50 Books like Killing Thatcher

There Will Be Fire

by Rory Carroll • 2023

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

4.26

5k+

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Anglo-Irish Relations 💥 Political Violence

There Will Be Fire 98%

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

by Rory Carroll 2023

4.26

5k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Anglo-Irish Relations 💥 Political Violence

Say Nothing

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2018

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

4.47

174k+

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared 💭 Memory And Conflict 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Say Nothing 96%

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2018

4.47

174k+ ratings

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared 💭 Memory And Conflict 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Four Shots in the Night

by Henry Hemming • 2024

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

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2k+

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents 🔗 State Collusion ⚖️ Post-Conflict Justice

Four Shots in the Night 95%

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

by Henry Hemming 2024

4.30

2k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents 🔗 State Collusion ⚖️ Post-Conflict Justice

The JFK Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2025

A car bomb waited at the Kennedy compound. The would-be assassin drove away, and history forgot.

4.11

7k+

🏛️ Presidential History 💣 Thwarted Assassination 🕵️ Secret Service 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kennedy Family 🕰️ Midcentury America

The JFK Conspiracy 94%

A car bomb waited at the Kennedy compound. The would-be assassin drove away, and history forgot.

by Brad Meltzer 2025

4.11

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 💣 Thwarted Assassination 🕵️ Secret Service 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kennedy Family 🕰️ Midcentury America

The Yank

by John Crawley • 2022

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

4.07

200

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Foreign Fighters 🔫 Arms Smuggling

The Yank 94%

From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.

by John Crawley 2022

4.07

200 ratings

🇮🇪 The Troubles ☘️ Irish Republicanism 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Foreign Fighters 🔫 Arms Smuggling

Big Fellow, Long Fellow

by T. Ryle Dwyer • 1998

Why a calculating idealist and a street-smart operator led Ireland to independence, then civil war.

4.23

129

🍀 Irish History 👥 Dual Biography ✊ Revolutionary Politics 🔥 Guerrilla Warfare 🕵️ Intelligence Operations

Big Fellow, Long Fellow 93%

Why a calculating idealist and a street-smart operator led Ireland to independence, then civil war.

by T. Ryle Dwyer 1998

4.23

129 ratings

🍀 Irish History 👥 Dual Biography ✊ Revolutionary Politics 🔥 Guerrilla Warfare 🕵️ Intelligence Operations

Can Ireland Be One?

by Malachi O'Doherty • 2022

Before Ireland can unite, it must agree what being Irish means. It doesn't.

3.84

☘️ Irish Politics 🧱 Northern Ireland 🏴 National Identity 🤝 Unionism 💥 Political Violence

Can Ireland Be One? 92%

Before Ireland can unite, it must agree what being Irish means. It doesn't.

by Malachi O'Doherty 2022

3.84

76 ratings

☘️ Irish Politics 🧱 Northern Ireland 🏴 National Identity 🤝 Unionism 💥 Political Violence

The Infernal Machine

by Steven Johnson • 2024

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

4.03

2k+

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

The Infernal Machine 92%

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

by Steven Johnson 2024

4.03

2k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

Case Closed

by Gerald Posner • 1993

One mail-order rifle, three shots, and the case against conspiracy in the JFK assassination.

4.05

2k+

🔫 Presidential Assassinations ❄️ Cold War America 🔍 Conspiracy Debunking 🕵️ Forensic History 💥 Political Violence

Case Closed 92%

One mail-order rifle, three shots, and the case against conspiracy in the JFK assassination.

by Gerald Posner 1993

4.05

2k+ ratings

🔫 Presidential Assassinations ❄️ Cold War America 🔍 Conspiracy Debunking 🕵️ Forensic History 💥 Political Violence

American Brutus

by Michael W. Kauffman • 2004

An actor shot Lincoln on Good Friday and vanished. What followed was history's most bungled manhunt.

4.16

3k+

🔪 Assassination Plots 🏛️ Civil War America 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🔍 Flawed Investigations 🎭 Celebrity Criminals

American Brutus 92%

An actor shot Lincoln on Good Friday and vanished. What followed was history's most bungled manhunt.

by Michael W. Kauffman 2004

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔪 Assassination Plots 🏛️ Civil War America 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🔍 Flawed Investigations 🎭 Celebrity Criminals

Hellhound on His Trail

by Hampton Sides • 2010

The prison break. The Memphis balcony. The 65-day international manhunt that followed one bullet.

4.35

15k+

🏛️ Civil Rights History 🎯 Political Assassinations 🔍 Manhunt Narratives 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 📖 True Crime History

Hellhound on His Trail 92%

The prison break. The Memphis balcony. The 65-day international manhunt that followed one bullet.

by Hampton Sides 2010

4.35

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil Rights History 🎯 Political Assassinations 🔍 Manhunt Narratives 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 📖 True Crime History

The Nazi Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2023

1943 Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill: the spies who saved the summit.

4.15

10k+

🕵️ Wartime Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plots 🌍 Allied Leaders 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 📜 Presidential History

The Nazi Conspiracy 92%

1943 Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill: the spies who saved the summit.

by Brad Meltzer 2023

4.15

10k+ ratings

🕵️ Wartime Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plots 🌍 Allied Leaders 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 📜 Presidential History

Killing the Dream

by Gerald Posner • 1998

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

4.09

220

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism ✊ Civil Rights History 🎯 Lone Gunman Theory

Killing the Dream 92%

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

by Gerald Posner 1998

4.09

220 ratings

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism ✊ Civil Rights History 🎯 Lone Gunman Theory

Best Evidence

by David S. Lifton • 1980

A forensic case that the President’s body was secretly altered, and the autopsy was a fraud.

4.01

644

🎯 Jfk Assassination 🕵️ Political Assassinations 🔬 Conspiracy Investigation 🏛️ Government Deception 🗑️ Forensic Evidence

Best Evidence 92%

A forensic case that the President’s body was secretly altered, and the autopsy was a fraud.

by David S. Lifton 1980

4.01

644 ratings

🎯 Jfk Assassination 🕵️ Political Assassinations 🔬 Conspiracy Investigation 🏛️ Government Deception 🗑️ Forensic Evidence

Blood on the Moon

by Edward Steers Jr. • 2001

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

4.17

704

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks ⛓️ Racial Violence ⚖️ Military Tribunals

Blood on the Moon 91%

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

by Edward Steers Jr. 2001

4.17

704 ratings

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks ⛓️ Racial Violence ⚖️ Military Tribunals

The Catalpa Rescue

by Peter FitzSimons • 2019

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

4.30

644

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks ⛵ High Seas Adventure 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Catalpa Rescue 91%

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

by Peter FitzSimons 2019

4.30

644 ratings

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks ⛵ High Seas Adventure 🕵️ Covert Operations

Bangladesh

by Anthony Mascarenhas • 1986

Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.

4.12

945

🗺️ South Asian History 🪖 Military Coups 🏛️ Postcolonial States 🔫 Political Assassinations ✊ Revolution And Aftermath

Bangladesh 91%

Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.

by Anthony Mascarenhas 1986

4.12

945 ratings

🗺️ South Asian History 🪖 Military Coups 🏛️ Postcolonial States 🔫 Political Assassinations ✊ Revolution And Aftermath

Zero Fail

by Carol Leonnig • 2021

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

4.23

10k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

Zero Fail 91%

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

by Carol Leonnig 2021

4.23

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

Destiny of the Republic

by Candice Millard • 2011

Survivable gunshot, deadly cure: a madman, a president, and the medical failure that finished him.

4.24

86k+

🗳️ Gilded Age Politics ⚕️ Medical History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔫 Political Assassination 🧠 Criminal Insanity

Destiny of the Republic 91%

Survivable gunshot, deadly cure: a madman, a president, and the medical failure that finished him.

by Candice Millard 2011

4.24

86k+ ratings

🗳️ Gilded Age Politics ⚕️ Medical History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔫 Political Assassination 🧠 Criminal Insanity

The First Family Detail

by Ronald Kessler • 2014

Cruelty, affairs, nuclear lapses: what Secret Service agents witnessed inside the White House.

3.37

4k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🛡️ Secret Service 📰 Political Exposé 👁️ Insider Accounts ⚠️ Institutional Failure

The First Family Detail 91%

Cruelty, affairs, nuclear lapses: what Secret Service agents witnessed inside the White House.

by Ronald Kessler 2014

3.37

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🛡️ Secret Service 📰 Political Exposé 👁️ Insider Accounts ⚠️ Institutional Failure

Hauptmann's Ladder

by Richard T. Cahill Jr. • 2014

The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.

4.17

125

🕰️ Historical True Crime ⭐ Celebrity Crime 🔬 Forensic Evidence 🏛️ Trial Analysis ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Hauptmann's Ladder 91%

The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.

by Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014

4.17

125 ratings

🕰️ Historical True Crime ⭐ Celebrity Crime 🔬 Forensic Evidence 🏛️ Trial Analysis ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

by Annie Jacobsen • 2019

Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.

4.31

7k+

🕵️ CIA History 🥷 Covert Operations 🎯 Targeted Killing ❄️ Cold War History ⚔️ Unconventional Warfare

Surprise, Kill, Vanish 91%

Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.

by Annie Jacobsen 2019

4.31

7k+ ratings

🕵️ CIA History 🥷 Covert Operations 🎯 Targeted Killing ❄️ Cold War History ⚔️ Unconventional Warfare

Days of Rage

by Bryan Burrough • 2015

Nearly five bombings a day. The decade young radicals tried to overthrow America and failed.

3.98

3k+

💣 Domestic Terrorism 🕵️ Fbi History ✊🏿 Black Power Movement ☮️ New Left 🏙️ Urban Guerrilla Warfare

Days of Rage 91%

Nearly five bombings a day. The decade young radicals tried to overthrow America and failed.

by Bryan Burrough 2015

3.98

3k+ ratings

💣 Domestic Terrorism 🕵️ Fbi History ✊🏿 Black Power Movement ☮️ New Left 🏙️ Urban Guerrilla Warfare

A Fever in the Heartland

by Timothy Egan • 2023

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

4.35

50k+

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

A Fever in the Heartland 91%

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

by Timothy Egan 2023

4.35

50k+ ratings

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

Den of Spies

by Craig Unger • 2024

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

3.84

264

🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation 🕵️ Covert Operations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Den of Spies 91%

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

by Craig Unger 2024

3.84

264 ratings

🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation 🕵️ Covert Operations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Enemy of All Mankind

by Steven Johnson • 2020

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

3.89

5k+

🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company 🌏 Early Globalisation 🕌 Mughal Empire

Enemy of All Mankind 91%

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

by Steven Johnson 2020

3.89

5k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company 🌏 Early Globalisation 🕌 Mughal Empire

The Art of Political Murder

by Francisco Goldman • 2007

Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.

4.15

1k+

🇬🇹 Guatemalan Civil War 🎯 Political Assassination 📋 Truth Commissions 🔒 State Impunity ⚖️ Transitional Justice

The Art of Political Murder 90%

Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.

by Francisco Goldman 2007

4.15

1k+ ratings

🇬🇹 Guatemalan Civil War 🎯 Political Assassination 📋 Truth Commissions 🔒 State Impunity ⚖️ Transitional Justice

The Trigger

by Tim Butcher • 2014

Everyone knows the assassin who sparked World War I, but almost everything they know is wrong.

3.81

4k+

🗺️ Balkan History 💣 World War One 🔫 Political Assassination 🏛️ Historical Memory 🥾 Travel And History

The Trigger 90%

Everyone knows the assassin who sparked World War I, but almost everything they know is wrong.

by Tim Butcher 2014

3.81

4k+ ratings

🗺️ Balkan History 💣 World War One 🔫 Political Assassination 🏛️ Historical Memory 🥾 Travel And History

The Spymasters

by Chris Whipple • 2020

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

4.05

1k+

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Intelligence Ethics

The Spymasters 90%

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

by Chris Whipple 2020

4.05

1k+ ratings

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Intelligence Ethics

The Betrayal of Anne Frank

by Rosemary Sullivan • 2022

A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.

3.83

16k+

🕵️ Cold Cases 🧬 Forensic History 🏴 Nazi Occupation 🔬 Microhistory 🗃️ Archival Research

The Betrayal of Anne Frank 90%

A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.

by Rosemary Sullivan 2022

3.83

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Cases 🧬 Forensic History 🏴 Nazi Occupation 🔬 Microhistory 🗃️ Archival Research

The Autistic Brain

by Temple Grandin • 2013

The FBI made Whitey Bulger an informant. He turned his handlers into his hit squad.

4.1

11k+

🕵️ Fbi Misconduct 🚔 Police Corruption 🏙️ Boston History 🐀 Informant Culture 🤝 Corrupt Alliances

The Autistic Brain 90%

The FBI made Whitey Bulger an informant. He turned his handlers into his hit squad.

by Temple Grandin 2013

4.1

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Fbi Misconduct 🚔 Police Corruption 🏙️ Boston History 🐀 Informant Culture 🤝 Corrupt Alliances

One Nation Under Blackmail

by Whitney Alyse Webb • 2022

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

4.42

712

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime 📹 Surveillance State 🕶️ Modern Espionage

One Nation Under Blackmail 90%

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

by Whitney Alyse Webb 2022

4.42

712 ratings

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime 📹 Surveillance State 🕶️ Modern Espionage

The Zorg

by Siddharth Kara • 2025

132 Africans thrown overboard for insurance money, and the anonymous letter that ignited abolition.

4.16

6k+

🌊 Atlantic Slave Trade 🔓 British Abolition 🔍 Microhistory ⚖️ Legal History 🚢 Maritime History

The Zorg 90%

132 Africans thrown overboard for insurance money, and the anonymous letter that ignited abolition.

by Siddharth Kara 2025

4.16

6k+ ratings

🌊 Atlantic Slave Trade 🔓 British Abolition 🔍 Microhistory ⚖️ Legal History 🚢 Maritime History

To End All Wars

by Adam Hochschild • 2011

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

4.14

9k+

🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History 👥 Social History ☮️ Peace Movements

To End All Wars 90%

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

by Adam Hochschild 2011

4.14

9k+ ratings

🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History 👥 Social History ☮️ Peace Movements

If You Tell

by Gregg Olsen • 2019

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

3.98

360k+

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

If You Tell 90%

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

by Gregg Olsen 2019

3.98

360k+ ratings

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

Dark Alliance

by Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Dark Alliance 90%

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

by Gary Webb 1998

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

American Reckoning

by Jonathan Alter • 2024

Covering Trump's hush money trial, a journalist confronts his own faith in American democracy.

3.80

🗳️ Political Memoirs ⚖️ Trial Reporting 🏛️ Democratic Erosion 🎭 Demagoguery 🦅 Executive Power

American Reckoning 90%

Covering Trump's hush money trial, a journalist confronts his own faith in American democracy.

by Jonathan Alter 2024

3.80

90 ratings

🗳️ Political Memoirs ⚖️ Trial Reporting 🏛️ Democratic Erosion 🎭 Demagoguery 🦅 Executive Power

Killing Kennedy

by Bill O'Reilly • 2012

He hid a dying body behind the glamour. The defector needed a target. Dallas, November 1963.

4.11

62k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography ☢️ Cold War Politics 🎯 Political Assassination 🚀 Cuban Missile Crisis 👑 American Dynasty

Killing Kennedy 90%

He hid a dying body behind the glamour. The defector needed a target. Dallas, November 1963.

by Bill O'Reilly 2012

4.11

62k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography ☢️ Cold War Politics 🎯 Political Assassination 🚀 Cuban Missile Crisis 👑 American Dynasty

American Kompromat

by Craig Unger • 2021

The KGB spent decades turning a developer into a candidate; money was the kompromat.

3.91

1k+

🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🕸️ Political Conspiracy 💸 Money Laundering 🕶️ Espionage Tradecraft 🔍 Investigative Journalism

American Kompromat 90%

The KGB spent decades turning a developer into a candidate; money was the kompromat.

by Craig Unger 2021

3.91

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🕸️ Political Conspiracy 💸 Money Laundering 🕶️ Espionage Tradecraft 🔍 Investigative Journalism

A House in Gross Disorder

by Cynthia B. Herrup • 1999

An earl's trial for rape and sodomy in 1631 was a battle over patriarchy, not just sex.

3.54

119

🏛️ Early Modern England ⚖️ Legal History 🔬 Microhistory 🎭 Trial Narratives 👑 Patriarchal Authority

A House in Gross Disorder 90%

An earl's trial for rape and sodomy in 1631 was a battle over patriarchy, not just sex.

by Cynthia B. Herrup 1999

3.54

119 ratings

🏛️ Early Modern England ⚖️ Legal History 🔬 Microhistory 🎭 Trial Narratives 👑 Patriarchal Authority

Glock

by Paul M. Barrett • 2012

Police carried revolvers until an Austrian outsider built a plastic gun that changed everything.

3.87

3k+

🏢 Corporate History 🔫 Gun Industry 🇺🇸 Gun Culture 👮 Law Enforcement ⚖️ Gun Control Politics

Glock 90%

Police carried revolvers until an Austrian outsider built a plastic gun that changed everything.

by Paul M. Barrett 2012

3.87

3k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate History 🔫 Gun Industry 🇺🇸 Gun Culture 👮 Law Enforcement ⚖️ Gun Control Politics

Champagne Football

by Mark Tighe • 2020

He ran Ireland's football body like a personal bank, and the game nearly collapsed.

4.37

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Governance Failure 💰 Corporate Corruption ⚽ Sports Administration 💸 Financial Scandal

Champagne Football 90%

He ran Ireland's football body like a personal bank, and the game nearly collapsed.

by Mark Tighe 2020

4.37

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Governance Failure 💰 Corporate Corruption ⚽ Sports Administration 💸 Financial Scandal

The Lincoln Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2020

Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.

4.31

7k+

🤫 Foiled Conspiracy ⚔️ Civil War Era 🕵️ Pinkerton Agency 🕯️ Secret Societies 🛤️ Underground Railroad

The Lincoln Conspiracy 90%

Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.

by Brad Meltzer 2020

4.31

7k+ ratings

🤫 Foiled Conspiracy ⚔️ Civil War Era 🕵️ Pinkerton Agency 🕯️ Secret Societies 🛤️ Underground Railroad

Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer

by Michael Mansfield • 2009

A radical barrister's four-decade brief against the British legal system's claim to justice.

4.01

157

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🚔 Police Misconduct 🔬 Forensic Science 🗽 Civil Liberties

Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer 90%

A radical barrister's four-decade brief against the British legal system's claim to justice.

by Michael Mansfield 2009

4.01

157 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🚔 Police Misconduct 🔬 Forensic Science 🗽 Civil Liberties

Heroic Failure

by Fintan O'Toole • 2018

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

4.11

2k+

🗳️ Brexit Analysis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Nationalism 🧠 Political Psychology 🏰 Post-Imperial Studies 🎭 Glorified Failure

Heroic Failure 90%

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

by Fintan O'Toole 2018

4.11

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Brexit Analysis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Nationalism 🧠 Political Psychology 🏰 Post-Imperial Studies 🎭 Glorified Failure

Spycatcher

by Peter Wright • 1987

MI5's first scientist built secret listening devices, then spent his career hunting a Soviet mole.

3.73

3k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇬🇧 British Intelligence 📡 Technical Surveillance 🔍 Mole Hunts 🛡️ Counterespionage

Spycatcher 90%

MI5's first scientist built secret listening devices, then spent his career hunting a Soviet mole.

by Peter Wright 1987

3.73

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇬🇧 British Intelligence 📡 Technical Surveillance 🔍 Mole Hunts 🛡️ Counterespionage

Freezing Order

by Bill Browder • 2022

A murdered lawyer, a trillion in dirty money, and the man Putin tried to trade for spies.

4.34

27k+

🐻 Russian Corruption 💰 Money Laundering 🔍 Forensic Accounting 🩸 Political Killings 🕵️ Kremlin Intrigue

Freezing Order 90%

A murdered lawyer, a trillion in dirty money, and the man Putin tried to trade for spies.

by Bill Browder 2022

4.34

27k+ ratings

🐻 Russian Corruption 💰 Money Laundering 🔍 Forensic Accounting 🩸 Political Killings 🕵️ Kremlin Intrigue

To Hell on a Fast Horse

by Mark Lee Gardner • 2010

Two men, one violent frontier, and a bullet in the dark that made them both immortal.

3.79

2k+

🏜️ Old West 🔫 American Outlaws 👥 Dual Biography 🕵️ Manhunt ⚖️ Frontier Justice

To Hell on a Fast Horse 90%

Two men, one violent frontier, and a bullet in the dark that made them both immortal.

by Mark Lee Gardner 2010

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏜️ Old West 🔫 American Outlaws 👥 Dual Biography 🕵️ Manhunt ⚖️ Frontier Justice

Killing Hitler

by Roger Moorhouse • 2006

Over forty attempts on Hitler's life failed. The near-misses and the luck that saved him.

3.83

399

🏴 Nazi Germany 🌍 World War II ✊ German Resistance 🗺️ Resistance Movements 🎯 Political Assassination

Killing Hitler 90%

Over forty attempts on Hitler's life failed. The near-misses and the luck that saved him.

by Roger Moorhouse 2006

3.83

399 ratings

🏴 Nazi Germany 🌍 World War II ✊ German Resistance 🗺️ Resistance Movements 🎯 Political Assassination

Black Flags

by Joby Warrick • 2015

How a petty Jordanian criminal became the world's most hunted terrorist and the blueprint for ISIS.

4.32

17k+

🕌 Jihadist Movements 🔎 Terrorist Biography ☯️ Sectarian Conflict 🎯 Counterterrorism 💥 Radicalization

Black Flags 90%

How a petty Jordanian criminal became the world's most hunted terrorist and the blueprint for ISIS.

by Joby Warrick 2015

4.32

17k+ ratings

🕌 Jihadist Movements 🔎 Terrorist Biography ☯️ Sectarian Conflict 🎯 Counterterrorism 💥 Radicalization

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