7 Best true crime books like The Good Assassin: How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia by Stephan Talty

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The Good Assassin: How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia

By: Stephan Talty

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of an Israeli spy’s epic journey to bring the notorious Butcher of Latvia to justi…

If you liked the true crime plot in The Good Assassin: How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia by Stephan Talty , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.24

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day , the inspiring story of … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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2. Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed t… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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3. Flesh Wounds (Inspector Troy, #5)

By: John Lawton

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Paperback

Praised for their riveting, ingenious plot twists, John Lawton's series of espionage thrillers feat… read more

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  • espionage
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4. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

By: Chester Nez , Judith Schiess Avila

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Na… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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5. Wave

By: Sonali Deraniyagala

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

6. When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge

By: Chanrithy Him

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fi… read more

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7. Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist

By: Michael Browning , William R. Maples

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, Dr. William Maples can deduce the age… read more

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8. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work

By: Matthew B. Crawford

4.00

Format: None pages,

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9. The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach

By: John C. McManus

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A white-knuckle account of the 1st Infantry Division's harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern secto… read more

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10. Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

By: Buddy Levy

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy r… read more

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11. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

By: Laurence Bergreen

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year… read more

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12. Troubled

By: Rob Henderson

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

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13. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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15. Cuba: An American History

By: Ada Ferrer

4.45

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Winner of The L. A. Times Book Prize (2021) in History ​“Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Double Agent (Kate Henderson #2) by Tom Bradby

16. Double Agent (Kate Henderson #2)

By: Tom Bradby

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Kidnapped in Venice by a Russian defector, Kate knows she's in trouble. But when he offers her conc… read more

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  • espionage
Cover of Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw

17. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder by John Glatt

18. The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder

By: John Glatt

4.01

Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition

Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau ho… read more

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

19. 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
  • adult
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of GRILLING DAHMER: The Interrogation Of "The Milwaukee Cannibal" by Patrick Kennedy

20. GRILLING DAHMER: The Interrogation Of "The Milwaukee Cannibal"

By: Patrick Kennedy

4.25

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

In the late hours of July 22, 1991, Detective Patrick "Pat" Kennedy of the Milwaukee Police Departm… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
Cover of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

21. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

By: Jonathan Blitzer

4.49

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari

22. There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

By: Anna Akbari

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of Dying for Daddy: The True Story of a Family's Worst Nightmare by Carlton Smith

23. Dying for Daddy: The True Story of a Family's Worst Nightmare

By: Carlton Smith

3.52

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Search for the Green River The account of the family tragedy th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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24. Assassins Anonymous

By: Rob Hart

3.96

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life… read more

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  • adult
"The difference between humility and humiliation is willingness. Ultimately, it's not for them. It's for me."

-Rob Hart, Assassins Anonymous

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25. The Right Kind of Crazy: Navy SEAL, Covert Operative, and Boy Scout from Hell

By: Clint Emerson

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Clint Emerson, Navy SEAL and author of the bestselling 100 Deadly Skills presents an explosive, dar… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • war
Cover of Displaced: A Holocaust Memoir and the Road to a New Beginning by Linda Schwab

26. Displaced: A Holocaust Memoir and the Road to a New Beginning

By: Linda Schwab

4.43

Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition

Linda Schwab survives 18 months in a man-made cave, a year as an exile in Poland and Germany, and t… read more

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Cover of Dead Doubles: The Extraordinary Worldwide Hunt for One of the Cold War's Most Notorious Spy Rings by Trevor Barnes

27. Dead Doubles: The Extraordinary Worldwide Hunt for One of the Cold War's Most Notorious Spy Rings

By: Trevor Barnes

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing but true story of one of the most notorious spy cases from the Cold War—and the int… read more

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  • espionage
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Marine Raiders: The True Story of the Legendary WWII Battalions by Carole Engle Avriett

28. Marine Raiders: The True Story of the Legendary WWII Battalions

By: Carole Engle Avriett

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

FORGOTTEN NO MORE. The American people revere their elite combat units, but one of these noble ban… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Shaman (Dan Stone Assassin, #2) by David Nees

29. The Shaman (Dan Stone Assassin, #2)

By: David Nees

4.50

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

The surprising follow up to "Payback", the debut thriller in the Dan Stone Assassin series."I dream… read more

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30. The Good Assassin: How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia

By: Stephan Talty

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of an Israeli spy’s epic journey to bring the notorious Butcher of Latvia to justi… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • israel
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
Cover of Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History by Kim A. Wagner

31. Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History

By: Kim A. Wagner

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this “forensic, unflinching, devastating work of historical recovery” (Sathnam Sanghera), Bud Da… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

14 Best history books like The Good Assassin: How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia by Stephan Talty

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Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.24

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Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

Chester Nez , Judith Schiess Avila

3.56

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

3.68

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Alex Finlay

3.79

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Paul Tremblay

3.45

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Louisa Luna

3.57

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