13 Top true crime books like Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation by Sari Horwitz

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Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation

By: Sari Horwitz

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Sniper is the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most frightening rampages to occur in U.S. hist…

If you liked the true crime plot in Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation by Sari Horwitz , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber

1. The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder

By: Charles Graeber

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of De… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

By: Caitlin Doughty

4.22

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degre… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Your relationship to mortality is your own."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

"In spite of my fear of living, I chose not to die."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

"A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

"The fear of death is why we build cathedrals, have children, declare war, and watch cat videos online at three a.m."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

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3. Lincoln in the Bardo

By: George Saunders

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transc… read more

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4. Written in Blood

By: Diane Fanning

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

An army brat-turned-marine, he saw combat in Vietnam, and returned a decorated soldier. An avid rea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

5. Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop

By: Carol Shaben

4.75

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was s… read more

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6. Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends

By: Barney Hoskyns

3.17

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

This book is a remarkable look at one of the most dramatic, creative, and revolutionary settings in… read more

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7. Savages

By: Don Winslow

3.57

Format: 256 pages,

Part-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beac… read more

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8. Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII h… read more

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9. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

By: Jon Krakauer

4.20

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

A multilayered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, savage violence, polygamy, and unyie… read more

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

10. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter

11. How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

By: Barbara F. Walter

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and ho… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"For a society to fracture along identity lines, you need mouthpieces - people who are willing to make discriminatory appeals and pursue discriminatory policies in the name of a particular group. They…"

-Barbara F. Walter, How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

Cover of Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles

12. Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

By: Kathryn Miles

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

​Trailed is a beautifully written account of a great American tragedy--the unsolved murders of an u… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill by Brad Meltzer

13. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

By: Brad Meltzer

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more

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

14. 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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  • history
  • 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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15. Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story

By: Max Marshall

3.50

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, le… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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16. The Best of Me

By: David Sedaris

4.21

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

“Genius… It is miraculous to read these pieces… You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, … read more

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  • nonfiction
"I can't bear to hear other people's dreams unless I myself am in them."

-David Sedaris, The Best of Me

Cover of She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor

17. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

By: Jodi Kantor

4.35

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

For many years, reporters had tried to get to the truth about Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"Positive reputation management. I Googled your name, and a few obnoxious articles popu up. I work with the leading reputation management company that can backlink to the positive articles to make a "…"

-Jodi Kantor, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Cover of The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West by Chris Wimmer

18. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

By: Chris Wimmer

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) by John E. Douglas

19. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)

By: John E. Douglas

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie

20. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

By: Andrew Lownie

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."

-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

Cover of The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

21. The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

By: Jonathan Freedland

4.37

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In a book that is part thrilling adventure, part exploration of some of the darkest secrets of the … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Snow Killings: Inside the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation by Marney Rich Keenan

22. The Snow Killings: Inside the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation

By: Marney Rich Keenan

3.83

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Over 13 months in 1976­-1977, four children were abducted in the Detroit suburbs, each of them held… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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23. Chasing the Boogeyman

By: Richard Chizmar

3.95

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature prose to this s… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson

24. Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire

By: Lizzie Johnson

4.34

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The definitive firsthand account of California's Camp Fire--the nation's deadliest wildfire in a ce… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"Then, on a blustery evening in October 2017, the worst wildfires in modern state history ignited. They ripped across Northern California, pushed by the Diablo Winds. The infernos killed 44 people and…"

-Lizzie Johnson, Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire

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

25. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice by Rebecca  Rosenberg

26. At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice

By: Rebecca Rosenberg

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At Any Cost unravels the twisted story of Rod Covlin, whose unrepentant greed drove him to an unspe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 by Matthew J. Davenport

27. The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

By: Matthew J. Davenport

4.03

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Matthew J. Davenport’s The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation by Sari Horwitz

28. Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation

By: Sari Horwitz

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Sniper is the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most frightening rampages to occur in U.S. hist… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17 best-selling history books like Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation by Sari Horwitz

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The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder

Charles Graeber

3.85

Transform Your Habits

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

Tom O'Neill

4.03

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How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

Barbara F. Walter

4.25

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Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

Kathryn Miles

3.94

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Diane Fanning

4.10

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We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

M. William Phelps

4.10

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Gary C. King

3.59

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Charles Bosworth Jr.

4.30

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