal to shake America. Victim? Temptress… read more

Similar categories in Kate Braithwaite's The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • historical
Cover of The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism by Bill Shaffer

13. The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

By: Bill Shaffer

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking cour… read more

Similar categories in Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Astors (Dynasties Book 1) by Virginia Cowles

14. The Astors (Dynasties Book 1)

By: Virginia Cowles

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

'Recounted at great speed, and with splendid life, vigour and readability' Antonia Fraser The Asto… read more

Similar categories in Virginia Cowles's The Astors (Dynasties Book 1) book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american history
Cover of Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida by Anne Hanson

15. Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida

By: Anne Hanson

4.36

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

WHEN ANNE HANSON’S DAD FIRST ASKED her to investigate the secret past of his parents, little did sh… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hanson's Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age by Betsy Prioleau

16. Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age

By: Betsy Prioleau

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Betsy Prioleau’s biography of Gilded Age female tycoon Miriam Leslie is “an appropriately twisty ta… read more

Similar categories in Betsy Prioleau's Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Red Widow: The Scandal that Shook Paris and the Woman Behind it All by Sarah Horowitz

17. The Red Widow: The Scandal that Shook Paris and the Woman Behind it All

By: Sarah Horowitz

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"An unforgettable portrait of a woman who became one of the most notorious figures of her day and w… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Horowitz's The Red Widow: The Scandal that Shook Paris and the Woman Behind it All book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Blood of My Ancestor by Carolyn Ann Howard

18. Blood of My Ancestor

By: Carolyn Ann Howard

4.33

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

One wealthy farmer with two daughters -- each from different previous marriages. Both wives died, l… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Ann Howard's Blood of My Ancestor book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

Cover of The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Wolraich

19. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

By: Michael Wolraich

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of how the murder of femme fatale Vivian Gordon in 1931 brought about the downfa… read more

Similar categories in Michael Wolraich's The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue by Dean Jobb

20. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue

By: Dean Jobb

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“A master of narrative nonfiction … in this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jo… read more

Similar categories in Dean Jobb's A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Greed in the Gilded Age: The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick by William Elliott Hazelgrove

21. Greed in the Gilded Age: The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick

By: William Elliott Hazelgrove

3.46

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Greed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal. 'Millionaire… read more

Similar categories in William Elliott Hazelgrove's Greed in the Gilded Age: The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick book and Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

12 Top audiobook books like The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism by Bill Shaffer

Transform Your Habits

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt

Audrey Clare Farley

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

Joe Pompeo

3.58

Transform Your Habits

The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany)

Lyndsy Spence

3.55

View all the books

6 Top audiobook books like Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals by James McMurtry Longo

Transform Your Habits

Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder

John Glatt

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States

Bradley W. Hart

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders

Mike Rothmiller

4.09

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.