Best Books about Terrorism
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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 2. 
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The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.03 avg rating — 1,567 ratings 
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.36 avg rating — 36,109 ratings 
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The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
by:
Ali H. Soufan
4.27 avg rating — 2,845 ratings 9. 
America's Secret Jihad: The Hidden History of Religious Terrorism in the United States
by:
Stuart Wexler
3.69 avg rating — 52 ratings 
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Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence
by:
Basel Saneeb
4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings 
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The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA
by:
Joby Warrick
4.11 avg rating — 3,889 ratings 13. 
Lynched: The Power of Memory in a Culture of Terror
by:
Angela D. Sims
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings 15. 
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White Terror: The Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction 4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings
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The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11
by:
Edward Alden
3.68 avg rating — 62 ratings 20. 
The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking (ALA Notable Books for Adults) 4.04 avg rating — 4,289 ratings
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Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
by:
Bryan Burrough
3.96 avg rating — 2,326 ratings 22. 
The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in an Age of Terror, Library Edition 3.62 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon, and US Government Conspired to Torture
by:
Mark Fallon
4.14 avg rating — 58 ratings 23. 
Welcome to Terrorland: Mohamed Atta & the 9-11 Cover-up in Florida
by:
Daniel Hopsicker
3.91 avg rating — 55 ratings 23. 
Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists
by:
Bill O'Reilly
4.19 avg rating — 7,056 ratings 
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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
by:
Mitchell Zuckoff
4.30 avg rating — 24,829 ratings 30. 
Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone
by:
Scott Shane
4.08 avg rating — 596 ratings 
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Madman in the Woods: Life Next Door to the Unabomber
by:
Jamie Gehring
3.90 avg rating — 564 ratings 30. 
The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-de-siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror
by:
John M. Merriman
3.72 avg rating — 246 ratings 
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They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group 3.85 avg rating — 2,908 ratings
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The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century
by:
Scott Miller
3.95 avg rating — 4,679 ratings 
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Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism
by:
Marion Nestle
3.89 avg rating — 272 ratings 43. 
Lone Wolf: Eric Rudolph: Murder, Myth, and the Pursuit of an American Outlaw
by:
Maryanne Vollers
3.96 avg rating — 264 ratings 46. 
Intel Wars: The Secret History of the Fight Against Terror
by:
Matthew M. Aid
3.55 avg rating — 152 ratings 
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Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism
by:
Timothy Naftali
3.80 avg rating — 85 ratings 46. 
They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency
by:
Malcolm W. Nance
4.16 avg rating — 1,347 ratings 50. 
Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq
by:
William R. Polk
4.06 avg rating — 233 ratings 50. 
Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves 3.57 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness 4.46 avg rating — 1,728 ratings
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America the Vulnerable: How Our Government Is Failing to Protect Us from Terrorism
by:
Stephen Flynn
3.76 avg rating — 46 ratings 53. 
Freedom's Detective: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Man Who Masterminded America's First War on Terror
by:
Charles Lane
3.61 avg rating — 580 ratings 
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Terror in the Night: The Klan's Campaign Against the Jews
by:
Jack Nelson
4.21 avg rating — 43 ratings 
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Terrorist: Gavrilo Princip, the Assassin Who Ignited World War I
by:
Henrik Rehr
3.71 avg rating — 556 ratings 58. 
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
by:
Jeffrey Toobin
3.87 avg rating — 12,108 ratings 61. 
White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland
by:
Dick Lehr
4.12 avg rating — 1,064 ratings 
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Sagebrush Collaboration: How Harney County Defeated the Takeover of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge
by:
Peter Walker
3.96 avg rating — 50 ratings 64. 
The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
by:
Terry McDermott
4.10 avg rating — 377 ratings 64. 
The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
by:
Andrew G. McCabe
4.17 avg rating — 7,358 ratings 66. 
The Age of Sacred Terror: Radical Islam's War Against America
by:
Daniel Benjamin
3.77 avg rating — 264 ratings 66. 
Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump
by:
Spencer Ackerman
4.12 avg rating — 2,166 ratings 
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The Master Plan: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory
by:
Brian Fishman
4.06 avg rating — 114 ratings 69. 
At War with War: 5000 Years of Conquests, Invasions, and Terrorist Attacks, An Illustrated Timeline
by:
Seymour Chwast
3.07 avg rating — 14 ratings 69. 
The School of the Americas: Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas
by:
Lesley Gill
3.84 avg rating — 137 ratings 72. 
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Dark Invasion 1915: Germany's Secret War & the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America
by:
Howard Blum
4.06 avg rating — 1,231 ratings 74. 
Best Laid Plans: The Inside Story of America's War Against Terrorism
by:
David C. Martin
3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings 74. 
The Ames Strain: The Mystery Behind America's Most Deadly Bioterror Attack
by:
David Willman
4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings 
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Deadly Times: The 1910 Bombing of The Los Angeles Times and America's Forgotten Decade of Terror
by:
Lew Irwin
4.31 avg rating — 49 ratings 79. 
Disruption: Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History
by:
Aki J. Peritz
3.71 avg rating — 59 ratings 80. 
The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle
by:
Kent Alexander
4.26 avg rating — 1,945 ratings 81. 
Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights
by:
Doug Jones
4.20 avg rating — 383 ratings 82. 
Maximum Harm: The Tsarnaev Brothers, the FBI, and the Road to the Marathon Bombing 4.06 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America
by:
James R. Green
4.06 avg rating — 1,190 ratings 85. 
Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America
by:
Laura Wexler
3.99 avg rating — 369 ratings 86. 
At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America
by:
Philip Dray
4.46 avg rating — 671 ratings 87. 
We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney, and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi
by:
Seth Cagin
4.49 avg rating — 162 ratings 88. 
Ghosts of Mississippi: The Murder of Medgar Evers, the Trials of Byron De LA Beckwith, and the Haunting of the New South
by:
Maryanne Vollers
4.29 avg rating — 290 ratings 89. 
Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era
by:
Jerry Mitchell
4.43 avg rating — 2,081 ratings 90. 
The Punishment Of Virtue: Walking The Frontline Of The War On Terror With A Woman Who Made It Her Home
by:
Sarah Chayes
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings 91. 
Citizens Dissent: Security, Morality, and Leadership in an Age of Terror
by:
Wendell Berry
4.18 avg rating — 83 ratings