11 must-read true crime books like Buddy Boys by Mike McAlary

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Buddy Boys

By: Mike McAlary

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A shocking true story of corruption and crime in the ranks of the NYPD in the worst police scandal …

If you liked the true crime plot in Buddy Boys by Mike McAlary , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more

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  • nonfiction
"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Cover of Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

2. Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

By: David Simon

3.65

Format: 135 pages,

From the creator of HBO's The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the b… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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3. Betrayal In Blue: The Shocking Memoir Of The Scandal That Rocked The NYPD

By: Burl Barer , Frank C. Girardot Jr. , None

3.49

Format: 312 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • police
  • true crime

4. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

By: Sam Quinones

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In fascinating detail, Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane… read more

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5. The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi

By: Kevin Lacz , Ethan E. Rocke , Lindsey Lacz

4.33

Format: 228 pages, ebook

"One of the very best books to come out of the war in Iraq," (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, bestselling a… read more

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6. Blood Lust: Portrait of a Serial Sex Killer

By: Gary C. King

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

The gripping and gruesome true story of The Molalla Forest Killer, the worst serial killer in Orego… read more

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7. Prince of the City: The True Story of a Cop Who Knew Too Much

By: Robert Daley

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tainted Evidence comes a true story of police corrupt… read more

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8. White Noise

By: Don DeLillo

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film… read more

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"The vast and terrible depth." “Of course,"

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"You are the happy one. I am the doomed fool."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

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9. Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

By: John Sandford

4.36

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel … read more

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  • crime
  • police
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

10. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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11. A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

By: Dean Karnazes

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

“A Runner’s High wakes up the appetite to run long distances. Dean takes us on a lifelong journey o… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins by Annie Jacobsen

12. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
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13. Taking Berlin: The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich

By: Martin Dugard

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series, comes… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park by John Leake

14. The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park

By: John Leake

3.99

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandra Bridewell was a beautiful socialite in the affluent Dallas suburb of Highland Park in 1978-8… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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15. Eyes of a Monster

By: Ron Peterson Jr.

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Schoolteacher Olivia Dare Christian was murdered in her Hampton, Virginia apartment in 1981. Her ki… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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16. The Key

By: Kathryn Hughes

4.28

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author of The Letter Kathryn Hughes comes The Key, an unforgettable story o… read more

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17. Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the latest book in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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18. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

By: Barbara Butcher

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."

-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

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19. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

By: Donovan X. Ramsey

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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20. Half a Heart

By: Karen McQuestion

4.38

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling author Karen McQuestion comes a moving novel about broken hearts…and what it takes… read more

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21. The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice)

By: David Miraldi

4.28

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Rubery Prize-winning author David Miraldi, A Chilling Crime That Shocked Lorain, Ohio, and… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

22. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

By: John E. Douglas

4.15

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"I miss my dog,"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

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24. The Irishman: John Francis

By: Sean Collins

3.59

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

Truth about JFK Conspiracy and Hoffa Disappearance., and many more major events carried out by the … read more

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25. The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice

By: Benjamin Gilmer

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A rural physician learns that a former doctor at his clinic committed a shocking crime, leading him… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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26. Shotgun Summer

By: Sean Mulcahy

4.47

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

He arrived at the scene; his backup had disappeared. Then he heard the screams. Peeking around the … read more

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  • crime
Cover of The 3-0: Based on a True Story of the Largest Police Corruption Scandal in New York City's History - The Dirty Thirty by Liborio Lungaro

27. The 3-0: Based on a True Story of the Largest Police Corruption Scandal in New York City's History - The Dirty Thirty

By: Liborio Lungaro

4.17

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

The 3-0 is a thrilling, cat and mouse story that’s based on the true story of the largest police co… read more

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Cover of Escaping the Kill Zone: My Journey from LAPD's Zebra Unit to Undercover Federal Operative in the Las Vegas Mafia by Mike J. Powell

28. Escaping the Kill Zone: My Journey from LAPD's Zebra Unit to Undercover Federal Operative in the Las Vegas Mafia

By: Mike J. Powell

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

“Man’s Life Resembles Spy Movie”Headline in San Pedro News PilotMonday, December 7, 1981Mike Powell… read more

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29. Buddy Boys

By: Mike McAlary

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A shocking true story of corruption and crime in the ranks of the NYPD in the worst police scandal … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • police
  • true crime
Cover of And I Lived to Tell the Tales: The Life of a Fighter Pilot by Ed Cobleigh

30. And I Lived to Tell the Tales: The Life of a Fighter Pilot

By: Ed Cobleigh

4.38

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Lt. Col. Ed “Fast Eddie” Cobleigh flew as a fighter pilot with the US Air Force, the US Navy (TOPGU… read more

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Cover of Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah by Kathy Iandoli

31. Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah

By: Kathy Iandoli

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In a definitive and “ excellent homage to a star who left this planet too soon” (Questlove), the li… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I wanna be seen as an entertainer. When I'm dead and gone, I want my name to be uttered among the legends. I want to be remembered as the girl who did it all."

-Kathy Iandoli, Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah

18 Best nonfiction books like Buddy Boys by Mike McAlary

Transform Your Habits

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

David Simon

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Betrayal In Blue: The Shocking Memoir Of The Scandal That Rocked The NYPD

Burl Barer , Frank C. Girardot Jr. , None

3.49

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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Transform Your Habits

How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Running Man

Charlie Engle

3.70

Transform Your Habits

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Scott Jurek

4.22

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