6 must-read biography books like Barry & 'the Boys': The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History by Daniel Hopsicker

Cover of Barry & 'the Boys': The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History by Daniel Hopsicker

Barry & 'the Boys': The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History

By: Daniel Hopsicker

4.20

Format: 482 pages, Paperback

Based on the author’s three-year-long investigation, this account exposes the story of lifelong CIA…

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1. Communion: A True Story

By: Whitley Strieber

3.51

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On December 26, 1985, at a secluded cabin in upstate New York, Whitley Strieber went skiing with hi… read more

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  • conspiracy theories
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Humanity could be clutching the frail barque of an outmoded world view while the wind of the mind is swaying the stars into very real craft, and out of them is coming… a faint call for help from a la…"

-Whitley Strieber, Communion: A True Story

"Whomever or whatever the visitors are, their activities go far beyond a mere study of mankind. They are involved with us on very deep levels, playing in the band of dream, weaving imagination & reali…"

-Whitley Strieber, Communion: A True Story

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2. JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters

By: James W. Douglass , James W Douglas

4.36

Format: 510 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating and disturbing book James Douglass presents a compelling account of why Preside… read more

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  • conspiracy theories
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"If we go as far as we can into the darkness, regardless of the consequences, I believe a midnight truth will free us from our bondage to violence and bring us to the light of peace."

-James W. Douglass, JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters

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3. Breakfast of Champions

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Breakfast of Champions,one of Kurt Vonnegut's most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore … read more

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4. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

By: Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry

4.06

Format: 687 pages, Paperback

Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"Deciding that his own life expectancy was directly proportional to his usefulness to Manson, Crockett made himself very useful, volunteering his truck to haul in supplies, and so forth."

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"Noting that it would be a long trial, with many witnesses, I recall the old Chinese proverb, "The palest ink is better than the best memory," urging the jury to take detailed notes to aid them in the…"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends to focus on the defense attorney and his client the accused, the prosecutor …"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"One day Manson tried with me. I stared right back, holding his gaze until his hands started shaking. During the recess, I slid my chair over next to his and asked, "What are you trembling about, Char…"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

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5. Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

By: Rick Perlstein

4.33

Format: 308 pages,

Politically insightful, Nixonland recaptures the turbulent 60s & early 70s, revealing how Dick Nixo… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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6. Trance: Formation of America

By: Cathy O'Brien , Mark Phillips

4.00

Format: 45 pages, Paperback

This book is amongst the most shocking ever to reach this desk. Trance Formation of America is the … read more

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  • conspiracy theories
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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7. Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion

By: Bruce Shlain , Martin A. Lee

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Acid Dreams is the complete social history of LSD & the counterculture it helped to define in the s… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. Sinister Forces—A Warm Gun: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft

By: Peter Levenda , Dick Russell

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The roots of coincidence and conspiracy in American politics, crime, and culture are investigated i… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime

9. Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippy Dream

By: Nick Bryant , David McGowan

4.12

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

As a native Angeleno who was born in 1960 and came of age in the 1970s, the music produced by the a… read more

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10. Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder

By: David McGowan

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The specter of the marauding serial killer has become a relatively common feature on the American l… read more

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11. Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia

By: Paul L. Williams

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This disturbing expose describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, … read more

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12. The Ultimate Evil: The Truth about the Cult Murders: Son of Sam and Beyond

By: Maury Terry

3.75

Format: None pages,

On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz for the "Son of Sam" murders that had terrori… read more

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13. Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses are Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, the JFK Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics

By: Jim Marrs , Edward T. Haslam

3.71

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stage for this gripping expose of … read more

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14. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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15. Goodnight Beautiful

By: Aimee Molloy

3.75

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

Newlyweds Sam Statler and Annie Potter are head over heels, and excited to say good-bye to New York… read more

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16. We Are All the Same in the Dark

By: Julia Heaberlin

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a girl abandoned by the side of the road threatens to unearth the long-buried secr… read more

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  • crime
"Imperfect pieces that when put together make something beautiful and original."

-Julia Heaberlin, We Are All the Same in the Dark

"Moral high ground is a pleasant place to perch, even if the view turns about to be rather limited, in scope."

-Julia Heaberlin, We Are All the Same in the Dark

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17. A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

By: Lisa Pease

4.30

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

In A Lie Too Big to Fail , longtime Kennedy researcher (of both JFK and RFK) Lisa Pease lays out, i… read more

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  • politics
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  • crime
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18. The Night Swim (Rachel Krall, #1)

By: Megan Goldin

4.04

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Ever since her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rache… read more

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  • crime
"It's a terrible thing for a person to have to stand in judgment of another."

-Megan Goldin, The Night Swim (Rachel Krall, #1)

"Rach, I still don’t get why you’re so obsessed about this thing. Because Hannah stood you up at the jetty?"

-Megan Goldin, The Night Swim (Rachel Krall, #1)

"Was it a poor decision for Kelly to walk home in dark? Teenagers routinely make poor decisions. Does that justify them being hurt, or assaulted, or raped? No it does not. A person should be able to w…"

-Megan Goldin, The Night Swim (Rachel Krall, #1)

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19. One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, Vol. 2

By: Whitney Alyse Webb

4.47

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

One Nation Under Blackmail is a damning indictment of the consequences resulting from the nearly ce… read more

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  • biography
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  • politics
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Cover of Barry & 'the Boys': The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History by Daniel Hopsicker

20. Barry & 'the Boys': The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History

By: Daniel Hopsicker

4.20

Format: 482 pages, Paperback

Based on the author’s three-year-long investigation, this account exposes the story of lifelong CIA… read more

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  • conspiracy theories
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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21. The Trigger: The Lie That Changed the World

By: David Icke

4.45

Format: 928 pages, Paperback

He wrote in the 90's about the 2008 Banking Crash, The War on Terror, Transhumanist Agenda, Microch… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11 best-selling history books like Barry & 'the Boys': The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History by Daniel Hopsicker

Transform Your Habits

JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters

James W. Douglass , James W Douglas

4.36

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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry

4.06

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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

Rick Perlstein

4.33

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Trance: Formation of America

Cathy O'Brien , Mark Phillips

4.00

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Saving Noah

Lucinda Berry

3.56

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

3.80

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First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

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