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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
Garrett M. Graff
4.72 average rating, · 46.8k ratings
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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan
4.35 average rating, · 51.8k ratings
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
James L. Swanson
4.17 average rating, · 35.4k ratings
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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Gilbert King
4.40 average rating, · 16.6k ratings
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Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
Hampton Sides
4.35 average rating, · 15k ratings
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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
Jim Dwyer
4.30 average rating, · 13k ratings
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Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11
Mitchell Zuckoff
4.67 average rating, · 8k ratings
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The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
Wright Thompson
4.31 average rating, · 10.1k ratings
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Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
Carol Leonnig
4.23 average rating, · 10.2k ratings
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The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
David Talbot
4.35 average rating, · 8.8k ratings
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The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B. Tyson
4.27 average rating, · 9.1k ratings
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Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
Rachel Maddow
4.32 average rating, · 7.6k ratings
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Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love
David Talbot
4.31 average rating, · 7.2k ratings
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
David von Drehle
4.01 average rating, · 7.9k ratings
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Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
Selwyn Raab
4.15 average rating, · 6.8k ratings
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Five Days in November
Clint Hill
4.49 average rating, · 5.1k ratings
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Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Heather Ann Thompson
4.45 average rating, · 5.1k ratings
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Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde
Jeff Guinn
4.20 average rating, · 5.4k ratings
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Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
David Zucchino
4.44 average rating, · 4.4k ratings
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The Zimmermann Telegram
Barbara W. Tuchman
4.05 average rating, · 5.3k ratings
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The Death of a President: November 1963
William Manchester
4.26 average rating, · 4.6k ratings
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The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & Their Secret World War
Stephen Kinzer
4.15 average rating, · 4.7k ratings
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JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters
James W. Douglass
4.35 average rating, · 3.8k ratings
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The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking
Brendan I. Koerner
4.04 average rating, · 4.5k ratings
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