19 Top nonfiction books like Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA by Patrick Winn

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Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

By: Patrick Winn

4.40

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of an indigenous people running the world’s mightiest narco-state — and America’s …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA by Patrick Winn , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Patrick Winn's Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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2. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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3. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Patrick Winn's Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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5. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A. Reid

6. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

By: Stuart A. Reid

4.40

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the US-sanctioned plot… read more

Similar categories in Stuart A. Reid's The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination book and Patrick Winn's Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power by Dana Mattioli

7. The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power

By: Dana Mattioli

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in in… read more

Similar categories in Dana Mattioli's The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power book and Patrick Winn's Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

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  • politics
  • audiobook
Cover of Smoke and Ashes: A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh

9. Smoke and Ashes: A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories

By: Amitav Ghosh

4.14

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

When Amitav Ghosh began his research for the Ibis Trilogy some twenty years ago, he was startled to… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

10. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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11. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

Similar categories in Thomas F. Schaller's White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy book and Patrick Winn's Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West by David E. Sanger

12. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
Cover of The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport by Joshua Robinson

13. The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

By: Joshua Robinson

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 40 minutes NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wall Street Journal rep… read more

Similar categories in Joshua Robinson's The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport book and Patrick Winn's Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo

14. Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World

By: Yepoka Yeebo

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of t… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

15. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

Similar categories in Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day book and Patrick Winn's Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA by Patrick Winn

16. Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

By: Patrick Winn

4.40

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of an indigenous people running the world’s mightiest narco-state — and America’s … read more

Similar categories in Patrick Winn's Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA book and Patrick Winn's Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

  • espionage
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • crime
  • microhistory
  • audiobook
Cover of The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster

17. The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

By: Simon Shuster

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Time  correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the definitive account of the Russian invasion of Ukrain… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever by Joseph Cox

18. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

By: Joseph Cox

4.12

Format: None pages, None

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Cox's Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever book and Patrick Winn's Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

  • espionage
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti by Jake Johnston

19. Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti

By: Jake Johnston

4.12

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Haiti’s state is armed groups have overrun the country, many government officials have fled after … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland by Henry Hemming

20. Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland

By: Henry Hemming

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Four Shots in the Night is the story of the killing of Frank Hegarty, an IRA member turned British … read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians by Phil Elwood

21. All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians

By: Phil Elwood

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operative in Washington who exposes the secrets of the… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

21 Top audiobook books like Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA by Patrick Winn

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

Don Winslow

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

4.47

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21 Best audiobook books like The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A. Reid

Transform Your Habits

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

4.37

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

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