Find Similar Books | Similar Books Like Find Similar Books

Books like The Guyana murders by Alan W. McCoy


First publish date: 1988
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Alan W. McCoy
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1.0 (1 community ratings)

All books by Alan W. McCoy
The Guyana murders by Alan W. McCoy

How are these books recommended?

The books recommended for The Guyana murders by Alan W. McCoy are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.

Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.

Books similar to The Guyana murders (14 similar books)

In Cold Blood by 6734402|Truman Capote book cover

📘 In Cold Blood
 by Truman Capote

A chilling, factual account of the 1959 shotgun murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, where four members were killed with no clear motive or clues.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (84 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like In Cold Blood
The Devil in the White City by 6784086|Erik Larson book cover

📘 The Devil in the White City
 by Erik Larson

In 1893 Chicago, Erik Larson weaves the story of visionary architect Daniel Burnham and the cunning serial killer H.H. Holmes, whose crimes unfolded against the backdrop of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (57 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The Devil in the White City
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by 7060569|Agatha Christie book cover

📘 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
 by Agatha Christie

When Belgian detective Hercule Poirot returns to the English village of King's Abbot, he confronts the murder of industrialist Roger Ackroyd, unraveling a web of family secrets and hidden motives that reveal the culprit was nobody he expected.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (56 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by 10231963|John Berendt book cover

📘 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
 by John Berendt

After a May 1981 shooting in Savannah, John Berendt chronicles the city’s eccentric society, a murder trial, and the undercurrents of Southern culture in a nonfiction narrative that reads like a taut novel.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (28 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The Black Dahlia by 8393825|James Ellroy book cover

📘 The Black Dahlia
 by James Ellroy

James Ellroy’s hard‑boiled crime novel follows detectives as they unravel Los Angeles’s darkest mystery, the unsolved murder of the Black Dahlia, blending gritty police work with atmospheric noir.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 (16 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The Black Dahlia
The Killer Inside Me by 6494130|Jim Thompson book cover

📘 The Killer Inside Me
 by Jim Thompson

Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford of a small Texas town hides a dark illness that once threatened his career; now it resurfaces, threatening his peace and the town’s safety.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (5 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The Killer Inside Me
The Stranger Beside Me by 12243109|Ann Rule book cover

📘 The Stranger Beside Me
 by Ann Rule

Ann Rule’s true‑crime biography exposes the chilling rise of serial killer Ted Bundy and the devastating realization she faced when she discovered the killer was her friend.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (4 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The Stranger Beside Me
Who died on November 18, 1978 in the Jonestown, Guyana mass murder-suicides by 7986752|Kathryn Barbour book cover

📘 Who died on November 18, 1978 in the Jonestown, Guyana mass murder-suicides
 by Kathryn Barbour

Limited first edition, lovingly crafted in exquisite detail, this memorial album is the most complete collection of portraits of almost all of the 918 who died. A tribute to the "mostly unknown members of Peoples Temple," this book is dedicated to those who died, and to those still alive who knew and loved them.

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Who died on November 18, 1978 in the Jonestown, Guyana mass murder-suicides
Hold hands and die! by 6177379|John Maguire book cover

📘 Hold hands and die!
 by John Maguire

An examination of the 1978 Jonestown mass suicide, detailing the Peoples Temple’s final days in Guyana and the events leading to the deaths of over 900 followers.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Hold hands and die!
Psychic dictatorship in the U.S.A by 7071294|Alex Constantine book cover

📘 Psychic dictatorship in the U.S.A
 by Alex Constantine

A nonfiction exploration of alleged psychic influence, intelligence operations, and cult dynamics within the United States, focusing on brainwashing techniques, CIA involvement, and postwar society.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Psychic dictatorship in the U.S.A
The official CIA manual of trickery and deception by 8838975|H. Keith Melton book cover

📘 The official CIA manual of trickery and deception
 by H. Keith Melton

The CIA's hidden manual of magic and deception: How the agency taught its agents to use sleight of hand for espionage and covert operations during the Cold War.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The official CIA manual of trickery and deception
Black and white by 6221277|Shiva Naipaul book cover

📘 Black and white
 by Shiva Naipaul

A factual study of the people, politics, and social currents that allowed Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple to thrive in California and Guyana, culminating in the 1978 Jonestown mass suicide.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Black and white
First Casualty by 7649246|Toby Harnden book cover

📘 First Casualty
 by Toby Harnden


★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like First Casualty
Records of the Shanghai municipal police, 1894-1949 by 3499233|United States. National Archives and Records Administration. book cover

📘 Records of the Shanghai municipal police, 1894-1949
 by United States. National Archives and Records Administration.


★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Records of the Shanghai municipal police, 1894-1949

Some Other Similar Books

The Pale Fire by V.S. Naipaul
The Bloodmark by Patricia Cornwell

Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!

Please login to submit books!