18 must-read nonfiction books like Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León

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Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

By: Jason De León

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An intense, intimate and first-of-its-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, b…

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1. Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

By: Jason De León

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An intense, intimate and first-of-its-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, b… read more

Similar categories in Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • audiobook
  • history
  • true crime
  • unfinished
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anthropology
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2. Sito: An American Teenager and the City that Failed Him

By: Laurence Ralph

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riveting and heart-wrenching story of violence, grief and the American justice system, exploring … read more

Similar categories in Laurence Ralph's Sito: An American Teenager and the City that Failed Him book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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3. My Side of the River

By: Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and wh… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez's My Side of the River book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

By: Michelle Horton

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Horton's Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • social justice
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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6. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)

By: Serj Tankian

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead… read more

Similar categories in Serj Tankian's Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts) book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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7. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

By: Donovan X. Ramsey

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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8. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

By: Thomas F. Schaller

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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9. Victim

By: Andrew Boryga

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bald-faced lies, and Javier Perez is will… read more

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  • audiobook
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10. We Burn Daylight

By: Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of star-crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks: what wo… read more

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  • audiobook
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11. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

By: Jonathan Blitzer

4.49

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Blitzer's Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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12. There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

By: Anna Akbari

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of th… read more

Similar categories in Anna Akbari's There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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13. Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

By: Chantha Nguon

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during… read more

Similar categories in Chantha Nguon's Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"When you must flee and can carry only one thing, what will it be? What single seed from your old life will be the most useful in helping you sow a new one?"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"A refugee must learn to be anything people want her to be at any given moment. But behind the masks, I am only myself - a mosaic of flavors from near and far."

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"But if there's one thing I learned from my mother, it's that losing everything is not the end of the story. She taught me that lost civilizations can be rebuilt from zero, even if the task will requi…"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"But the past never goes away. The fear and pain are still there, buried in our brains like mines. It is better to defuse them than to leave them entombed, quietly, waiting for a single misstep. That …"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

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14. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels

By: Pamela Prickett

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclai… read more

Similar categories in Pamela Prickett's The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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15. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

Similar categories in John Ganz's When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever by Kim Mager

16. A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever

By: Kim Mager

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager , a real-life version of Cla… read more

Similar categories in Kim Mager's A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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17. The Best Lies

By: David Ellis

4.02

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author David Ellis delivers a fast-paced, twisty thriller that will s… read more

Similar categories in David Ellis's The Best Lies book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • audiobook
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18. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Pelosi's The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

By: Valerie Bauerlein

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s viol… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America by Shad White

20. Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America

By: Shad White

4.10

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

How America’s youngest state auditor uncovered the largest public corruption scandal in the history… read more

Similar categories in Shad White's Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Problem with Change: And the Essential Nature of Human Performance

By: Ashley Goodall

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Why is constant change bad for business? Because it’s bad for human performance.   Once, the job of… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Goodall's The Problem with Change: And the Essential Nature of Human Performance book and Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

  • nonfiction

20 Top audiobook books like Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León

Transform Your Habits

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

Jason De León

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Sito: An American Teenager and the City that Failed Him

Laurence Ralph

3.95

Transform Your Habits

My Side of the River

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

3.78

Transform Your Habits

The Age of Grievance

Frank Bruni

4.13

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18 Best audiobook books like Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America by Shad White

Transform Your Habits

We Burn Daylight

Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

Transform Your Habits

They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms

Mike Hixenbaugh

4.48

Transform Your Habits

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

Anna Akbari

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

Joseph Cox

4.12

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