50 Books like There Is No Ethan

Hype

by Gabrielle Bluestone • 2021

Fyre was not a glitch: the internet is built to reward hype and punish skepticism.

3.32

1k+

🎣 Internet Scams 📱 Influencer Culture 🚀 Startup Hype 🧠 Psychology Of Scams 🤳 Social Media Manipulation

Hype 93%

Fyre was not a glitch: the internet is built to reward hype and punish skepticism.

by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021

3.32

1k+ ratings

🎣 Internet Scams 📱 Influencer Culture 🚀 Startup Hype 🧠 Psychology Of Scams 🤳 Social Media Manipulation

The Phantom Prince

by Elizabeth Kendall • 1981

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

4.18

15k+

🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control 🔗 Trauma Bonding ✊ Feminist True Crime

The Phantom Prince 92%

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

by Elizabeth Kendall 1981

4.18

15k+ ratings

🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control 🔗 Trauma Bonding ✊ Feminist True Crime

The Cyber Effect

by Mary Aiken • 2016

A cyberpsychologist reveals the dark web's psychology: why anonymity brings out the worst in us.

3.74

2k+

🧠 Digital Psychology 💻 Cybercrime 🕶️ Dark Web 👾 Hacker Psychology 🎯 Social Engineering

The Cyber Effect 91%

A cyberpsychologist reveals the dark web's psychology: why anonymity brings out the worst in us.

by Mary Aiken 2016

3.74

2k+ ratings

🧠 Digital Psychology 💻 Cybercrime 🕶️ Dark Web 👾 Hacker Psychology 🎯 Social Engineering

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That?

by Lundy Bancroft • 2013

Daily readings that expose his control tactics, restore your reality, and reclaim your freedom.

4.58

427

🏠 Domestic Abuse 🪞 Gaslighting 🩹 Trauma Healing 💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🧱 Boundaries

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That? Summary

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That? 91%

Daily readings that expose his control tactics, restore your reality, and reclaim your freedom.

by Lundy Bancroft 2013

4.58

427 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse 🪞 Gaslighting 🩹 Trauma Healing 💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🧱 Boundaries

Invisible Chains

by Lisa Aronson Fontes • 2015

It feels like devotion but isolates, monitors, and threatens: the exit strategy you need.

4.18

128

⛓️ Coercive Control 💔 Emotional Abuse 🌫️ Gaslighting 🗺️ Safety Planning 🌱 Abuse Recovery

Invisible Chains 91%

It feels like devotion but isolates, monitors, and threatens: the exit strategy you need.

by Lisa Aronson Fontes 2015

4.18

128 ratings

⛓️ Coercive Control 💔 Emotional Abuse 🌫️ Gaslighting 🗺️ Safety Planning 🌱 Abuse Recovery

You'll Never Believe Me

by Kari Ferrell • 2025

How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.

3.34

3k+

🧸 Adoption Trauma 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🎭 Deception And Fraud ⛪ Mormon Upbringing 🪞 Body Image And Shame

You'll Never Believe Me 91%

How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.

by Kari Ferrell 2025

3.34

3k+ ratings

🧸 Adoption Trauma 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🎭 Deception And Fraud ⛪ Mormon Upbringing 🪞 Body Image And Shame

The Quiet Damage

by Jesselyn Cook • 2024

QAnon preys on loneliness and trauma more than politics. Five families show the wreckage it leaves.

4.43

7k+

🖥️ Digital Radicalization 💔 Family Estrangement 🌐 Internet Subcultures 🔄 Echo Chambers 📰 Misinformation

The Quiet Damage 91%

QAnon preys on loneliness and trauma more than politics. Five families show the wreckage it leaves.

by Jesselyn Cook 2024

4.43

7k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Radicalization 💔 Family Estrangement 🌐 Internet Subcultures 🔄 Echo Chambers 📰 Misinformation

Paris

by Paris Hilton • 2023

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

4.21

91k+

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodiversity

Paris 91%

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

by Paris Hilton 2023

4.21

91k+ ratings

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodiversity

Confident Women

by Tori Telfer • 2021

The fake heiresses, false survivors, and phantom psychics who built empires on other people's hope.

3.72

4k+

🎭 Con Artists 👩‍⚖️ Female Criminals 🕰️ Historical Crime 🧠 Deception Psychology 🪪 Impostors

Confident Women 91%

The fake heiresses, false survivors, and phantom psychics who built empires on other people's hope.

by Tori Telfer 2021

3.72

4k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artists 👩‍⚖️ Female Criminals 🕰️ Historical Crime 🧠 Deception Psychology 🪪 Impostors

Men Who Hate Women

by Laura Bates • 2020

The online pipeline that turns misogyny into mass murder, and why the platforms fuel it.

4.32

31k+

💻 Online Misogyny 📡 Online Radicalization 🔁 Algorithmic Echo Chambers ⚠️ Sexual Violence 🕸️ Extremist Subcultures

Men Who Hate Women 91%

The online pipeline that turns misogyny into mass murder, and why the platforms fuel it.

by Laura Bates 2020

4.32

31k+ ratings

💻 Online Misogyny 📡 Online Radicalization 🔁 Algorithmic Echo Chambers ⚠️ Sexual Violence 🕸️ Extremist Subcultures

The Dark Side of the Mind

by Kerry Daynes • 2019

A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.

4.02

8k+

🧠 Forensic Psychology 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 😈 Criminal Motivation 🚶 Stalking

The Dark Side of the Mind 91%

A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.

by Kerry Daynes 2019

4.02

8k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychology 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 😈 Criminal Motivation 🚶 Stalking

Goodbye, Sweet Girl

by Kelly Sundberg • 2018

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

3.83

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control 🌫️ Gaslighting 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse

Goodbye, Sweet Girl 91%

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

by Kelly Sundberg 2018

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control 🌫️ Gaslighting 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse

The House of My Mother

by Shari Franke • 2025

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

4.27

216k+

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir 🔒 High-Control Groups 🥀 Family Estrangement

The House of My Mother 91%

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

by Shari Franke 2025

4.27

216k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir 🔒 High-Control Groups 🥀 Family Estrangement

Secrets in the Cellar

by John Glatt • 2009

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

Secrets in the Cellar 91%

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

by John Glatt 2009

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

The Natashas

by Victor Malarek • 2011

Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.

3.90

958

🔗 Sex Trafficking 🕴️ Organized Crime 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ⚠️ Gender Violence 🏛️ Institutional Failure

The Natashas 91%

Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.

by Victor Malarek 2011

3.90

958 ratings

🔗 Sex Trafficking 🕴️ Organized Crime 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ⚠️ Gender Violence 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Gaslighting

by Stephanie Sarkis • 2018

From love bombing to courtroom sabotage: how gaslighters operate, and how to reclaim your reality.

3.77

1k+

💡 Gaslighting 💔 Emotional Abuse 🎭 Psychological Manipulation 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse 🚧 Setting Boundaries

Gaslighting 91%

From love bombing to courtroom sabotage: how gaslighters operate, and how to reclaim your reality.

by Stephanie Sarkis 2018

3.77

1k+ ratings

💡 Gaslighting 💔 Emotional Abuse 🎭 Psychological Manipulation 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse 🚧 Setting Boundaries

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

by Bradley J. Edwards • 2020

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

4.32

1k+

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir 🗣️ Victim Advocacy 💪 Survivor Stories

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Summary

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein 91%

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

by Bradley J. Edwards 2020

4.32

1k+ ratings

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir 🗣️ Victim Advocacy 💪 Survivor Stories

Hey, Hun

by Emily Lynn Paulson • 2023

Her 'free' Mercedes cost $9,000 extra. The real price of MLM sisterhood was higher.

3.59

14k+

💼 Multilevel Marketing 🔺 Pyramid Schemes 🧠 Cult Psychology ⚠️ Predatory Business ✊ Intersectional Feminism

Hey, Hun 90%

Her 'free' Mercedes cost $9,000 extra. The real price of MLM sisterhood was higher.

by Emily Lynn Paulson 2023

3.59

14k+ ratings

💼 Multilevel Marketing 🔺 Pyramid Schemes 🧠 Cult Psychology ⚠️ Predatory Business ✊ Intersectional Feminism

Three Cups of Deceit

by Jon Krakauer • 2011

The humanitarian's origin story was fiction, and his charity paid for chartered jets, not schools.

3.72

12k+

🔍 Investigative Journalism 🦸 Manufactured Heroism 📺 Media Manipulation 📝 Fabricated Memoirs 📊 Nonprofit Accountability

Three Cups of Deceit 90%

The humanitarian's origin story was fiction, and his charity paid for chartered jets, not schools.

by Jon Krakauer 2011

3.72

12k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Journalism 🦸 Manufactured Heroism 📺 Media Manipulation 📝 Fabricated Memoirs 📊 Nonprofit Accountability

Silent No More

by Aaron Fisher • 2012

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

4.09

786

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ⚖️ Legal Trauma 📰 Media Sensationalism

Silent No More 90%

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

by Aaron Fisher 2012

4.09

786 ratings

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ⚖️ Legal Trauma 📰 Media Sensationalism

She Said

by Jodi Kantor • 2019

Two reporters, hundreds of secret settlements, and the story Hollywood couldn't bury.

4.34

44k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🚨 Sexual Assault 🏢 Corporate Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Stories 🧠 Trauma And Memory

She Said 90%

Two reporters, hundreds of secret settlements, and the story Hollywood couldn't bury.

by Jodi Kantor 2019

4.34

44k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🚨 Sexual Assault 🏢 Corporate Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Stories 🧠 Trauma And Memory

Gaslighting

by J.B. Snow • 2016

How a narcissist bends your reality, and the practical defenses that actually work.

3.91

🪞 Narcissistic Abuse 🔦 Gaslighting 🧠 Psychological Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery 🚧 Boundary Setting

Gaslighting 90%

How a narcissist bends your reality, and the practical defenses that actually work.

by J.B. Snow 2016

3.91

75 ratings

🪞 Narcissistic Abuse 🔦 Gaslighting 🧠 Psychological Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery 🚧 Boundary Setting

L'Avversario

by Emmanuel Carrère • 2013

Eighteen years as a fake doctor. His office: a parking lot. Then he killed his family.

3.99

51k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🎭 Pathological Lying 📖 Literary True Crime 🎪 Imposture 🪞 Self-Deception

L'Avversario 90%

Eighteen years as a fake doctor. His office: a parking lot. Then he killed his family.

by Emmanuel Carrère 2013

3.99

51k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🎭 Pathological Lying 📖 Literary True Crime 🎪 Imposture 🪞 Self-Deception

The Battered Woman

by Lenore E. Walker • 1980

Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.

4.01

101

🏠 Domestic Violence 🧠 Trauma Psychology ⛓️ Power And Control ⚖️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Second Wave Feminism

The Battered Woman 90%

Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.

by Lenore E. Walker 1980

4.01

101 ratings

🏠 Domestic Violence 🧠 Trauma Psychology ⛓️ Power And Control ⚖️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Second Wave Feminism

The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change?

by Patricia Evans • 2006

A test for change in a verbally abusive partner, and a safety plan for leaving when he fails.

4.19

316

🗣️ Verbal Abuse 🌀 Gaslighting 🧠 Abuser Psychology 🚪 Leaving Abuse 🚩 Relationship Red Flags

The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change? Summary

The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change? 90%

A test for change in a verbally abusive partner, and a safety plan for leaving when he fails.

by Patricia Evans 2006

4.19

316 ratings

🗣️ Verbal Abuse 🌀 Gaslighting 🧠 Abuser Psychology 🚪 Leaving Abuse 🚩 Relationship Red Flags

The Art of the Con

by R. Paul Wilson • 2014

Step inside the con artist's mind: the universal scam structure and how to shut it down.

3.89

128

🎭 Confidence Games 🖥️ Social Engineering 🛡️ Scam Prevention 💰 Financial Scams 🧠 Psychological Manipulation

The Art of the Con 90%

Step inside the con artist's mind: the universal scam structure and how to shut it down.

by R. Paul Wilson 2014

3.89

128 ratings

🎭 Confidence Games 🖥️ Social Engineering 🛡️ Scam Prevention 💰 Financial Scams 🧠 Psychological Manipulation

Dark Psychology 101

by Michael Pace • 2015

Gaslighting, love bombing, and the illusion of choice: the covert playbook of manipulation.

3.28

457

💔 Emotional Abuse 🕸️ Coercive Control 🔧 Behavioral Conditioning 🪞 Gaslighting 🧠 Neurolinguistic Programming

Dark Psychology 101 90%

Gaslighting, love bombing, and the illusion of choice: the covert playbook of manipulation.

by Michael Pace 2015

3.28

457 ratings

💔 Emotional Abuse 🕸️ Coercive Control 🔧 Behavioral Conditioning 🪞 Gaslighting 🧠 Neurolinguistic Programming

Doppelganger

by Naomi Klein • 2023

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

4.19

37k+

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Doppelganger 90%

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

by Naomi Klein 2023

4.19

37k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

True Crime Addict

by James Renner • 2016

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

3.65

9k+

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations 🍷 Addiction Memoir 👪 Family Trauma

True Crime Addict 90%

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

by James Renner 2016

3.65

9k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations 🍷 Addiction Memoir 👪 Family Trauma

The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques

by Martina Dove • 2020

Scammers weaponize your own psychology. Learn their playbook and the one skill that defeats them.

3.31

🧠 Fraud Psychology 🗣️ Persuasion Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Scam Awareness 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques Summary

The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques 90%

Scammers weaponize your own psychology. Learn their playbook and the one skill that defeats them.

by Martina Dove 2020

3.31

16 ratings

🧠 Fraud Psychology 🗣️ Persuasion Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Scam Awareness 📊 Behavioral Economics

Mindf*ck

by Christopher Wylie • 2019

Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.

4.36

8k+

🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🗳️ Electoral Interference 🎯 Microtargeting 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Mindf*ck 90%

Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.

by Christopher Wylie 2019

4.36

8k+ ratings

🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🗳️ Electoral Interference 🎯 Microtargeting 🧠 Cognitive Biases

We Are Anonymous

by Parmy Olson • 2012

The internet's most notorious hacker collective was run by an FBI informant for eight months.

3.97

3k+

🏴 Hacktivist History 🌐 Digital Insurgency 🎭 Online Anonymity ✊ Networked Protest 🕵️ Undercover Operations

We Are Anonymous 90%

The internet's most notorious hacker collective was run by an FBI informant for eight months.

by Parmy Olson 2012

3.97

3k+ ratings

🏴 Hacktivist History 🌐 Digital Insurgency 🎭 Online Anonymity ✊ Networked Protest 🕵️ Undercover Operations

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

In the Dream House 90%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

The Confidence Game

by Maria Konnikova • 2015

Anyone can be conned. The con artist's real genius is finding what you already want to believe.

3.65

6k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Social Engineering 📊 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Victim Psychology 🃏 Con Artistry

The Confidence Game 90%

Anyone can be conned. The con artist's real genius is finding what you already want to believe.

by Maria Konnikova 2015

3.65

6k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Social Engineering 📊 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Victim Psychology 🃏 Con Artistry

The Manipulative Man

by Dorothy Mccoy • 2006

Classify the manipulator, spot his red flags, and enforce the boundaries that end the cycle.

3.89

188

🧨 Toxic Relationships 💔 Emotional Abuse 🚩 Dating Safety 🪤 Manipulation Tactics 🧱 Setting Boundaries

The Manipulative Man 90%

Classify the manipulator, spot his red flags, and enforce the boundaries that end the cycle.

by Dorothy Mccoy 2006

3.89

188 ratings

🧨 Toxic Relationships 💔 Emotional Abuse 🚩 Dating Safety 🪤 Manipulation Tactics 🧱 Setting Boundaries

It's Not You

by Ramani Durvasula • 2024

Narcissists follow a script. Once you can read it, you can finally walk away.

4.51

12k+

🪞 Narcissistic Abuse 💔 Psychological Abuse 🔦 Gaslighting ⛓️ Trauma Bonding 🧱 Boundary Setting

It's Not You 90%

Narcissists follow a script. Once you can read it, you can finally walk away.

by Ramani Durvasula 2024

4.51

12k+ ratings

🪞 Narcissistic Abuse 💔 Psychological Abuse 🔦 Gaslighting ⛓️ Trauma Bonding 🧱 Boundary Setting

Dangerous Personalities

by Joe Navarro • 2014

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

3.88

3k+

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling 🕵️ Manipulation Detection ☣️ Toxic Relationships

Dangerous Personalities 90%

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

by Joe Navarro 2014

3.88

3k+ ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling 🕵️ Manipulation Detection ☣️ Toxic Relationships

The Narcissist’s Hall of Mirrors

by Richard Banks • 2023

Spot the manipulation tactics, exit the narcissist's cycle, and reclaim the confidence they broke.

5.00

🪞 Narcissistic Abuse 💔 Toxic Relationships 🕯️ Gaslighting 🎭 Emotional Manipulation 🚧 Boundary Setting

The Narcissist’s Hall of Mirrors Summary

The Narcissist’s Hall of Mirrors 90%

Spot the manipulation tactics, exit the narcissist's cycle, and reclaim the confidence they broke.

by Richard Banks 2023

5.00

1 ratings

🪞 Narcissistic Abuse 💔 Toxic Relationships 🕯️ Gaslighting 🎭 Emotional Manipulation 🚧 Boundary Setting

The Idaho Four

by James Patterson • 2025

Four students stabbed to death in a college town where no one locked their doors.

4.15

30k+

🏘️ Small Town Tragedy 🎓 Campus Crime 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🚔 Police Investigation 📺 Media Coverage Of Crime

The Idaho Four 90%

Four students stabbed to death in a college town where no one locked their doors.

by James Patterson 2025

4.15

30k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Tragedy 🎓 Campus Crime 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🚔 Police Investigation 📺 Media Coverage Of Crime

When a Killer Calls

by John E. Douglas • 2022

FBI profiler John Douglas chased a killer who phoned a family to claim their daughter's soul.

4.04

7k+

🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Murder Cases 🔬 Forensic Psychology 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 💔 Community Trauma

When a Killer Calls 90%

FBI profiler John Douglas chased a killer who phoned a family to claim their daughter's soul.

by John E. Douglas 2022

4.04

7k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Murder Cases 🔬 Forensic Psychology 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 💔 Community Trauma

Dataclysm

by Christian Rudder • 2014

Big data from dating sites and social media exposes the uncomfortable truths we hide from ourselves.

3.73

12k+

📊 Big Data 💘 Online Dating 🖥️ Digital Anthropology 👣 Digital Footprints 🎭 Online Identity

Dataclysm 90%

Big data from dating sites and social media exposes the uncomfortable truths we hide from ourselves.

by Christian Rudder 2014

3.73

12k+ ratings

📊 Big Data 💘 Online Dating 🖥️ Digital Anthropology 👣 Digital Footprints 🎭 Online Identity

Bunk

by Kevin Young • 2017

America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.

3.18

1k+

🎭 Hoaxes And Deception 📝 Cultural Criticism 🎪 Racial Appropriation 📚 Literary Hoaxes ✍️ Plagiarism

Bunk 90%

America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.

by Kevin Young 2017

3.18

1k+ ratings

🎭 Hoaxes And Deception 📝 Cultural Criticism 🎪 Racial Appropriation 📚 Literary Hoaxes ✍️ Plagiarism

Emotional Manipulation Tactics

by Tess Binder • 2015

The silent tactics that erode self-worth: how to spot manipulation before the damage is done.

3.42

🔧 Manipulation Tactics 💡 Gaslighting 🚩 Red Flags 🧱 Boundary Setting 💔 Emotional Abuse

Emotional Manipulation Tactics 90%

The silent tactics that erode self-worth: how to spot manipulation before the damage is done.

by Tess Binder 2015

3.42

12 ratings

🔧 Manipulation Tactics 💡 Gaslighting 🚩 Red Flags 🧱 Boundary Setting 💔 Emotional Abuse

College Girl, Missing

by Shawn Cohen • 2024

She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.

3.54

18k+

🔍 Unsolved Disappearances 🎓 College Campus Crime 📺 Media And Crime 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Advocates 🤫 Silence And Obstruction

College Girl, Missing 90%

She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.

by Shawn Cohen 2024

3.54

18k+ ratings

🔍 Unsolved Disappearances 🎓 College Campus Crime 📺 Media And Crime 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Advocates 🤫 Silence And Obstruction

Stealing Your Life

by Frank W. Abagnale • 2007

A former forger on how thieves pick targets, and the habits that make them move on.

3.67

293

🪪 Identity Theft 🔒 Personal Data Security 🎭 Social Engineering 💻 Digital Security 🛡️ Fraud Prevention

Stealing Your Life 90%

A former forger on how thieves pick targets, and the habits that make them move on.

by Frank W. Abagnale 2007

3.67

293 ratings

🪪 Identity Theft 🔒 Personal Data Security 🎭 Social Engineering 💻 Digital Security 🛡️ Fraud Prevention

The Cuckoo's Egg

by Clifford Stoll • 1989

A 75-cent error, a pager, one astronomer chasing a KGB spy through military networks.

4.28

16k+

🛡️ Cybersecurity 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔍 Digital Forensics 🌐 Early Internet 🔎 True Crime Investigation

The Cuckoo's Egg 90%

A 75-cent error, a pager, one astronomer chasing a KGB spy through military networks.

by Clifford Stoll 1989

4.28

16k+ ratings

🛡️ Cybersecurity 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔍 Digital Forensics 🌐 Early Internet 🔎 True Crime Investigation

Crazy Love

by Leslie Morgan Steiner • 2009

Five days before the wedding, he slammed her against a wall. She said I do anyway.

3.85

4k+

🔒 Domestic Abuse 🔄 Abuse Cycle 🔗 Coercive Control 💣 Love Bombing 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse

Crazy Love 90%

Five days before the wedding, he slammed her against a wall. She said I do anyway.

by Leslie Morgan Steiner 2009

3.85

4k+ ratings

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Sickened 90%

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by Julie Gregory 2003

3.74

20k+ ratings

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Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

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The Minds of Billy Milligan 90%

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4.27

36k+ ratings

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She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

3.66

14k+

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Sex Object 90%

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016

3.66

14k+ ratings

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