19 must-read history books like The Ghost Club by Kate Winkler Dawson

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The Ghost Club

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.24

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

This audio original from the acclaimed author of American Sherlock, and the host of multiple true-c…

If you liked the history plot in The Ghost Club by Kate Winkler Dawson , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul  Collins

1. Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery

By: Paul Collins

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Duel with the Devil is acclaimed historian Paul Collins’ remarkable true account of a stunning turn… read more

Similar categories in Paul Collins's Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer   Wright

2. It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History

By: Jennifer Wright

3.72

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A history of heartbreak-replete with beheadings, uprisings, creepy sex dolls, and celebrity gossip-… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Wright's It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"In my favourite picture of them, Oskar is reading a letter while Olga ties his tie for him. His tie matches her dress. Both of them look kind of preoccupied. You don't look at this picture, as you mi…"

-Jennifer Wright, It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History

Cover of The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 11: 1971 - 1972 by Charles M. Schulz, Kristin Chenoweth

3. The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 11: 1971 - 1972

By: Charles M. Schulz , Kristin Chenoweth

4.61

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Peanuts surges into the 1970s with Schulz at the peak of his powers and influence: a few jokes abou… read more

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4. Inheritance (The Cemetery Girl Trilogy, #2)

By: Charlaine Harris , Christopher Golden

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

Calexa Rose Dunhill has made a home among the graves and tombs of the cemetery. But her neighbors a… read more

Similar categories in Charlaine Harris's Inheritance (The Cemetery Girl Trilogy, #2) book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • paranormal
  • ghosts
Cover of The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth

5. The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer

By: Skip Hollandsworth

4.33

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer--America's first--who stalked Austin, Te… read more

Similar categories in Skip Hollandsworth's The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

6. Blood Trail (Vicki Nelson, #2)

By: Tanya Huff

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

For centuries, the werewolves of Toronto have managed to live in peace and tranquility, hidden quie… read more

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7. Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

By: Brad Ricca

3.88

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes tells the true story of Grace Humiston, the detective and lawyer who turned he… read more

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8. The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases

By: Michael Capuzzo

4.43

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Thrilling, true tales from the Vidocq Society, a team of the world's finest forensic investigators … read more

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Cover of Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford

9. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Lankford's Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

Cover of Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi by Susan Hendricks

10. Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi

By: Susan Hendricks

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former CNN/HLN anchor and veteran broadcast journalist Susan Hendricks takes an investigative deep-… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hendricks's Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel

11. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

By: Michael Finkel

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more

Similar categories in Michael Finkel's The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."

-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

Cover of The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston

12. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President by Edward F. O'Keefe

13. The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President

By: Edward F. O'Keefe

4.25

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spirited and poignant family love story, revealing how an icon of rugged American masculinity was… read more

Similar categories in Edward F. O'Keefe's The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes

14. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

By: Edward Humes

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more

Similar categories in Edward Humes's The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton

15. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

By: Laurah Norton

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more

Similar categories in Laurah Norton's Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes

16. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

By: Paul Holes

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest … read more

Similar categories in Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Evidence of Things Seen by Sarah Weinman

17. Evidence of Things Seen

By: Sarah Weinman

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts, a groundbreaking new anthology sh… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Weinman's Evidence of Things Seen book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice by C. Alexander Hortis

18. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice

By: C. Alexander Hortis

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was P… read more

Similar categories in C. Alexander Hortis's The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector by Amit Katwala

19. Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

By: Amit Katwala

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A thrilling account of the creation of the so-called lie detector, exploring shocking murders and d… read more

Similar categories in Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses by Katie Spalding

20. Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses

By: Katie Spalding

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, whe… read more

Similar categories in Katie Spalding's Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of National Park Mysteries & Disappearances: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Steve Stockton

21. National Park Mysteries & Disappearances: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By: Steve Stockton

3.58

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the most visited national parks in the country has a dark side. The Great Smoky Mountains N… read more

Similar categories in Steve Stockton's National Park Mysteries & Disappearances: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

22. The Secret History of Bigfoot

By: John O’Connor

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more

Similar categories in John O’Connor's The Secret History of Bigfoot book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You by Reductress

23. How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You

By: Reductress

3.47

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A biting humor collection about the cult of productivity and the feeling of impending doom that com… read more

Similar categories in Reductress's How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"8 Things Other Than Your Productivity to Base Your Worth On: -Hair shininess -Easily calculating a 20 percent tip -Compliments from others about your productivity -Attention span (ability to watch se…"

-Reductress, How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You

"In my stressful 9-to-5, it was hard to find time for peace. Often, I would become so frustrated I would send messages to colleagues like, 'I am confused as to why you did not notify me sooner of your…"

-Reductress, How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You

Cover of The Ghost Club by Kate Winkler Dawson

24. The Ghost Club

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.24

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

This audio original from the acclaimed author of American Sherlock, and the host of multiple true-c… read more

Similar categories in Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • audiobook
  • history
  • true crime
  • ghosts
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • paranormal
  • ghost stories
Cover of The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Feeling Depleted and How to Get What You Need by Nancy Colier

25. The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Feeling Depleted and How to Get What You Need

By: Nancy Colier

3.42

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Are you feeling emotionally exhausted? Do you worry about being likable (at all cost)? Are you tryi… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Colier's The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Feeling Depleted and How to Get What You Need book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night by Lisa Belkin

26. Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

By: Lisa Belkin

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Belkin's Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of There Is a Door in This Darkness by Kristin Cashore

27. There Is a Door in This Darkness

By: Kristin Cashore

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A magic-tinged contemporary YA about grief and hope from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling a… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • audiobook
Cover of The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels by Pamela Prickett

28. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels

By: Pamela Prickett

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclai… read more

Similar categories in Pamela Prickett's The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy by Colin Dickey

29. Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy

By: Colin Dickey

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland comes a history of America's obse… read more

Similar categories in Colin Dickey's Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of A Tale of Two Titties: A Writer's Guide to Conquering the Most Sexist Tropes in Literary History by Meg Vondriska

30. A Tale of Two Titties: A Writer's Guide to Conquering the Most Sexist Tropes in Literary History

By: Meg Vondriska

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From the brilliantly funny (and rightfully furious) creator of the viral Men Write Women Twitter ac… read more

Similar categories in Meg Vondriska's A Tale of Two Titties: A Writer's Guide to Conquering the Most Sexist Tropes in Literary History book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • nonfiction
Cover of Apple Cider and Subterfuge by Elise Kennedy

31. Apple Cider and Subterfuge

By: Elise Kennedy

3.68

Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition

Alex and Brynn are undercover agents in a cozy small town obsessed with apple cider. Their cover… read more

Similar categories in Elise Kennedy's Apple Cider and Subterfuge book and Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club

  • adult
  • audiobook

14 Best adult books like The Ghost Club by Kate Winkler Dawson

Transform Your Habits

Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery

Paul Collins

3.69

Transform Your Habits

It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History

Jennifer Wright

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi

Susan Hendricks

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

Michael Finkel

3.97

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11 best-selling adult books like The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

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

The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

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