10 Best crime books like The White House Plumbers by Egil “Bud” Krogh

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The White House Plumbers

By: Egil “Bud” Krogh

3.35

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

NOW A FIVE-PART HBO SERIES, STARRING WOODY HARRELSON AND JUSTIN THEROUX The true story of The Whit…

If you liked the crime plot in The White House Plumbers by Egil “Bud” Krogh , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Final Days

By: Bob Woodward , Carl Bernstein

3.50

Format: 192 pages,

The Final Daysis the classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon's dramatic last months as … read more

Similar categories in Bob Woodward's The Final Days book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
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2. All the President’s Men

By: Bob Woodward , Carl Bernstein

4.18

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The full account of the Watergate scandal from the two Washington Post reporters who broke the stor… read more

Similar categories in Bob Woodward's All the President’s Men book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"The invariable question, asked only half-mockingly of reporters by editors at the Post (and then up the hierarchical line of editors) was 'What have you done for me today?' Yesterday was for the hist…"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

"Bernstein looked like one of those counterculture journalists that Woodward despised. Bernstein thought that Woodward's rapid rise at the Post had less to do with his ability than his Establishment c…"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

"Rosenfeld runs the metropolitan staff, the Post's largest, like a football coach. He prods his players, letting them know that he has promised the front office results, pleading, yelling, cajoling, p…"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

"Simons, as restrained as Bradlee could be hard-charging and obstreperous, liked to tell of watching Bradlee grind his cigarrettes out in a demitasse cup during a formal dinner party. Bradlee was one …"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

3. 1968: The Year That Rocked the World

By: Mark Kurlansky

4.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

Brings to teeming life the cultural and political history of the pivotal year of 1968, when televis… read more

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4. Richard Nixon: The Life

By: John A. Farrell

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prize-winning biographer, and lively on the pa… read more

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5. The Last of the President's Men

By: Bob Woodward

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A new work of narrative nonfiction from bestselling author Bob Woodward. Bob Woodward exposes on… read more

Similar categories in Bob Woodward's The Last of the President's Men book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"K [Kissinger] called from New York all disturbed because he felt someone had been getting to the P [President] on Vietnam... Henry's concerned that the P's looking for a way to bug out and he thinks …"

-Bob Woodward, The Last of the President's Men

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6. The White House Plumbers

By: Egil “Bud” Krogh

3.35

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

NOW A FIVE-PART HBO SERIES, STARRING WOODY HARRELSON AND JUSTIN THEROUX The true story of The Whit… read more

Similar categories in Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

8. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

Similar categories in Rory Carroll's There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

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

Similar categories in Jeffrey Toobin's Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. Watergate: A New History

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.49

Format: 832 pages, Hardcover

From Garrett​ Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more

Similar categories in Garrett M. Graff's Watergate: A New History book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of An Ordinary Man:  The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith

11. An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

By: Richard Norton Smith

4.46

Format: 992 pages, Hardcover

From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including G… read more

Similar categories in Richard Norton Smith's An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector by Amit Katwala

12. Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

By: Amit Katwala

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A thrilling account of the creation of the so-called lie detector, exploring shocking murders and d… read more

Similar categories in Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The President's Man: The Memoirs of Nixon's Trusted Aide by Dwight Chapin

13. The President's Man: The Memoirs of Nixon's Trusted Aide

By: Dwight Chapin

4.02

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In time for the 50 th anniversary of President Nixon’s epic trips to China and Russia, as well as h… read more

Similar categories in Dwight Chapin's The President's Man: The Memoirs of Nixon's Trusted Aide book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Watergate Girl by Jill Wine-Banks

14. The Watergate Girl

By: Jill Wine-Banks

4.09

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Obstruction of justice, the specter of impeachment, sexism at work, shocking revelations: Jill Wine… read more

Similar categories in Jill Wine-Banks's The Watergate Girl book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump by Bob Woodward

15. The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump

By: Bob Woodward

4.27

Format: 12 pages, Audiobook

 “I’m doing something here that I’ve never done before, presenting the lengthy, raw interviews of m… read more

Similar categories in Bob Woodward's The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

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

16. 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 Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate by Tom Brokaw

17. The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate

By: Tom Brokaw

3.56

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The last year of the Nixon presidency was filled with power politics, legal jiu-jitsu and high-stak… read more

Similar categories in Tom Brokaw's The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy by James Risen

18. The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy

By: James Risen

4.13

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Witnesses were mysteriously murdered. The FBI, NSA, CIA, and even the IRS were on the warpath. It w… read more

Similar categories in James Risen's The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars by Kliph Nesteroff

19. Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars

By: Kliph Nesteroff

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the preeminent historian of modern comedy comes an expansive history of showbiz and the cultur… read more

Similar categories in Kliph Nesteroff's Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley

20. Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate

By: Jefferson Morley

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For the 50th anniversary of the Watergate The untold story of President Richard Nixon, CIA Directo… read more

Similar categories in Jefferson Morley's Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President by Geoff Shepard

21. The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President

By: Geoff Shepard

4.46

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Geoff Shepard’s shocking exposé of corrupt collusion between prosecutors, judges, and congressional… read more

Similar categories in Geoff Shepard's The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President book and Egil “Bud” Krogh's The White House Plumbers

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

17 Best audiobook books like The White House Plumbers by Egil “Bud” Krogh

Transform Your Habits

The Last of the President's Men

Bob Woodward

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The White House Plumbers

Egil “Bud” Krogh

3.35

Transform Your Habits

Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

Jeff Guinn

4.06

Transform Your Habits

There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

Rory Carroll

4.38

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18 Best audiobook books like Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars by Kliph Nesteroff

Transform Your Habits

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Transform Your Habits

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Rob Harvilla

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

David Zucker

4.17

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