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Exploding the Phone Summary
Exploding the Phone
The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell
by Phil Lapsley 2013 431 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
History
Technology
True Crime
The Wisdom of Psychopaths Summary
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success
by Kevin Dutton 2012 222 pages
3.75
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
You Can't Lie to Me Summary
You Can't Lie to Me
by Janine Driver 2012 288 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
The Profiler Summary
The Profiler
My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths
by Pat Brown 2010 285 pages
3.08
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Prophet's Prey Summary
Prophet's Prey
My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints
by Sam Brower 2011 336 pages
3.98
6k+ ratings
True Crime
Religion
Cults
Arrest-Proof Yourself Summary
Arrest-Proof Yourself
An Ex-Cop Reveals How Easy It Is for Anyone to Get Arrested, How Even a Single Arrest Could Ruin Your Life, and What to Do If the Police Get in Your Face
by Dale C. Carson 2007 288 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Self Help
Law
Survival
My Story Summary
My Story
by Elizabeth Smart 2013 308 pages
3.88
45k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
The Poisoner's Handbook Summary
The Poisoner's Handbook
Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by Deborah Blum 2010 319 pages
4.01
35k+ ratings
History
Science
True Crime
The Smartest Guys in the Room Summary
The Smartest Guys in the Room
The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
by Bethany McLean 2003 440 pages
4.22
26k+ ratings
Business
Finance
History
Manifest Injustice Summary
Manifest Injustice
The True Story of a Convicted Murderer and the Lawyers Who Fought for His Freedom
by Barry Siegel 2013 400 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Stealing Your Life Summary
Stealing Your Life
The Ultimate Identity Theft Prevention Plan
by Frank W. Abagnale 2007 256 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Business
Crime
True Crime
Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective
How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases
by Robert Mann 2006 272 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
True Crime
Science
Crime
Hope Summary
Hope
A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland
by Amanda Berry 2015 321 pages
4.36
18k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
The Art of the Con Summary
The Art of the Con
The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
by Anthony M. Amore 2015 264 pages
3.55
1k+ ratings
Art
True Crime
History
True Crime Addict Summary
True Crime Addict
How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
by James Renner 2016 300 pages
3.66
8k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
Get the Truth Summary
Get the Truth
Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Persuade Anyone to Tell All
by Philip Houston 2014 272 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Psychology
Communication
Self Help
A Mother's Reckoning Summary
A Mother's Reckoning
Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
by Sue Klebold 2016 336 pages
4.14
42k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
The Anatomy of Motive Summary
The Anatomy of Motive
The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals
by John E. Douglas 1999 432 pages
4.18
6k+ ratings
True Crime
Psychology
Crime
A Life of Crime Summary
A Life of Crime
The Memoirs of a High Court Judge
by Harry Ognall 2017 162 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Law
Biography
True Crime
Dangerous Personalities Summary
Dangerous Personalities
An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People
by Joe Navarro 2014 242 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Self Help
Proof of Conspiracy Summary
Proof of Conspiracy
How Trump's International Collusion Is Threatening American Democracy
by Seth Abramson 2019 592 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Politics
History
True Crime
Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door Summary
Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door
How to Protect Yourself Against a Ruthless Manipulator
by Martha Stout 2020 304 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
True Crime
Notes on a Silencing Summary
Notes on a Silencing
A Memoir
by Lacy Crawford 2020 400 pages
4.25
9k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
Once Upon a Time in Russia Summary
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
by Ben Mezrich 2015 288 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
Silent No More Summary
Silent No More
Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky
by Aaron Fisher 2012 218 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham 2006 360 pages
3.86
81k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
The Sociopath Next Door Summary
The Sociopath Next Door
by Martha Stout 2005 256 pages
3.77
37k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
True Crime
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street Summary
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison
by Jordan Belfort 2009 480 pages
3.90
4k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Finance
Russian Roulette Summary
Russian Roulette
The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
by Michael Isikoff 2018 352 pages
4.21
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Russia
Fake Law Summary
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
by The Secret Barrister 2020 400 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
Forensics for Dummies Summary
Forensics for Dummies
by D.P. Lyle 2004 356 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
True Crime
Reference
Crime
She Said Summary
She Said
Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
by Jodi Kantor 2019 310 pages
4.34
41k+ ratings
Feminism
True Crime
Politics
Extraordinary Circumstances Summary
Extraordinary Circumstances
The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
by Cynthia Cooper 2007 402 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Business
Memoir
Accounting
Black Mass Summary
Black Mass
by Dick Lehr 2000 424 pages
3.80
8k+ ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies Summary
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies
The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, The Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, The New World Order, and many, many more
by Arthur Goldwag 2009 400 pages
3.35
500+ ratings
History
Religion
Cults
Assassination Generation Summary
Assassination Generation
Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
by Dave Grossman 2016 272 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
The Anatomy of Violence Summary
The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
by Adrian Raine 2013 501 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Crime
While the City Slept Summary
While the City Slept
A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness
by Eli Sanders 2016 336 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mental Illness
Gang Leader for a Day Summary
Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008 302 pages
4.07
24k+ ratings
Sociology
Memoir
Economics
Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Summary
Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
by Bradley J. Edwards 2020 399 pages
4.30
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Law
Biography
We Are Bellingcat Summary
We Are Bellingcat
Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News
by Eliot Higgins 2021 272 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
Hype Summary
Hype
How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following
by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021 352 pages
3.33
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Sociology
Zero Fail Summary
Zero Fail
The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
by Carol Leonnig 2021 560 pages
4.24
9k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Cult of We Summary
The Cult of We
WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
by Eliot Brown 2021 464 pages
4.27
6k+ ratings
Business
History
True Crime
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting Summary
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting
A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your Handwriting
by Michelle Dresbold 2006 285 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Unmasked Summary
Unmasked
My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
by Paul Holes 2022 288 pages
4.10
27k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
How to Solve a Crime Summary
How to Solve a Crime
Stories from the Cutting Edge of Forensics
by Angela Gallop 2022 272 pages
3.62
100+ ratings
Science
Crime
True Crime
Criminal (In)Justice Summary
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
by Rafael A. Mangual 2022 256 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Law
Manifesting Justice Summary
Manifesting Justice
Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
by Valena E. Beety 2022 320 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Politics
History
True Crime
The Parrot's Perch Summary
The Parrot's Perch
by Karen Keilt 2019 288 pages
4.26
100+ ratings
Memoir
Brazil
True Crime
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