Nonfiction Thrillers

Nonfiction thrillers encompass true stories with espionage, detectives, or survival tactics. They hinge upon real world suspense, crime, or climactic historical events exploiting the truth.
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    • Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
    • By: Erik Larson
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 12-29-02
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 30,564 ratings
    • The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death....

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    • The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
    • By: Maureen Callahan
    • Narrated by: Amy Landon
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 07-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7,661 ratings
    • Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history....

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    • By: Truman Capote
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 01-03-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15,137 ratings
    • On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues....

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    • The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
    • By: Selwyn Raab
    • Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
    • Length: 33 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 10-06-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,915 ratings
    • Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo, and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the Mafia into an underworld empire....

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    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
    • Series: Jane Austen's Novels
    • Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 12-08-15
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 41,450 ratings
    • One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)....

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    • The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel
    • By: William Rempel
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 06-21-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 518 ratings
    • In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells the harrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo....

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    • The Story of Gary Heidnik
    • By: Ken Englade
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 02-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 334 ratings
    • Serial killer Gary Heidnik's name will live on in infamy, and his home, 3520 North Marshall Street in Philadelphia, is a house tainted with the memory of unbelievable horrors. What police found there was an incredible nightmare made real....

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    • The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins and WWII Heroes
    • By: Tim Brady
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 7 hrs
    • Release date: 02-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 356 ratings
    • May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it's entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad....

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    • The Never After Series, Book 1
    • By: Emily McIntire
    • Narrated by: Felicity Munroe, Rupert Hawthorne
    • Series: The Never After Series, Book 1
    • Length: 9 hrs
    • Release date: 01-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11,104 ratings
    • Once upon a time, there was a little boy. His belly full of laughter, his life full of joy. Until one day, something changed; stripped his innocence away. The hole inside making space for the devil to come and play....

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    • A Complete History
    • By: Martin Gilbert
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 439 ratings
    • It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended...

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    • Books for Writers, Book 9
    • By: Joanna Penn
    • Narrated by: Caroline Holroyd
    • Series: Books for Writers, Book 9
    • Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 06-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 187 ratings
    • Save time, effort, and frustration on your author journey to writing non-fiction books with this informative guide that teaches you the business models of writing non-fiction books, mindset issues around writing, the details of how to research, and much more....

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    • And Four Who Tried to Save Her
    • By: Brion McClanahan
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 447 ratings
    • 9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America is a new look back at American history that unabashedly places blame for our nation's current problems on the backs of nine very flawed men....

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    • My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
    • By: Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 07-14-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,955 ratings
    • Face-to-face with some of America's most terrifying killers, FBI veteran and ex-Army CID colonel Robert Ressler learned from them how to identify unknown monsters who walk among us....

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    • The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
    • By: T. J. English
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 05-24-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 589 ratings
    • In Paddy Whacked, best-selling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism....

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    • The Mysterious Death of What’s My Line TV Star and Media Icon Dorothy Kilgallen
    • By: Mark Shaw
    • Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
    • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,234 ratings
    • Was TV star, media icon, and crack investigative reporter and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen murdered for writing a tell-all book about the JFK assassination? Questions abound....

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    • A Social History
    • By: Elizabeth Norton
    • Narrated by: Jennifer Dixon
    • Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 07-04-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 647 ratings
    • The Tudor period conjures up images of queens and noblewomen in elaborate court dress, of palace intrigue and dramatic politics....

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    • A Shocking True Crime Story
    • By: Rod Kackley
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 12-11-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • Are you ready for a gripping true crime story that will keep you on the edge of your seat? Then look no further than "The Day Eva Dugan Died," by ...

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    • A Shocking True Crime Story
    • By: Rod Kackley
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 12-11-23
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • November 2, 1945: On her way to a high school football game with friends, a fourteen-year-old girl vanishes after driving away with a man who says ...

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    • Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse
    • By: Robi Ludwig, Matt Birkbeck
    • Narrated by: Ellen Archer
    • Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 06-26-06
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • The first book that chronicles the psychological profiles of spouses who kill....

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