17 must-read nonfiction books like Muncie Murder & Mayhem by Douglas Walker

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Muncie Murder & Mayhem

By: Douglas Walker

4.14

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

The authors of Wicked Muncie tell the city’s lurid history in the true stories of its most infamous…

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1. Penpal

By: Dathan Auerbach

3.86

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

Penpal began as a series of short and interconnected stories posted on an online horror forum. Befo… read more

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  • crime
"Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves"

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"Memories extend our lives backward through time, making them feel longer."

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"Our loved ones pass away or simply leave our lives forever too soon, and we think to ourselves, “I wasn’t ready for you to leave. It just wasn’t time,"

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"We want so badly to be happy – to live the kinds of lives that we always hoped we’d live – that we give gifts to ourselves by remembering things not as they were, but as we wish they were."

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

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2. Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue

By: Jane Pauley

3.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Truth arrives in microscopic increments, and when enough has accumulated–in a moment of recognitio… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

By: Kevin DeYoung

4.10

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

We've all heard it. We've all said it. All too often, busyness gets the best of us. Just one loo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We will have to work hard to rest."

-Kevin DeYoung, Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

"Effective love is rarely efficient."

-Kevin DeYoung, Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

"I can turn every "is" into "ought "."

-Kevin DeYoung, Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

"Battling busyness is a community response."

-Kevin DeYoung, Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

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4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

By: Caitlin Doughty

4.22

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degre… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Your relationship to mortality is your own."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

"In spite of my fear of living, I chose not to die."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

"A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

"The fear of death is why we build cathedrals, have children, declare war, and watch cat videos online at three a.m."

-Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

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5. The Lake House

By: Kate Morton

4.43

Format: None pages,

Living on her family's idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inq… read more

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6. The Address

By: Fiona Davis

3.00

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Fiona Davis, author of The Dollhouse, returns with a compelling novel about the thin lines between … read more

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7. The Dollhouse

By: Fiona Davis

4.00

Format: 139 pages,

Fiona Davis's stunning debut novel pulls readers into the lush world of New York City's glamorous B… read more

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8. Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

By: Bob Goff

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Now a New York Times Bestseller! As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Simply put: love does."

-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

"...love is never stationary."

-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

"Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith."

-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

"When you trust someone, you don't need to know everything."

-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

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9. Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions

By: Rachel Held Evans

3.98

Format: None pages,

Eighty years after the Scopes Monkey Trial made a spectacle of Christian fundamentalism and brought… read more

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  • nonfiction

10. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss

By: Anderson Cooper , Gloria Vanderbilt

3.33

Format: 161 pages, ebook

A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, o… read more

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11. One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

By: Ann Voskamp

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Just like you, Ann Voskamp hungers to live her one life well. Forget the bucket lists that have us … read more

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12. Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

By: Nabeel Qureshi

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An Unexpected Journey from Islam to Christianity In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi de… read more

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13. Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better

By: Brant Hansen

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Not entitled to get angry? Really? It's a radical, provocative idea: We're not entitled to get offe… read more

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14. Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

By: Rachel Held Evans

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

New York Timesbestselling author Rachel Held Evans embarks on a quest to find out what it really me… read more

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15. Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

By: Francis Chan , Danae Yankoski , Chris Tomlin

4.17

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

Have you ever wondered if we're missing it? It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the unive… read more

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  • nonfiction
"True faith manifests itself through our actions."

-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

"We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator."

-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

"Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers."

-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

"Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God."

-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

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16. My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.54

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And … read more

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"Some girls just don't know how to die."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Is it really winning if everybody dies?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Horror's not a symptom, it's a love affair."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"We all become history at some point or another, right?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

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17. Counting the Cost

By: Jill Duggar

4.06

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family… read more

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  • nonfiction
"He loved spending time with us and told us often that we were his number one hobby."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"Sometimes you have to be okay with other people not being okay with you. And you have to be okay with you not being okay too."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"The dangers were not just out there on the street or in the mall, and they weren't just limited to the summer. They were closer to home as I soon discovered."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"It's like roses and thorns, justice and grace. You can recognize the beauty and happy parts of your story while also recognizing the more difficult parts. The two can coexist. The highs aren't automa…"

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

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18. Madhouse at the End of the Earth

By: Julian Sancton

4.27

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

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19. 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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20. It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

By: Lysa TerKeurst

4.30

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

What do you do when God’s timing seems questionable, His lack of intervention hurtful, and His prom… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The enemy may be vicious, but he is not victorious."

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

"Who told you that you were naked? Who told you that you are anything less than a most glorious creation of the Almighty God? Who spoke words over you and about you that stripped you bare and broke yo…"

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

"I'd insist that we all out same canvases and paint together. You might not want to, but I'd assure you that we needn't be so worried about painting masterpieces. People are the masterpieces, and you …"

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

"The human heart was created in the context of the perfection of the garden of Eden. But we don’t live there now. This is why our instincts keep firing off the lie that perfection is possible. We have…"

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

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21. The Nurse's Secret

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.15

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

The unflinching, spellbinding new book from the acclaimed author of The Second Life of Mirielle Wes… read more

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22. The Last Thing to Burn

By: Will Dean

4.04

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

A woman being held captive is willing to risk everything to save herself, her unborn child, and her… read more

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  • crime
"What saves me is people. Strangers. Old women. Shopkeepers. Young lovers and milkmen doing their rounds and window cleaners with ladders fixed on top of their vans. Individuals oblivious to one anoth…"

-Will Dean, The Last Thing to Burn

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23. The Masterpiece

By: Fiona Davis

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In her latest captivating novel, nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the g… read more

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24. Canary in the Coal Mine: A Forgotten Rural Community, a Hidden Epidemic, and a Lone Doctor Battling for the Life, Health, and Soul of the People

By: William Cooke

3.94

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

One doctor's courageous fight to save a small town from a silent epidemic that threatened the commu… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight by Shawn Cohen

25. College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight

By: Shawn Cohen

3.69

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A gripping true crime book about a college girl who disappeared in plain sight When Lauren Spierer―… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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26. Who Was Frank Lloyd Wright?

By: Ellen Labrecque

4.07

Format: 95 pages, Kindle Edition

Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright became obsessed with a set of building blocks his mot… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. Who Is Kamala Harris? (Who HQ Now)

By: Kirsten Anderson

4.01

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

The inspiring story of Vice President Kamala Harris told in the new Who HQ Now format for trending … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. What in the World?!: A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings

By: Leanne Morgan

4.59

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From dealing with your mean teenage daughter to rebelling against the latest diet trend, America’s … read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Muncie Murder & Mayhem

By: Douglas Walker

4.14

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

The authors of Wicked Muncie tell the city’s lurid history in the true stories of its most infamous… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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30. Wicked Muncie

By: Keith Roysdon

3.74

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Explore the notorious and unusual side of Muncie's history. Muncie is the classic small American ci… read more

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  • history
Cover of The Westside Park Murders: Muncie’s Most Notorious Cold Case (True Crime) by Keith Roysdon

31. The Westside Park Murders: Muncie’s Most Notorious Cold Case (True Crime)

By: Keith Roysdon

3.03

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

On a warm night in September 1985, teenagers Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon were brutally murdered… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

6 Top history books like Muncie Murder & Mayhem by Douglas Walker

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Madhouse at the End of the Earth

Julian Sancton

4.27

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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

4.60

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Kirsten Anderson

4.01

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Timothy Egan

4.05

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Margaret Renkl

4.37

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Tom Doyle

4.70

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Anne Lamott

3.95

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