16 must-read true crime books like Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen

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Parkland: Birth of a Movement

By: Dave Cullen

3.98

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Columbine offers a deeply moving account of the extraordin…

If you liked the true crime plot in Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters

By: Peter Langman

3.83

Format: 193 pages, Hardcover

Ten years after the school massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, school shootings are a ne… read more

Similar categories in Peter Langman's Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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2. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

By: Sue Klebold

4.14

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Co… read more

Similar categories in Sue Klebold's A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
"A faraway look—I have heard suicidologist Thomas Joiner refer to it as “the thousand-yard stare"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Indeed, I would not achieve the integration I sought until I found two nutrients essential to so many survivors. First, I found community and then I found a way to contribute."

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"People refer to the fog of war, and I am sure something similar applies to my situation. If I hadn't kept a running record of the days, weeks, and years, the fog would have swallowed too much of the …"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Cover of Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--and Why It Still Matters by Andrew Gumbel, Roger G. Charles

3. Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--and Why It Still Matters

By: Andrew Gumbel , Roger G. Charles

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Oklahoma Cityis a riveting account of one of the deadliest acts of terrorism on American soil, comb… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Gumbel's Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--and Why It Still Matters book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
Cover of Newtown: An American Tragedy by Matthew Lysiak

4. Newtown: An American Tragedy

By: Matthew Lysiak

3.77

Format: 341 pages, ebook

A journalist for The Daily News (New York) offers a "meticulous account of the Newtown massacre and… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Lysiak's Newtown: An American Tragedy book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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5. Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

By: Jon Krakauer

3.89

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

Missoula, Montana is a typical college town, home to a highly regarded state university whose belov… read more

Similar categories in Jon Krakauer's Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Second Amendment

By: Michael Waldman

3.50

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

A Biography By the president of the prestigious Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, th… read more

Similar categories in Michael Waldman's The Second Amendment book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

7. Columbine: A True Crime Story

By: Jeff Kass

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Literary Nonfiction. United States Studies. With a foreword by Douglas Brinkley and cover illustrat… read more

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8. Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America

By: Adam Winkler

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gunfightpromises to be a seminal work in its examination of America's four-centuries-long political… read more

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9. Parkland: Birth of a Movement

By: Dave Cullen

3.98

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Columbine offers a deeply moving account of the extraordin… read more

Similar categories in Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • social justice
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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10. 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

Similar categories in Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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12. Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America

By: Mark Follman

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“An urgent read that illuminates real possibility for change.” —John Carreyrou,  New York Times  be… read more

Similar categories in Mark Follman's Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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13. While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

By: J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “Univers… read more

Similar categories in J. Reuben Appelman's While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin by James L. Swanson

14. Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin

By: James L. Swanson

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing account of the assassination of America's most beloved and celebrated civil rights l… read more

Similar categories in James L. Swanson's Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

15. 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

Similar categories in Adam Higginbotham's Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings by William H. Reid

16. A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings

By: William H. Reid

3.89

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

James Holmes killed or wounded seventy people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Only one man … read more

Similar categories in William H. Reid's A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 by Cameron McWhirter

17. American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15

By: Cameron McWhirter

4.29

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The epic history of America’s most controversial weaponIn the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer… read more

Similar categories in Cameron McWhirter's American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Children Under Fire: An American Crisis by John Woodrow Cox

18. Children Under Fire: An American Crisis

By: John Woodrow Cox

4.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Based on the acclaimed series—a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—an intimate account of the devastat… read more

Similar categories in John Woodrow Cox's Children Under Fire: An American Crisis book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter by Seamus McGraw

19. From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter

By: Seamus McGraw

3.79

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

We, as a nation, have become desensitized to the shock and pain in the wake of mass shootings. In t… read more

Similar categories in Seamus McGraw's From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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20. Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist

By: Jasmin Graham

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From a marine biologist and co-founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences, a powerful debut the uplif… read more

Similar categories in Jasmin Graham's Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories by Sarah Lerner

21. Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories

By: Sarah Lerner

4.52

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Featuring art and writing from the students of the Parkland tragedy, this is a raw look at the even… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Lerner's Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories book and Dave Cullen's Parkland: Birth of a Movement

  • nonfiction
  • true crime

16 must-read audiobook books like Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen

Transform Your Habits

Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters

Peter Langman

3.83

Transform Your Habits

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Sue Klebold

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Newtown: An American Tragedy

Matthew Lysiak

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

Jon Krakauer

3.89

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19 must-read audiobook books like Sandy Hook by Elizabeth Williamson

Transform Your Habits

Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters

Peter Langman

3.83

Transform Your Habits

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Sue Klebold

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Newtown: An American Tragedy

Matthew Lysiak

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Columbine

Dave Cullen

4.29

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