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Books like The Nuclear Jihadist

Loved The Nuclear Jihadist by Douglas Frantz? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from true crime, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

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    Killers of the Flower Moon

    David Grann · 2017 · True Crime

    The murders of wealthy Osage people and the birth of the FBI; a riveting, important investigation.

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    In Cold Blood

    Truman Capote · 1966 · True Crime

    A Kansas farm-family murder reconstructed in novelistic detail; the book that created the true-crime genre.

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    Beyond the Body Farm

    William M. Bass · 2007 · True Crime

    There is no scientist in the world like Dr. Bill Bass. A pioneer in forensic anthropology, Bass created the world's first laboratory dedicated to the study of human decomposition—three acres of land o

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    Die, My Love

    Kathryn Casey · 2007 · True Crime

    The day before Halloween 2004 was the last day on Earth for respected, well-liked college professor Fred Jablin. That morning, a neighbor discovered his body lying in a pool of blood in the driveway o

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    Never Enough

    Joe McGinniss · 2007 · True Crime

    At thirty-nine, Nancy Kissel had it all: glamour, gusto, garishly flaunted wealth, and the royal lifestyle of the expatriate wife. Not to mention three young children and what a friend described as "t

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    Human Trafficking and Human Security

    Anna Jonsson · 2008 · True Crime

    This text examines human trafficking from post-Soviet countries, exploring the full extent of the problem and discussing countermeasures, both local and at the global level, and considering the proble

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    Stolen Innocence

    Elissa Wall · 2008 · True Crime

    In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St. George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her t

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    The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid

    Pat Garrett · 2008 · True Crime

    Hankering for a mostly true tale about the hard-living desperadoes who inhabited America's desert Southwest in the mid-1800s? This biography of the ill-fated gunslinger Billy, the Kid was written by P

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    The Black Hand

    Chris Blatchford · 2008 · True Crime

    An astonishing and groundbreaking look at the Mexican Mafia, The Black Hand is an unprecedented story of depravity, violence, and redemptionRene "Boxer" Enriquez grew up on the violent streets of East

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    The Good Rat LP

    Jimmy Breslin · 2008 · True Crime

    "I didn't tell anyone that I was going to Santa Fe to kill myself."On the outside, Terri Cheney was a highly successful, attractive Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer. But behind her seemingly flawles

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