6 best-selling historical books like Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

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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…

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1. American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing

By: None , None

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

April 19, 1995. The Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City is ravaged by a vicious bombing that… read more

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2. 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

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • 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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3. 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

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

By: Daniel Stashower

3.50

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. 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

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. 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

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. 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

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders

By: John Glatt

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Tangled Vines , bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigiou… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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

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  • 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

11. 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

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • 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 When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

12. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right

By: Matthew Dallek

3.97

Format: None pages, Audiobook

How a notorious far right organization set the Republican Party on a long march toward extremism At… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Serial Killer's Apprentice by Katherine Ramsland

14. The Serial Killer's Apprentice

By: Katherine Ramsland

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A psychological examination of the blurred line between victim and accomplice―and how a killer can … read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Rajneeshpuram: Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia by Russell    King

15. Rajneeshpuram: Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia

By: Russell King

4.00

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“Russell King has written the most definitive account of this grand American saga. Rajneeshpuram is… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • 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

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In Plain Sight: The Kaufman County Prosecutor Murders by Kathryn Casey

17. In Plain Sight: The Kaufman County Prosecutor Murders

By: Kathryn Casey

4.17

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

JUDGE. JURY. EXECUTIONER. On a cold January morning, the killer executed Assistant District Attorn… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

18. Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias

By: Kevin Cook

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A news-making account of the war between David Koresh’s Branch Davidians and the FBI, and how their… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter

19. Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family

By: Jess Walter

4.15

Format: 603 pages, Kindle Edition

On the last hot day of summer in 1992, gunfire cracked over a rocky knob in northern Idaho, just s… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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20. Małe pająki

By: Łukasz Barys

3.47

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

(Nie)zwykłe życie. Miłość, literatura i poszukiwanie własnej drogi. Nowa powieść laureata Paszpo… read more

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Cover of Kent State: An American Tragedy by Brian VanDeMark

21. Kent State: An American Tragedy

By: Brian VanDeMark

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illu… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

18 must-read audiobook books like Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

Transform Your Habits

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

4.38

Transform Your Habits

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Transform Your Habits

American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

Daniel Stashower

3.50

Transform Your Habits

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

Jeff Guinn

4.06

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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

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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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