11 must-read true crime books like Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Attack on the West by Luke Harding

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Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Attack on the West

By: Luke Harding

3.92

Format: 336 pages, ebook

A thrilling account of how Russia is waging a hidden war against America and the West, using espion…

If you liked the true crime plot in Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Attack on the West by Luke Harding , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags

By: Tim Marshall

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel? For thousands of years … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Internet

By: Mikko Hyppönen

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Internet on parasta ja pahinta mitä meille on tapahtunut. Suomen tunnetuin tietoturva-asiantunti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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3. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav M. Zubok

4. Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union

By: Vladislav M. Zubok

4.26

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to … read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • russian history
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5. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West

By: Catherine Belton

4.18

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine… read more

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  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • russian history
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Jakob (Hildur, #3) by Satu Rämö

6. Jakob (Hildur, #3)

By: Satu Rämö

3.32

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

Joulu on juhlista julmin. Milloin tulee vastaan piste, jossa paraskaan tarkoitus ei enää pyhitä … read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History

By: Jeremy Bowen

4.38

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Putinin trollit: Tositarinoita Venäjän infosodan rintamilta

By: Jessikka Aro

4.02

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

Kirja, jota luet kuin tosielämän agenttitarinaa. Journalistinen jännityskertomus modernin inform… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath by Bill Browder

9. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

By: Bill Browder

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browd… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum

10. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

By: Anne Applebaum

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Unity is an anomaly. Polarization is normal. Skepticism about liberal democracy is also normal. And the appeal of authoritarianism is eternal."

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

"Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will."

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

"Olga Tokarczuk, 2019: We horen niet langer de harmonie van de wereld, maar de kakofonie van geluiden, een ondraaglijke ruis waarin we wanhoping een een rustiger melodie proberen te ontdekken, al is h…"

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

"Throughout history, pandemics have led to an expansion of the power of the state: at times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them—ev…"

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

Cover of Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election by Michael Isikoff

11. Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election

By: Michael Isikoff

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From veteran award-winning investigative journalists Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, the epic … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News by Eliot Higgins

12. We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News

By: Eliot Higgins

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The page-turning inside account of the organization solving international mysteries and wielding th… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Aleksi Suomesta

By: Tuomas Kyrö

4.09

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Hyvän ja pahan rajamailla – Tuomas Kyrö kertoo soturin tarinan. Helmikuu 2022. Aleksi istuu auto… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies by Gordon Corera

14. Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies

By: Gordon Corera

4.27

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The full, explosive story for the first time: Putin’s espionage campaign against the West, how i… read more

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  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West by Heidi Blake

15. From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West

By: Heidi Blake

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of how Russia refined the art and science of targeted assassination abroad -- whil… read more

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  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • russian history
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

By: Tom Burgis

3.80

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • An Economist Book of the Year “A must-read for anyo… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"When the past threatens to ambush you in the present, change the past."

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"It was to Blair that Nazarbayev turned for counsel at this delicate moment. The information blackout on Zhanaozen had been insufficient to prevent the basic details leaking out. It was as though some…"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"Nazarbayev found that he and his regime had a certain chemistry with figures from Blair’s strand of Western politics: the Third Way. It was a system that purported to wed the humanity of the left to …"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

"Nazarbayev had learned that Westerners could be just as adept as he was in turning money into power and power back into money. Some, like Dick Evans and Jonathan Aitken, went about it from positions …"

-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

Cover of Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost by Michael C. Bender

17. Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost

By: Michael C. Bender

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Michael C. Bender, senior White House reporter for the Wall Street Journal, presents a deeply repor… read more

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  • 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

18. 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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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How To Take It Back by Oliver Bullough

19. Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How To Take It Back

By: Oliver Bullough

4.20

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, som… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Minne katosi Antti Järvi? by Antti Järvi

20. Minne katosi Antti Järvi?

By: Antti Järvi

3.90

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Kertomus kadonneesta isoisoisästä ja luovutettuun Karjalaan jääneistä. Keväällä 2020 toimittaja … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow

21. Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House

By: Rachel Maddow

4.32

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House: the wild crimes, audacious c… read more

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  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"Agnew was like Nixon's id -- without the burden of much actual knowledge or curiosity or responsibility to the country at large."

-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House

"I had turned over a log and exposed to the light a scurrying colony of unpleasant creatures whose only reaction was one of annoyance that I had been so crass as to disturb their settled way of life. …"

-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House

"It is a rare man or woman who is ever really changed by ascension to high office, or tempered by the solemnity of the oaths they have sworn or by the national duties they have shouldered. And Spiro A…"

-Rachel Maddow, Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House

Cover of Operaatio Punainen kettu by Helena Immonen

22. Operaatio Punainen kettu

By: Helena Immonen

3.63

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Maavoimien valmiusyksikössä palvellut nuori reserviläinen Joni Koivu lähetetään joukkueensa kanssa … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror by John  Sweeney

23. Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror

By: John Sweeney

4.24

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, e… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • russian history
  • audiobook
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24. Sota vai rauha - kirjoituksia Venäjästä ja lännestä

By: Mikhail Shishkin

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Mikä Venäjällä on vialla ja miksi? Palkitun kirjailijan esseekokoelma Venäjästä ja venäläisyydes… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Operaatio Aavikkokettu by Helena Immonen

25. Operaatio Aavikkokettu

By: Helena Immonen

3.82

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

Salamurha. Kyberisku. Salainen tehtävä Afganistanissa. Operaatio Aavikkokettu on alkanut. Operaatio… read more

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Cover of The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and The People Who Stopped It by Mark Bowden

26. The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and The People Who Stopped It

By: Mark Bowden

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies foug… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy by Laurent  Richard

27. Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy

By: Laurent Richard

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Featuring an introduction by Rachel Maddow, Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of P… read more

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  • espionage
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Attack on the West by Luke Harding

28. Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Attack on the West

By: Luke Harding

3.92

Format: 336 pages, ebook

A thrilling account of how Russia is waging a hidden war against America and the West, using espion… read more

Similar categories in Luke Harding's Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Attack on the West book and Luke Harding's Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem, and Russia's Attack on the West

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • russian history
  • crime
  • audiobook
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29. Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

By: Sergei Guriev

3.98

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy Hitler… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"As countries became postindustrial, educated, and internationally linked, their rulers had to adapt—or, at least, pretend to. Amid the third wave of democracy, liberal norms spread worldwide. The for…"

-Sergei Guriev, Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

"These four changes—in the nature of work, education, social values, and communication technology—make it harder for dictators to dominate citizens in the old way. Harsh laws and bureaucratic regulati…"

-Sergei Guriev, Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

"These four changes—in the nature of work, education, social values, and communication technology—make it harder for dictators to dominate citizens in the old way. Harsh laws and bureaucratic regulati…"

-Sergei Guriev, Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

Cover of Putinin maailmansota by Jessikka Aro

30. Putinin maailmansota

By: Jessikka Aro

3.61

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Hengästyttävä matka Putinin hybridisodankäynnin ytimeen. Jessikka Aron uusi tietokirja Kremlin s… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

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  • audiobook
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

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4.11

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James O'Brien

4.29

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4.18

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4.11

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4.38

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4.24

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3.59

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