6 Top american history books like Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter

Cover of Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter

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…

If you liked the american history plot in Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind by Ivan Doig

1. This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind

By: Ivan Doig

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Paperback

Ivan Doig grew up in the rugged wilderness of western Montana among the sheepherders and denizens o… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Waco Siege: An American Tragedy by Jack Rosewood, Dwayne Walker

2. The Waco Siege: An American Tragedy

By: Jack Rosewood , Dwayne Walker

3.96

Format: None pages,

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America by Les Standiford, Joe Matthews

3. Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America

By: Les Standiford , Joe Matthews

3.66

Format: 146 pages,

Before Adam Walsh there were no faces on milk cartons, no Amber Alerts, no National Center for Miss… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of In Broad Daylight: A Murder in Skidmore, Missouri by Harry N. MacLean

4. In Broad Daylight: A Murder in Skidmore, Missouri

By: Harry N. MacLean

3.78

Format: None pages,

Ken McElroy robbed, raped, burned, shot, and maimed the citizens of Skidmore, Missouri, without con… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation by Catherine Crier

5. A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation

By: Catherine Crier

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

In this #1 New York Timesbestseller, Catherine Crier, a former judge and one of television's most p… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime

6. Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three

By: Mara Leveritt

3.79

Format: 368 pages,

In 2011, one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history was set right when D… read more

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7. A Place Called Waco

By: Leon Whiteson , None

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A survivor of the Waco massacre tells the inside story of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh & what… read more

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8. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

By: Selwyn Raab

3.97

Format: 12 pages,

Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York an… read more

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9. 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 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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

11. 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
  • politics
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders by John Glatt

12. Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders

By: John Glatt

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Tangled Vines , bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigiou… read more

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

13. 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
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton

14. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

By: Laurah Norton

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
Cover of Life After Darkness: Finding Healing and Happiness After the Cleveland Kidnappings by Michelle Knight

15. Life After Darkness: Finding Healing and Happiness After the Cleveland Kidnappings

By: Michelle Knight

4.02

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

From Michelle Knight-Cleveland kidnapping survivor and #1 NYT bestselling author of Finding Me-come… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
"I learned to love myself in order to love others..."

-Michelle Knight, Life After Darkness: Finding Healing and Happiness After the Cleveland Kidnappings

Cover of The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle by Kent Alexander

16. The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle

By: Kent Alexander

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

A contributing source for the Warner Bros.’ film Richard Jewell starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates,… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
Cover of Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator by Gary Noesner

17. Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator

By: Gary Noesner

3.92

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

An enraged man abducts his estranged wife and child, holes up in a secluded mountain cabin, threate… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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
  • politics
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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

Similar categories in Jess Walter's Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family book and Jess Walter's Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • cults
  • crime
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
Cover of Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy by Thomas M. Nichols

20. Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy

By: Thomas M. Nichols

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment t… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President by Geoff Shepard

21. The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President

By: Geoff Shepard

4.46

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Geoff Shepard’s shocking exposé of corrupt collusion between prosecutors, judges, and congressional… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

16 best-selling history books like Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter

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This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind

Ivan Doig

4.16

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The Waco Siege: An American Tragedy

Jack Rosewood , Dwayne Walker

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America

Les Standiford , Joe Matthews

3.66

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In Broad Daylight: A Murder in Skidmore, Missouri

Harry N. MacLean

3.78

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

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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

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

Jeff Guinn

4.06

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American Girls

Jessica Roy

4.01

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