13 best-selling history books like Last Second in Dallas by Josiah Thompson

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Last Second in Dallas

By: Josiah Thompson

4.29

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

In this long-awaited follow-up to his critically acclaimed 1967 classic, Six Seconds in Dallas , Jo…

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Cover of Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs

1. Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy

By: Jim Marrs

4.14

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

The explosive search for the truth about who killed JFK, "the final word until 2039-when government… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. The Cold Six Thousand (Underworld USA #2)

By: James Ellroy

4.03

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellr… read more

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3. Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination

By: Richard Belzer , David Wayne

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Richard Belzer and David Wayne are back to set the record straight after Dead Wrong; this time they… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

4. On the Trail of the Assassins

By: Jim Garrison

3.82

Format: None pages,

Jim Garrison's classic account of his investigation and prosecution of the murder of JFK. Almost fi… read more

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5. The Glass Key

By: Dashiell Hammett

4.12

Format: 652 pages,

Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of S… read more

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6. 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
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7. Phantom Orbit

By: David Ignatius

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A subtle and masterful novel from a prescient voice on the cutting edge of spy literature. David… read more

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8. Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

By: Jonathan Karl

4.28

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump re… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Red Winter (Jack Ryan #22) by Marc Cameron

9. Red Winter (Jack Ryan #22)

By: Marc Cameron

4.30

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

"In this previously untold adventure, a young Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to seek the tr… read more

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10. The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence After Sixty Years

By: Paul Landis

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1963. Shots ring out at Dealey Plaza. The president is struck in the he… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

By: Tom Hanks

3.70

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-st… read more

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"Are you a clairvoyant?"

-Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

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12. Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

By: Cassandra Peterson

4.36

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween,… read more

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  • nonfiction
"My favorite band's lyrics spoke to me more powerfully than any parent or teacher ever could. They helped me figure out who I was, what I was feeling, and possibly, where I was headed."

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

"Suddenly one day I sprouted boobs. Not *just* boobs. Enormous boobs. When puberty finally struck, I developed faster than a Polaroid. In my mind at least, I remember going to bed flat as a board one …"

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

"I was someone who had spent most of her life hanging around with gay men, and now here I was, ashamed of my feelings for a woman. I felt like such a hypocrite. I eventually gave up my ridiculous prec…"

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

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13. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

By: Liz Cheney

4.60

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. The Mystery Writer

By: Sulari Gentill

3.42

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A literary thriller about an aspiring writer who meets and falls in love with her literary idol—onl… read more

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16. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election by Michael Isikoff

17. Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election

By: Michael Isikoff

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From veteran award-winning investigative journalists Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, the epic … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Kennedy's Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby by Dan Abrams

18. Kennedy's Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby

By: Dan Abrams

3.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Woman I Know: Female Spies, Double Identities, and a New Story of the Kennedy Assassination by Mary Haverstick

19. A Woman I Know: Female Spies, Double Identities, and a New Story of the Kennedy Assassination

By: Mary Haverstick

3.92

Format: 548 pages, Hardcover

The true story of a filmmaker whose unexpected investigation of her film’s subject opened a new win… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Last Second in Dallas

By: Josiah Thompson

4.29

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

In this long-awaited follow-up to his critically acclaimed 1967 classic, Six Seconds in Dallas , Jo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House by H.R. McMaster

21. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House

By: H.R. McMaster

4.08

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

14 Best nonfiction books like Last Second in Dallas by Josiah Thompson

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Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy

Jim Marrs

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination

Richard Belzer , David Wayne

5.00

Transform Your Habits

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

Tom O'Neill

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

Jonathan Karl

4.28

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30 Best audiobook books like Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election by Michael Isikoff

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

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Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

Jonathan Karl

4.28

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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

4.60

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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