20 Best nonfiction books like White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland by Dick Lehr

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White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

By: Dick Lehr

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

For fans of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, the thrilling true story of a would-be terrorist attack again…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland by Dick Lehr , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders

By: Terry Sullivan , Peter T. Maiken , Peter Maiken

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The state prosecutor at the Gacy trial recounts the police investigation that led to Gacy's arrest … read more

Similar categories in Terry Sullivan's Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

2. Fourth of July Creek

By: Smith Henderson

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In this shattering and iconic American novel, PEN prize-winning writer, Smith Henderson explores th… read more

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3. The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

By: Sally Denton

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of November 4, 2019, an unassuming caravan of women and children was ambushed by mas… read more

Similar categories in Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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

4. 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 Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • race
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • 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 Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid

5. Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

By: Jessica McDiarmid

4.30

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A searing account of the missing, and murdered, Indigenous women of Highway 16, and an indictment o… read more

Similar categories in Jessica McDiarmid's Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • race
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Sandy Hook

By: Elizabeth Williamson

4.29

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

Based on hundreds of hours of research, interviews, and access to exclusive sources and materials, … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

7. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

By: Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more

Similar categories in Roxanna Asgarian's We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • race
  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America by Mark Follman

8. Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America

By: Mark Follman

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“An urgent read that illuminates real possibility for change.” —John Carreyrou,  New York Times  be… read more

Similar categories in Mark Follman's Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • audiobook
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • social issues
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9. The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything

By: Mike Rothschild

3.84

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the real story of QAnon—what it is, what it means, and where it goes. And be warned—none of… read more

Similar categories in Mike Rothschild's The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

By: Jeff Guinn

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Guinn's Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America by Harry N. MacLean

11. Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America

By: Harry N. MacLean

3.71

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the m… read more

Similar categories in Harry N. MacLean's Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

12. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.16

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Toobin's Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • terrorism
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family by Susan Jonusas

13. Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family

By: Susan Jonusas

3.45

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial … read more

Similar categories in Susan Jonusas's Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth by Sam Quinones

14. The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

By: Sam Quinones

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Apple Best Books of 2021 * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction * Long… read more

Similar categories in Sam Quinones's The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • social issues
Cover of They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency by Malcolm W. Nance

15. They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency

By: Malcolm W. Nance

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES, USA TODAY AND GREAT LAKES INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER ASSOCIATI… read more

Similar categories in Malcolm W. Nance's They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • terrorism
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America by Adam Serwer

16. The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

By: Adam Serwer

4.25

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

"Trump summoned the most treacherous forces in American history and conducted them with the ease of… read more

Similar categories in Adam Serwer's The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The cruelty is the point"

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

"Multiracial democracy is hard and messy and sometimes rude, but it is preferable to the alternatives"

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

"Since the Civil War, American Jews have built a place for themselves here much the way other minorities have-by holding the United States accountable to its own principles"

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

"American religious pluralism, however imperfectly practiced, is centuries older than the European commitment to purging anti-Semitism, which is younger than Israel itself."

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

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

Similar categories in Simon Shuster's The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco by Stephan Talty

18. Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco

By: Stephan Talty

3.95

Format: 446 pages, Hardcover

The first comprehensive account of David Koresh's life, his road to Waco, and the rise of governmen… read more

Similar categories in Stephan Talty's Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland by Dick Lehr

19. White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

By: Dick Lehr

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

For fans of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, the thrilling true story of a would-be terrorist attack again… read more

Similar categories in Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • audiobook
  • race
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • terrorism
  • crime
  • social issues
Cover of Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

20. Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias

By: Kevin Cook

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A news-making account of the war between David Koresh’s Branch Davidians and the FBI, and how their… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Cook's Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias book and Dick Lehr's White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders by Howard Blum

21. When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders

By: Howard Blum

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, inside story of the Idaho murders from bestselling author Howard Blum, whose ground… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

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3.94

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We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

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Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America

Mark Follman

4.03

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Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family

Susan Jonusas

3.45

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A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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3.70

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Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Tanya Talaga

4.52

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Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Jessica McDiarmid

4.30

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Five Little Indians

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