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1984 by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyNight by Elie Wiesel
My Country, the Enemy
393 books — 341 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFedeThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
9/11 Related
250 books — 224 voters

Operation Paperclip by Annie JacobsenBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Virus by Janelle DillerAngels Fallen by Francis SmithArea 51 by Annie Jacobsen
Government Cover-ups
349 books — 103 voters
Missions by Marc McGuireClear and Present Danger by Tom ClancyCode Orange by Caroline B. CooneyThink Fast or Die by Simon W. ClarkScent of the Dragon by Anthony Hulse
Books with a Terrorism theme
140 books — 96 voters

The Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightGhost Wars by Steve CollBlack Flags by Joby WarrickThe 9/11 Commission Report by National Commission on Terr...Directorate S by Steve Coll
Terrorism, 9/11, "War on Terror" (non-fiction)
245 books — 86 voters
One Second After by William R. ForstchenGoing Home by A. AmericanOne Year After by William R. Forstchen77 Days in September by Ray GorhamAshes by Ilsa J. Bick
Fiction: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) & Solar Flare/Storms
114 books — 78 voters

This Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySiddhartha by Hermann HesseSteppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Best Books to Wake Us Out of Our Collective Slumber
252 books — 75 voters
The Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonMia's Magic Wand by Peter VolkofskyIbil by Adeerus GhayanThe Last Sword Maker by Brian NelsonBeat by Jared Garrett
Fiction: Bioterrorism/Biological Warfare
127 books — 65 voters

Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh BaskinThe Memory of Things by Gae PolisnerAll We Have Left by Wendy MillsTowers Falling by Jewell Parker RhodesEleven by Tom Rogers
9/11 in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
42 books — 47 voters
How Fascism Works by Jason F. StanleyBring the War Home by Kathleen BelewThe Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. PaxtonWhite American Youth by Christian PiccioliniFascism by Madeleine K. Albright
Understanding Fascism Reading List (nonfiction)
195 books — 42 voters

Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaAnd a Voice to Sing With by Joan BaezOutlaw Woman by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizHouse of Diggs by Marion Orr
Sixties Memoirs & Biographies (nonfiction)
172 books — 37 voters
Alive by Piers Paul ReadMiracle in the Andes by Nando ParradoFlight 232 by Laurence GonzalesThe Mystery of Flight 427 by Bill AdairLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
Planes - accidents
79 books — 31 voters

Nobody Asked Me, But .... by Karl WigginsGhost Wars by Steve Coll100 Common Sense Policies to make BRITAIN GREAT again by Karl WigginsThe Terror Years by Lawrence WrightThink Fast or Die by Simon W. Clark
Best Books about Terrorism
91 books — 29 voters
The Great War of Our Time by Michael MorellSpy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel SaneebGhost Wars by Steve CollThe Triple Agent by Joby WarrickThe Way of the Knife by Mark Mazzetti
The CIA and the War on Terror (nonfiction)
75 books — 27 voters

Black Klansman by Ron StallworthThe Second Coming of the KKK by Linda GordonMorning Fuel by Rebecca Faye Smith GalliKlansville, U.S.A. by David CunninghamSuperman Versus The Ku Klux Klan by Rick Bowers
Books about the KKK (fiction and nonfiction)
152 books — 26 voters
DECEIT v. DECEIT by Vernon BaumrindSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel SaneebThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
CIA: Suggested Reading List
115 books — 24 voters

Cult Girls by Natalie GrandCult Child by Vennie KocsisCultish by Amanda MontellTake Back Your Life by Janja LalichTraumatic Narcissism by Daniel Shaw
Extremism and cults
235 books — 22 voters
Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannSpy... for Nobody! by Basel SaneebSpy for nobody by Basel Saneeb
Best FBI Nonfiction
52 books — 17 voters

The Second Coming of the KKK by Linda GordonAntisocial by Andrew MarantzBring the War Home by Kathleen BelewWilmington's Lie by David ZucchinoEverything You Love Will Burn by Vegas Tenold
White Power, Terrorism, White Supremacy and White Nationalist Movements in the United States (nonfiction)
136 books — 11 voters
One Day in October by Yair AgmonRoad to October 7 by Erik SkareGaza Faces History by Enzo Traverso10/7 by Lee YaronBeing Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart
War Against Hamas (Testimonies about the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack and the Gaza War)
106 books — 9 voters

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildHigh Risk by Ben TimberlakeThe Terror Years by Lawrence Wright13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff
Terrorism And Terrorists
35 books — 6 voters
Get Even by George HaydukeRevenge Encyclopedia by Paladin PressThe Black Book of Revenge by John JacksonThe New Improved Poor Man's James Bond by Kurt SaxonThe Avenger's Handbook by Pål D. Ekran
Insurgency, revenge and sabotage
78 books — 5 voters

Up In Arms by John TempleAmerican Extremism by D.J. MulloyDragons of God by Vincent CoppolaSettlers by J. SakaiBring the War Home by Kathleen Belew
US Militia Movements (nonfiction)
33 books — 5 voters
Sandy Hook by Elizabeth WilliamsonDeath on Base by Anita Belles PorterfieldGoing Postal by Mark AmesColumbine by Dave CullenA Sniper in the Tower by Gary M. Lavergne
Mass Shooting Books
48 books — 5 voters

Dispatches from the Couch by Stacey HettesDown in the Bunker by Lovesun ParentSuch a Pretty Picture by Andrea LeebSaving Abigail by Liz Hirsh NaftaliLost My Mind Here Someplace by Arune Savage
NONFICTION Female Survivors of Abduction, Terrorism and Trauma
20 books — 5 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAcción contra el futuro. by Alicia VernokDoctor Who by Gareth RobertsA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Fury of Firestorm (1982-1990) #7 by Gerry Conway
Insurgent books
32 books — 3 voters

Sparkles And Karim by Dave MooresThe Kill List by Frederick ForsythAgainst All Enemies by Tom ClancyExecutive Orders by Tom Clancy (6-Apr-1998) Paperback by Tom Clancy
Best Modern Military & Espionage Thrillers Set in the Middle East
4 books — 3 voters
Our Promised Land by Charles SelengutIsrael's Ayatollahs by Raphael MerguiSettling Hebron by Tamara NeumanJewish Terrorism in Israel by Ami PedahzurState of Terror by Thomas Suárez
Books on Jewish Extremism/Terrorism/Fundamentalism
35 books — 1 voter

Saving Abigail by Liz Hirsh Naftali10/7 by Lee YaronOne Day in October by Yair AgmonBlack Saturday by Trey YingstBattles in White by Yael Dreznik
Voices of Israeli Survivors, Witnesses and Released Hostages - Hamas Attack October 7 2023
16 books — 1 voter
The 15 by Anthony SadlerSully by Chesley B. Sullenberger IIIAmong the Heroes by Jere LongmanAn Ordinary Man by Paul RusesabaginaFinding Me by Michelle Knight
True Stories of Facing Danger, Rescues, Escapes, Survival and Heroism
19 books — 1 voter

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