16 Top politics books like Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

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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…

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1. American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing

By: None , None

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

April 19, 1995. The Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City is ravaged by a vicious bombing that… read more

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Cover of The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War by Jim Sciutto

2. The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

By: Jim Sciutto

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The essential new book by CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto, reporting from the… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. 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

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

4. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. American Girls

By: Jessica Roy

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, deeply reported narrative about religious extremism, radicalization, and the bonds of … read more

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  • true crime
  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America by Will Sommer

7. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

By: Will Sommer

4.09

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, ho… read more

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

8. 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

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Cover of American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump by Tim Alberta

10. American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump

By: Tim Alberta

4.17

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

Politico Magazine’s chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insider’s look at the makin… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right by Matthew Dallek

11. Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right

By: Matthew Dallek

3.97

Format: None pages, Audiobook

How a notorious far right organization set the Republican Party on a long march toward extremism At… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power by Timothy W. Ryback

12. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power

By: Timothy W. Ryback

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th… read more

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

13. 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

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy by Alex  Mar

14. Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy

By: Alex Mar

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl's shocking crime--and its… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy by Isaac Arnsdorf

15. Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy

By: Isaac Arnsdorf

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An explosive, behind-the-scenes look at how a radical group of activists — supported by former Pres… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers by Jim             Morris

16. The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers

By: Jim Morris

3.97

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The story of a group of Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers fatally exposed to toxic chemicals, the la… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz

17. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

18. 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

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter

19. Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family

By: Jess Walter

4.15

Format: 603 pages, Kindle Edition

On the last hot day of summer in 1992, gunfire cracked over a rocky knob in northern Idaho, just s… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Without a Prayer: The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult by Susan Ashline

20. Without a Prayer: The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult

By: Susan Ashline

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The horrifying true story of a killing inside the secluded Word of Life Christian Church, a parish-… read more

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  • true crime
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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

21. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

18 Top audiobook books like Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

Transform Your Habits

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

Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

Jeff Guinn

4.06

Transform Your Habits

American Girls

Jessica Roy

4.01

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20 must-read audiobook books like Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America by Will Sommer

Transform Your Habits

Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

Mike Rothschild

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

Derek Beres

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

4.45

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