True Crime - US Politics
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Chappaquiddick: Power, Privilege, and the Ted Kennedy Cover-Up
by:
Leo Damore
3.65 avg rating — 776 ratings 2. 
The Catcher in the Rye Enigma (The Underground Knowledge Series, #4)
by:
James Morcan
3.65 avg rating — 198 ratings 3. 
Implosion at Los Alamos - How Crime, Corruption and Cover-ups Jeopardize America's Nuclear Weapons Secrets
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Glenn Walp
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 4. 
Lobster Boy: The Bizarre Life and Brutal Death of Grady Stiles Jr.
by:
Fred Rosen
3.41 avg rating — 393 ratings 
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Freedom on Trial: The First Post-Civil War Battle Over Civil Rights and Voter Suppression
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Scott Farris
4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings 7. 
Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love
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Wendy Ruderman
3.76 avg rating — 991 ratings 8. 
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
by:
Jenny Lawson
3.90 avg rating — 198,664 ratings 9. 
A Convenient Spy: Wen Ho Lee and the Politics of Nuclear Espionage
by:
Dan Stober
3.64 avg rating — 36 ratings 9. 
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
by:
Thomas Cahill
3.81 avg rating — 46,388 ratings 11. 
Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency from the Cold War Through the Dawn of a New Century
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James Bamford
3.91 avg rating — 1,791 ratings 
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The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President
by:
Edward Klein
3.37 avg rating — 602 ratings 
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And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
by:
Steve Oney
4.07 avg rating — 474 ratings 15. 
Texas Connection: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
by:
Craig I. Zirbel
3.68 avg rating — 85 ratings 15. 
Who Killed Bobby?: The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy
by:
Shane O'Sullivan
4.14 avg rating — 131 ratings 15. 
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American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History
by:
Casey Michel
4.13 avg rating — 683 ratings 15. 
Mission Omission: Exposing Invisible Lies and the Ace up Evil's Sleeve
by:
Jeff Seeley
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 
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Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
by:
Michael Isikoff
4.20 avg rating — 6,660 ratings 23. 
Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration 4.24 avg rating — 1,189 ratings
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Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders
by:
John Glatt
3.93 avg rating — 3,494 ratings 29. 
Rads: The 1970 Bombing of the Army Math Research Center at the University of Wisconsin and Its Aftermath
by:
Tom Bates
4.05 avg rating — 97 ratings 
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The School of the Americas: Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas
by:
Lesley Gill
3.84 avg rating — 137 ratings 29. 
Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World
by:
Casey Michel
4.12 avg rating — 288 ratings 33. 
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
by:
Steve Coll
4.31 avg rating — 18,331 ratings 33. 
Murder in the Model City: The Black Panthers, Yale, And the Redemption of a Killer
by:
Paul Bass
3.62 avg rating — 65 ratings 
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Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape
by:
Jessica Luther
4.26 avg rating — 373 ratings 37. 
My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused of Being a Spy
by:
Wen Ho Lee
3.67 avg rating — 121 ratings 
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Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South (Haymarket Series) 3.85 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by:
Barack Obama
3.94 avg rating — 229,616 ratings 42. 
David Dellinger: The Life and Times of a Nonviolent Revolutionary
by:
Andrew E. Hunt
4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings 42. 
Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
by:
Adrian Havill
4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings 42. 
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
by:
Mitchell Zuckoff
4.30 avg rating — 24,829 ratings 42. 
Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children 3.97 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Whistleblower, Soldier, Spy: A Journey Into the Dark Heart of the Global War on Terror
by:
Tom Clonan
4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings 
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The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
by:
Jeffrey Haas
4.46 avg rating — 2,713 ratings 
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Exposure: Inside the Olympus Scandal: How I Went from CEO to Whistleblower (2012)
by:
Michael Woodford
3.83 avg rating — 659 ratings 53. 
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Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics
by:
Kay Whitlock
3.88 avg rating — 51 ratings 
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The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI
by:
Betty Medsger
4.03 avg rating — 1,429 ratings 57. 
The Bush Crime Family: The Inside Story of an American Dynasty
by:
Roger Stone
4.17 avg rating — 173 ratings 
61. 
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
by:
Joseph J. Ellis
3.95 avg rating — 46,973 ratings 61. 
In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti: Double Lives, Troubled Times, and the Massachusetts Murder Case That Shook the World
by:
Susan Tejada
3.81 avg rating — 106 ratings 61. 
Dorothy, "An Amoral and Dangerous Woman": The Murder of E. Howard Hunt's Wife – Watergate's Darkest Secret
by:
John Hunt
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 86 ratings 61. 
In Bed with Wall Street: How Bankers, Regulators and Politicians Conspire to Cripple Our Global Economy
by:
Larry Doyle
3.82 avg rating — 45 ratings 65. 
Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice
by:
Sidney Powell
4.46 avg rating — 1,462 ratings 
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Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton
by:
Barbara Olson
3.82 avg rating — 236 ratings 67. 
The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition
by:
Linda Gordon
3.82 avg rating — 1,271 ratings 
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A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland
by:
Charles Lachman
3.73 avg rating — 497 ratings 71. 
Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider s Account of the Politics of Intelligence 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Vaquita: Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez
by:
Brooke Bessesen
4.28 avg rating — 165 ratings 74. 
Undercover Epicenter Nurse: How Fraud, Negligence, and Greed Led to Unnecessary Deaths at Elmhurst Hospital 4.18 avg rating — 286 ratings
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North of Havana: The Untold Story of Dirty Politics, Secret Diplomacy, and the Trial of the Cuban Five
by:
Martin Garbus
3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings 77. 
Unreported Truths about COVID-19 and Lockdowns: Part 1: Introduction and Death Counts and Estimates
by:
Alex Berenson
4.59 avg rating — 3,729 ratings 80. 
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
by:
Annie Jacobsen
4.32 avg rating — 6,439 ratings 80. 
Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street
by:
Neil Barofsky
3.90 avg rating — 1,842 ratings 82. 
I Shot Andy Warhol: Includes Valerie Solanas's SCUM Manifesto
by:
Mary Harron
3.78 avg rating — 133 ratings 82. 
Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin
by:
James L. Swanson
4.18 avg rating — 1,419 ratings 82. 
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The Plot to Kill King: The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 4.07 avg rating — 215 ratings
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A Texan Looks at Lyndon: A Study in Illegitimate Power
by:
J. Evetts Haley
3.40 avg rating — 52 ratings 87. 
Assassination Generation: Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
by:
Dave Grossman
3.71 avg rating — 334 ratings 
89. 
Assassin of Youth: A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslinger’s War on Drugs
by:
Alexandra Chasin
4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings 89. 
Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich
by:
Peter Schweizer
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,085 ratings 91. 
The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair 3.74 avg rating — 725 ratings
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Year of the Rat: How Bill Clinton and Al Gore Compromised U.S. Security for Chinese Cash 3.78 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer 3.63 avg rating — 6,733 ratings
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The Death of Lincoln: A Picture History of the Assassination
by:
Leroy Hayman
3.80 avg rating — 76 ratings 
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The Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination
by:
Dan Mishkin
3.70 avg rating — 187 ratings 97. 
Stealing America: What My Experience with Criminal Gangs Taught Me about Obama, Hillary, and the Democratic Party
by:
Dinesh D'Souza
4.27 avg rating — 1,001 ratings 99. 
Black Gold, Black Death: In Coal Country, America's President Is Marked For Assassination
by:
Ed Rabel
3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings 99. 
The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House
by:
Barbara Olson
3.66 avg rating — 280 ratings