12 must-read history books like The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro by Kenn Thomas

Cover of The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro by Kenn Thomas

The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro

By: Kenn Thomas

3.77

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

Writer Danny Casolaro was on the trail of the Octopus when he was found dead in a West Virginia hot…

If you liked the history plot in The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro by Kenn Thomas , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Enemies: A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner

1. Enemies: A History of the FBI

By: Tim Weiner

3.93

Format: 537 pages, Hardcover

Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"From 1966 to 1976 ... The primary cause in [the] decline in FBI counterespionage and counterintelligence cases was the ceaseless demand by Presidents Johnson and Nixon to focus on the political warfa…"

-Tim Weiner, Enemies: A History of the FBI

Cover of The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government by David Talbot

2. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

By: David Talbot

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more

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  • american history
  • conspiracy theories
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen

3. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

By: Annie Jacobsen

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by Hillel Levin, James Keene

4. In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption

By: Hillel Levin , James Keene

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Featured on Dateline and CNN, the true story of a young man destined for greatness on the football … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse  Betrayal by Nick Bryant

5. The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse Betrayal

By: Nick Bryant

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A chilling expose of corporate corruption and government cover-ups, this account of a nationwide ch… read more

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  • conspiracy theories
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: The Uncensored Story of the JonBenet Murder and the Grand Jury's Search for the Truth by Lawrence Schiller

6. Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: The Uncensored Story of the JonBenet Murder and the Grand Jury's Search for the Truth

By: Lawrence Schiller

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

In Perfect Murder, Perfect Town,Lawrence Schiller thoroughly recreates every aspect of the complex … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime

7. Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder

By: David McGowan

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The specter of the marauding serial killer has become a relatively common feature on the American l… read more

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8. The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology

By: None

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

The atomic bomb was not the only project to occupy government scientists during the 1940s. Antigrav… read more

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9. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

By: Daniel James Brown

3.59

Format: 464 pages,

In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Il… read more

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Cover of The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) by A.M. Shine

10. The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

By: A.M. Shine

3.93

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different… read more

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"Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory."

-A.M. Shine, The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

Cover of Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh by Wendy S. Painting

11. Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh

By: Wendy S. Painting

4.58

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

Presenting startling new biographical details about Timothy McVeigh and exposing stark contradictio… read more

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  • american history
  • conspiracy theories
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: An Insiders' Account of the Secret Government UFO Program by Colm A. Kelleher

12. Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: An Insiders' Account of the Secret Government UFO Program

By: Colm A. Kelleher

4.12

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

Skinwalkers at the Pentagon unmasks the massive scope of the Pentagon’s landmark UFO study that ran… read more

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  • politics
  • conspiracy theories
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything by Christopher F. Rufo

13. America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

By: Christopher F. Rufo

4.30

Format: 352 pages, ebook

For decades, left-wing radicals patiently built a revolution in the shadows. Then suddenly, after t… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The revolution, which seeks to connect ideology to bureaucratic power and to manipulate behavior through the guise of expertise, is ultimately not democratic."

-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

"The critical race theorists and their allies have turned resentment into a governing principle. But this also a trap: resentment is a tool for obtaining power, not of wielding it successfully."

-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

Cover of In Plain Sight: A fascinating investigation into UFOs and alien encounters from an award-winning journalist, fully updated and revised new edition for 2023 by Ross Coulthart

14. In Plain Sight: A fascinating investigation into UFOs and alien encounters from an award-winning journalist, fully updated and revised new edition for 2023

By: Ross Coulthart

4.33

Format: 471 pages, Kindle Edition

An award-winning journalist investigates a story largely ignored by mainstream media but right ther… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood by Karina Longworth

15. Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood

By: Karina Longworth

4.08

Format: 576 pages, ebook

In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: The Final Analysis: Forensic Analysis of the JFK Autopsy X-Rays Proves Two Headshots from the Right Front and One from the Rear by David W. Mantik

16. The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: The Final Analysis: Forensic Analysis of the JFK Autopsy X-Rays Proves Two Headshots from the Right Front and One from the Rear

By: David W. Mantik

4.38

Format: 543 pages, Kindle Edition

The Assassination of President John F. The Final Analysis presents indisputable forensic evidence … read more

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Cover of The JFK Assassination Chokeholds: That Inescapably Prove There Was a Conspiracy by James DiEugenio

17. The JFK Assassination Chokeholds: That Inescapably Prove There Was a Conspiracy

By: James DiEugenio

4.37

Format: 1132 pages, Kindle Edition

In JFK Assassination Chokeholds, readers will find up to date evidence that would have compelled an… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of The Pentyrch Incident: The Greatest UFO Cover-up of Modern Times by Caz Clarke

18. The Pentyrch Incident: The Greatest UFO Cover-up of Modern Times

By: Caz Clarke

3.78

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

This book is not a story…The events you are about to read are true. In this book is a brief outline… read more

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Cover of The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro by Kenn Thomas

19. The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro

By: Kenn Thomas

3.77

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

Writer Danny Casolaro was on the trail of the Octopus when he was found dead in a West Virginia hot… read more

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  • american history
  • conspiracy theories
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • collections
  • nonfiction
Cover of Eye of the Chickenhawk by Simon Dovey

20. Eye of the Chickenhawk

By: Simon Dovey

4.48

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

This book has been my effort to chronicle the existence of an international child sex trafficking n… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • conspiracy theories
Cover of Blood Lines (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #2) by Nelson DeMille

21. Blood Lines (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #2)

By: Nelson DeMille

4.32

Format: 508 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, Blood Lines features the r… read more

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10 must-read politics books like The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro by Kenn Thomas

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3.93

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The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

David Talbot

4.43

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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

Annie Jacobsen

3.69

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Nick Bryant

4.17

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4.14

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The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA & Mind Control

John D. Marks , Thomas Powers

4.09

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Happy Like Murderers

Gordon Burn

3.86

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4.43

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