Jonestown Books

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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.01 — 5,134 ratings — published 2011
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Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,957 ratings — published 1997
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Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,635 ratings — published 1982
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The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.16 — 19,072 ratings — published 2017
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The Onliest One Alive: Surviving Jonestown, Guyana The Onliest One Alive: Surviving Jonestown, Guyana (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.32 — 53 ratings — published 1995
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Jonestown Survivor: An Insider's Look Jonestown Survivor: An Insider's Look (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.24 — 131 ratings — published 2010
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Stories from Jonestown Stories from Jonestown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.06 — 601 ratings — published 2013
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The Broken God The Broken God (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.88 — 16 ratings — published 1943
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Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,500 ratings — published
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Marked for Death: My War with Jim Jones the Devil of Jonestown Marked for Death: My War with Jim Jones the Devil of Jonestown (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.39 — 28 ratings — published
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Awake in a Nightmare: Jonestown, the Only Eyewitness Account Awake in a Nightmare: Jonestown, the Only Eyewitness Account (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.17 — 36 ratings — published 1981
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Salvation and Suicide: An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown (Religion in North America) Salvation and Suicide: An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown (Religion in North America)
by (shelved 5 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.92 — 197 ratings — published 1982
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Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.04 — 56 ratings — published 2009
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Hearing the Voices of Jonestown: Putting a Human Face on an American Tragedy (Religion and Politics) Hearing the Voices of Jonestown: Putting a Human Face on an American Tragedy (Religion and Politics)
by (shelved 5 times as jonestown)
avg rating 2.92 — 38 ratings — published 1998
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Our Father Who Art in Hell: The Life and Death of Jim Jones Our Father Who Art in Hell: The Life and Death of Jim Jones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.64 — 47 ratings — published 1981
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The Guyana Massacre The Eyewitness Account The Guyana Massacre The Eyewitness Account (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.71 — 66 ratings — published 1978
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Slavery of Faith Slavery of Faith (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.73 — 84 ratings — published 2009
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Dear People: Remembering Jonestown Dear People: Remembering Jonestown (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.08 — 83 ratings — published 2005
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Beautiful Revolutionary Beautiful Revolutionary (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.71 — 797 ratings — published 2018
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And Then They Were Gone: Teenagers of Peoples Temple from High School to Jonestown And Then They Were Gone: Teenagers of Peoples Temple from High School to Jonestown (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.25 — 52 ratings — published
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The Cult That Died: The Tragedy of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple The Cult That Died: The Tragedy of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.72 — 18 ratings — published
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Gone from the Promised Land: Jonestown in American Cultural History Gone from the Promised Land: Jonestown in American Cultural History (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.08 — 25 ratings — published 1987
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Six Years with God: Life Inside Rev. Jim Jones's Peoples Temple Six Years with God: Life Inside Rev. Jim Jones's Peoples Temple (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.96 — 75 ratings — published 1979
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Further Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #3) Further Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.15 — 14,871 ratings — published 1982
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People's Temple, People's Tomb People's Temple, People's Tomb (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.62 — 48 ratings — published 1979
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Paradise Undone: A Novel of Jonestown Paradise Undone: A Novel of Jonestown (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.26 — 23 ratings — published
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Back to the World: A Life after Jonestown Back to the World: A Life after Jonestown (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published
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White Night: The Untold Story of What Happened Before — and Beyond — Jonestown White Night: The Untold Story of What Happened Before — and Beyond — Jonestown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.59 — 17 ratings — published 1979
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Jungle Rot: Jonestown, an American Holocaust Jungle Rot: Jonestown, an American Holocaust (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.36 — 44 ratings — published 2015
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Journey to Nowhere: A New World Tragedy Journey to Nowhere: A New World Tragedy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.25 — 83 ratings — published 1981
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Jonestown Massacre: Tragic End of a Cult (American Disasters) Jonestown Massacre: Tragic End of a Cult (American Disasters)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.40 — 25 ratings — published 2002
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The Strongest Poison The Strongest Poison (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.57 — 37 ratings — published 1979
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Who Died on November 18, 1978 in the Jonestown, Guyana Mass Murder-Suicides Who Died on November 18, 1978 in the Jonestown, Guyana Mass Murder-Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published
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The Jonestown Letters: Correspondence of the Moore Family, 1970 1985 The Jonestown Letters: Correspondence of the Moore Family, 1970 1985 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.89 — 9 ratings — published
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In My Father's House In My Father's House (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.35 — 34 ratings — published 1981
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Heavenly Deceptor Heavenly Deceptor (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 1992
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The Children of Jonestown The Children of Jonestown (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as jonestown)
avg rating 3.76 — 42 ratings — published 1980
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In the Jingle Jangle Jungle: Keeping Time with The Brian Jonestown Massacre In the Jingle Jangle Jungle: Keeping Time with The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 4.29 — 356 ratings — published
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Escape From Jonestown Escape From Jonestown (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 3.62 — 582 ratings — published
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Keep Music Evil: The Brian Jonestown Massacre Story Keep Music Evil: The Brian Jonestown Massacre Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 3.74 — 93 ratings — published 2019
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Nightmare in Jonestown: Cult of Death (Singles Classic) Nightmare in Jonestown: Cult of Death (Singles Classic)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 3.93 — 208 ratings — published
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Jonestown: The Power And The Myth Of Alan Jones Jonestown: The Power And The Myth Of Alan Jones (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 4.18 — 180 ratings — published 2006
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Jonestown and Other Madness Jonestown and Other Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 4.26 — 72 ratings — published 1985
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Jonestown Jonestown (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 3.68 — 31 ratings — published 1996
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Was Jonestown a CIA Medical Experiment?: A Review of the Evidence Was Jonestown a CIA Medical Experiment?: A Review of the Evidence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 4.17 — 18 ratings — published 1988
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Imagining Religion: From Babylon to Jonestown (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism) Imagining Religion: From Babylon to Jonestown (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 4.08 — 119 ratings — published 1982
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Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 4.34 — 969 ratings — published 2025
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New People New People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 3.25 — 6,963 ratings — published 2017
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The Suicide Cult The Suicide Cult (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as jonestown)
avg rating 3.65 — 144 ratings — published 1978
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James Morcan
“The Trojan Horse Sterling had referred to reflected his belief that the truth about Jonestown had never been revealed to the American people. A belief shared by his fellow co-founders. They were certain that while there were undoubtedly suicides at Jonestown, the event could more accurately be described as a mass murder that resulted from an experiment of sorts carried out by various US agencies.”
James Morcan, The Orphan Factory

“...there will be nights when they can't deal with all the space around them, the time passing, the schizophrenic burr of Father's voice in their brains. Nights in the years to come, when their stories are no longer theirs, and they can barely hear each other over the screaming headlines. Nights after everything's gone to shit and their dreams are decaying bodies in a distant place. Nights when their voices are the only thing to remind each other that the good things, love, beauty, family, still exist; that the night, endless as it seems, cannot undo their progress.”
Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Beautiful Revolutionary

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