16 best-selling history books like Sandy Hook by Elizabeth Williamson

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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, …

If you liked the history plot in Sandy Hook by Elizabeth Williamson , 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • history
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • 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 Newtown: An American Tragedy by Matthew Lysiak

3. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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4. Columbine

By: Dave Cullen

4.29

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

"The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror . . . " So begins a new epilogue, ill… read more

Similar categories in Dave Cullen's Columbine book and Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • history
  • true crime
  • crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"The final portrait is often furthest from the truth."

-Dave Cullen, Columbine

"What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?"

-Dave Cullen, Columbine

"The goal with hostages is to gradually lower expectations; in nonhostage crises, it's to lower emotions."

-Dave Cullen, Columbine

"You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself."

-Dave Cullen, Columbine

5. No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine

By: Brooks Brown , None

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

On April 20, 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, two seniors at Columbine High School in Littleton… read more

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6. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of On the Job: The Untold Story of America's Work Centers and the New Fight for Wages, Dignity, and Health by Celeste Monforton

7. On the Job: The Untold Story of America's Work Centers and the New Fight for Wages, Dignity, and Health

By: Celeste Monforton

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The inspiring story of worker centers that are cropping up across the country and leading the fight… read more

Similar categories in Celeste Monforton's On the Job: The Untold Story of America's Work Centers and the New Fight for Wages, Dignity, and Health book and Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • nonfiction
Cover of Sandy Hook by Elizabeth  Williamson

8. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

9. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America by Mark Follman

10. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

11. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen  Hale

12. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • history
  • true crime
  • crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America by Will Sommer

13. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

By: Will Sommer

4.09

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, ho… read more

Similar categories in Will Sommer's Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America book and Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students by J. Reuben Appelman

14. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

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

15. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

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

16. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • 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 In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child by Kim Cross

17. In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child

By: Kim Cross

4.30

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Inv… read more

Similar categories in Kim Cross's In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child book and Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings by William H. Reid

18. 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 Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • american history
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders by Howard Blum

19. When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders

By: Howard Blum

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, inside story of the Idaho murders from bestselling author Howard Blum, whose ground… read more

Similar categories in Howard Blum's When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders book and Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • history
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Pulse: The Untold Story by Trevor Aaronson

20. Pulse: The Untold Story

By: Trevor Aaronson

4.09

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Pulse: The Untold Story, an Audible Original from journalist Trevor Aaronson and Western Sound, inv… read more

Similar categories in Trevor Aaronson's Pulse: The Untold Story book and Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

21. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

Similar categories in Jesselyn Cook's The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family book and Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook

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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20 must-read audiobook books like Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America by Will Sommer

Transform Your Habits

Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

Mike Rothschild

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

Derek Beres

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

4.45

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