Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice
By: Christine Kenneally
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The shocking secret history of twentieth-century orphanages—which for decades hid violence, abuse, …
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1. Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
By: Tim Reiterman
3.80
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
The basis for the upcoming HBO miniseries and the "definitive account of the Jonestown massacre" (R… read more
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- history
- true crime
- religion
- nonfiction
- crime
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
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"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
3. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
4. Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
By: Jillian Lauren
3.38
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
He was sitting right across the table...and he would have killed her if he could. Jillian Lauren ha… read more
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- history
- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
- horror
- crime
- audiobook
5. While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
By: Meg Kissinger
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illnes… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi
By: Susan Hendricks
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Former CNN/HLN anchor and veteran broadcast journalist Susan Hendricks takes an investigative deep-… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
7. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
By: Antonia Hylton
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
8. 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
- adult
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
9. Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
By: Rachel Louise Snyder
3.94
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
For decades, Rachel Louise Snyder has been a fierce advocate reporting on the darkest social issues… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"I didn't intentionally gravitate towards stories of women. I was interested in human rights, which often boiled down to this question: who was winning and who was losing? And over and over again, cou…"-Rachel Louise Snyder, Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
10. Wszystko mam bardziej. Życie w spektrum autyzmu
By: Jacek Hołub
4.10
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
O tym, dlaczego dorośli decydują się na diagnozę, dlaczego autyzm to nie zawsze supermoce, o codzie… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice
By: Christine Kenneally
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The shocking secret history of twentieth-century orphanages—which for decades hid violence, abuse, … read more
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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- adult
- religion
- nonfiction
- horror
- crime
- audiobook
12. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder
By: Edward Humes
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
13. 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
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
14. Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America
By: Audrey Clare Farley
3.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Hidden Valley Road and Patient H.M., an "intimate and compassionate portrait" (Grace… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
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
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- american history
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
16. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more
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- history
- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
17. Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery
By: Earl Swift
3.98
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new wor… read more
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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- horror
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- audiobook
18. Evidence of Things Seen
By: Sarah Weinman
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts, a groundbreaking new anthology sh… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
19. 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
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- history
- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
20. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
By: Barbara Butcher
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more
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"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
21. 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
- nonfiction
- crime
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22. Sprawa lorda Rosewortha
By: Małgorzata Starosta
3.48
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Sierpień 1959 roku. Jonathan Harper, prywatny detektyw borykający się z osobistą stratą, na prośbę … read more
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- audiobook
23. The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring
By: Patti McCracken
3.45
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Angel Makers is a true-crime story like no other--a 1920s midwife who may have been the century… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- adult
- nonfiction
- horror
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- audiobook
24. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia
By: Gregory J. Wallance
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
25. Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims
By: Jennifer Vanderbes
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century and the never-before-told st… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
26. Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy
By: Alex Mar
3.98
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl's shocking crime--and its… read more
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- history
- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
27. Cienie dawnych grzechów
By: Mieczysław Gorzka
3.31
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Jak długie mogą być cienie dawnych grzechów, pozornie zapomnianych, lecz nigdy nieodpokutowanych? … read more
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- audiobook
28. A Most Tolerant Little Town: A Forgotten Story of Desegregation in America
By: Rachel Louise Martin
4.22
Format: 384 pages, ebook
An intimate portrait of a small town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forg… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Lękowi
By: Arkadiusz Lorenc
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Kołatanie serca, duszności, bóle brzucha – to typowe objawy płynące z ciała, jakie może wywoływać l… read more
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30. The Curse: A Shocking True Story of Superstition, Human Sacrifice and Cannibalism
By: Ryan Green
3.89
Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1894, Leonarda Cianciulli was born into an abusive household. As a young girl, she attempted sui… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- horror
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- audiobook
31. Kryminalna historia Watykanu
By: Arkadiusz Stempin
3.66
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
Prawdziwą historię Watykanu pudrowano ckliwymi historiami o dobrych papieżach i świętych wędrującyc… read more
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