16 best-selling nonfiction books like The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the FBI's Battle to Stop It by John Wigger

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The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the FBI's Battle to Stop It

By: John Wigger

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In 1971, "D. B. Cooper" pulled off what some call the crime of the century, skyjacking a Boeing 727…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the FBI's Battle to Stop It by John Wigger , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Bitter Harvest

By: Ann Rule

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

On the night of October 23/24, 1995 in Prairie Village, Kansas, a fierce, wind-driven fire devastat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime

2. Armada

By: Ernest Cline

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like… read more

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3. The Onion Field

By: Joseph Wambaugh

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destini… read more

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4. Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

By: Gilbert King

3.67

Format: 348 pages, ebook

Devil in the Groveis the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Arguably the mos… read more

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5. UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There

By: Garrett M. Graff

3.73

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author Garrett M. Graff comes the first comprehensive and eye-openi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. 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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7. 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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  • american history
  • 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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8. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
"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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9. 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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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
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10. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
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11. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

By: Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
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12. Ghost Station

By: S.A. Barnes

3.57

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.… read more

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13. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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14. Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter

By: Lucy O'Brien

3.90

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A groundbreaking biography reevaluating the life and legacy of transcendent musician Karen Carpente… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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15. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

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16. Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on America’s Deadliest Waterway

By: Randall Sullivan

3.30

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritimehistory, adventure journalism, and… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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17. The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women

By: Barbie Latza Nadeau

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“ The Godmother [is a] crisply written, dutifully researched book exploring the role of women in th… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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18. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

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19. Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El Dorado, the Legendary City of Gold

By: Keith Thomson

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The transporting account of an obsessive quest to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Eliza… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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20. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

By: Valerie Bauerlein

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s viol… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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21. The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the FBI's Battle to Stop It

By: John Wigger

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In 1971, "D. B. Cooper" pulled off what some call the crime of the century, skyjacking a Boeing 727… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • aviation
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