18 must-read nonfiction books like Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley

Cover of Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley

Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate

By: Jefferson Morley

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For the 50th anniversary of the Watergate The untold story of President Richard Nixon, CIA Directo…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters by James W. Douglass, James W Douglas

1. JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters

By: James W. Douglass , James W Douglas

4.36

Format: 510 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating and disturbing book James Douglass presents a compelling account of why Preside… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • audiobook
"If we go as far as we can into the darkness, regardless of the consequences, I believe a midnight truth will free us from our bondage to violence and bring us to the light of peace."

-James W. Douglass, JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters

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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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein

3. Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

By: Rick Perlstein

4.33

Format: 308 pages,

Politically insightful, Nixonland recaptures the turbulent 60s & early 70s, revealing how Dick Nixo… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

4. The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)

By: Robert A. Caro

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON… read more

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5. Libra

By: Don DeLillo

3.87

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

From the author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and Zero K In this powerful, eer… read more

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6. Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK

By: Gerald Posner

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, continues to inspire interest ranging fr… read more

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Cover of Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill

7. Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

By: Tom O'Neill

4.03

Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition

A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders brings shocking revelations about the … read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The White House Plumbers by Egil “Bud” Krogh

8. The White House Plumbers

By: Egil “Bud” Krogh

3.35

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

NOW A FIVE-PART HBO SERIES, STARRING WOODY HARRELSON AND JUSTIN THEROUX The true story of The Whit… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution by Vincent Bevins

9. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

By: Vincent Bevins

4.28

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next   From 20… read more

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  • politics
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  • audiobook
"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"

-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

10. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer

11. Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control

By: Stephen Kinzer

4.09

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of All the Shah's Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the ma… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

12. 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
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler by David I. Kertzer

13. The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler

By: David I. Kertzer

4.28

Format: 623 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The most important book ever written about the Catholic Church… read more

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Cover of Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 by Rick Perlstein

14. Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980

By: Rick Perlstein

4.34

Format: 1107 pages, Hardcover

A complex portrait of President Ronald Reagan that charts the rise of the modern conservative brand… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Watergate: A New History by Garrett M. Graff

15. Watergate: A New History

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.49

Format: 832 pages, Hardcover

From Garrett​ Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City by Justin Fenton

16. We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City

By: Justin Fenton

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Baltimore, 2015. Riots were erupting across the city as citizens demanded justice for Freddie Gray,… read more

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  • politics
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  • audiobook
Cover of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State by Aaron Good

17. American Exception: Empire and the Deep State

By: Aaron Good

4.13

Format: 384 pages, ebook

American Exception seeks to explain the breakdown of US democracy. In particular, how we can unders… read more

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Cover of The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy by James Risen

18. The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy

By: James Risen

4.13

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Witnesses were mysteriously murdered. The FBI, NSA, CIA, and even the IRS were on the warpath. It w… read more

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  • true crime
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Cover of To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq by Robert Draper

19. To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq

By: Robert Draper

4.30

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dead Certain comes the definitive, revelatory reck… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley

20. Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate

By: Jefferson Morley

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For the 50th anniversary of the Watergate The untold story of President Richard Nixon, CIA Directo… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum

21. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

16 best-selling audiobook books like Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley

Transform Your Habits

JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters

James W. Douglass , James W Douglas

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Tom O'Neill

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The White House Plumbers

Egil “Bud” Krogh

3.35

Transform Your Habits

If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

Vincent Bevins

4.28

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11 Top audiobook books like Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 by Rick Perlstein

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The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

Greg Grandin

4.29

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G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

Beverly Gage

4.37

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Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980

Rick Perlstein

4.34

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Watergate: A New History

Garrett M. Graff

4.49

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