14 best-selling crime books like The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land by Sally Denton

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The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

By: Sally Denton

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of November 4, 2019, an unassuming caravan of women and children was ambushed by mas…

If you liked the crime plot in The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land by Sally Denton , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement

By: Irene Spencer

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Life for Irene Spencer was a series of devastating disappointments and hardships. Irene's first boo… read more

Similar categories in Irene Spencer's Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • true crime
  • cults
  • polygamy
  • mormonism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime

2. His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy

By: Susan Ray Schmidt

4.43

Format: 303 pages,

His Favorite Wifeis the heart-stopping, inspirational narrative of a courageous, fifteen-year-old g… read more

Similar categories in Susan Ray Schmidt's His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

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3. American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

By: Benjamin E. Park

4.21

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a pr… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin E. Park's American Zion: A New History of Mormonism book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • mormonism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

By: Sally Denton

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of November 4, 2019, an unassuming caravan of women and children was ambushed by mas… read more

Similar categories in Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • cults
  • polygamy
  • mormonism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in Timothy Egan's A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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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6. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

Similar categories in Antonia Hylton's Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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7. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

By: Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more

Similar categories in Roxanna Asgarian's We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

By: Jeff Guinn

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Guinn's Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls

By: Kathleen Hale

3.94

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the Am… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hale's Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

By: Erin Kimmerle

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more

Similar categories in Erin Kimmerle's We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. 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

Similar categories in Jeffrey Toobin's Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder

By: Susan Wels

3.33

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

This true crime odyssey explores a forgotten, astonishing chapter of American history, leading the … read more

Similar categories in Susan Wels's An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family

By: Susan Jonusas

3.45

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial … read more

Similar categories in Susan Jonusas's Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans

By: Jane Marie

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to ex… read more

Similar categories in Jane Marie's Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

By: Max Cutler

3.56

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on insi… read more

Similar categories in Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times

By: Leah Sottile

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD examines the culture of end times paranoia and a trail of mysterious d… read more

Similar categories in Leah Sottile's When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman

17. Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free

By: Sarah Weinman

3.55

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murde… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Weinman's Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco by Stephan Talty

18. Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco

By: Stephan Talty

3.95

Format: 446 pages, Hardcover

The first comprehensive account of David Koresh's life, his road to Waco, and the rise of governmen… read more

Similar categories in Stephan Talty's Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune

By: Alexander Stille

3.47

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The devolution of the Sullivan Institute, from psychoanalytic organization to insular, radical cult… read more

Similar categories in Alexander Stille's The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta by Beverly Lowry

20. Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta

By: Beverly Lowry

3.41

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author… read more

Similar categories in Beverly Lowry's Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Life as We Know It (Can Be): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World by Bill Weir

21. Life as We Know It (Can Be): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World

By: Bill Weir

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning journalist and CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir takes readers through time a… read more

Similar categories in Bill Weir's Life as We Know It (Can Be): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World book and Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

  • nonfiction

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American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

Benjamin E. Park

4.21

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3.49

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Timothy Egan

4.38

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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

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3.84

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Emily Lynn Paulson

3.62

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Kate Kennedy

3.78

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