8 best-selling true crime books like Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff by Anthony McCann

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Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff

By: Anthony McCann

3.73

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In 2016, a group of armed, divinely inspired right-wing protestors led by Ammon Bundy occupied the …

If you liked the true crime plot in Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff by Anthony McCann , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero by Timothy Egan

1. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero

By: Timothy Egan

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award-winning and best-selling author Timothy Egan comes the epic story of o… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

2. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

By: Timothy Egan

4.38

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

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3. Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)

By: Lindsay Ellis

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Truth is a human right. It’s fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government mi… read more

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"I feel like an addict. Like if you leave, I'll go into withdrawal."

-Lindsay Ellis, Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)

"...she was struck suddenly that he wasn’t unfathomable at all. They were both made of the same star stuff. The same primordial fires that had coalesced to form their respective planets had been so cl…"

-Lindsay Ellis, Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)

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4. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Andrea Lankford

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"

-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

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5. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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6. Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more

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7. Sandy Hook

By: Elizabeth Williamson

4.29

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

Based on hundreds of hours of research, interviews, and access to exclusive sources and materials, … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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8. Dayswork

By: Chris Bachelder

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In wry, epigrammatic prose, Dayswork tells the story of a woman who spends the endless days of the … read more

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9. 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
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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10. The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America

By: Monica Potts

3.88

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed journalist tries to understand how she escaped her small-town in Arkansas while her br… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"When I was little, I thought that when people were drunk they were drunk forever. Later, I learned that this is not true. Even later, I learned that sometimes it is."

-Monica Potts, The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America

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11. The Night Always Comes

By: Willy Vlautin

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores the impact of trickle-down greed and opportunism of gen… read more

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12. Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge

By: Ted Conover

3.90

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Ted Conover, a … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • environment
Cover of They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency by Malcolm W. Nance

13. They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency

By: Malcolm W. Nance

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES, USA TODAY AND GREAT LAKES INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER ASSOCIATI… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

14. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
"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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15. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

By: John Green

4.36

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fict… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"We all know how loving ends. But I want to fall in love with the world anyway, to let it crack me open. I want to feel what there is to feel while I am here."

-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

"I...took some pride in 'not fulfilling my potential,' in part because I was terrified that if I tried my hardest, the world would learn I didn't actually have that much potential."

-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

"One of the strange things about adulthood is that you are your current self, but you are also all the selves you used to be, the ones you grew out of but can't ever quite get rid of."

-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

"I think two of the fundamental facts of being a person are 1. We must go on, and 2. None of us ever walks alone. We may feel alone (in fact, we will feel alone), but even in the crushing grind of iso…"

-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

Cover of We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism by Andy     Campbell

16. We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism

By: Andy Campbell

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A gripping investigation into the nation’s most notorious far-right group, revealing how they creat… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
Cover of Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism by Meagan Day

17. Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism

By: Meagan Day

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Bernie Sanders's 2016 candidacy expanded the scope of political possibility in the United States, p… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Day's Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism book and Anthony McCann's Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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
  • nonfiction
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19. Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more

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"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

Cover of Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff by Anthony McCann

20. Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff

By: Anthony McCann

3.73

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In 2016, a group of armed, divinely inspired right-wing protestors led by Ammon Bundy occupied the … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • westerns
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • environment
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21. War

By: Bob Woodward

4.43

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."

-Bob Woodward, War

"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"

-Bob Woodward, War

"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"

-Bob Woodward, War

"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"

-Bob Woodward, War

14 best-selling history books like Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff by Anthony McCann

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Timothy Egan

4.09

Transform Your Habits

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Timothy Egan

4.38

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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

4.22

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Sandy Hook

Elizabeth Williamson

4.29

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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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Jeff Guinn

4.06

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4.01

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