Conspiracy Theories

A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful actors, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable. The term has a pejorative connotation, implying that the appeal to a conspiracy is based on prejudice or insufficient evidence. Conspiracy theories resist falsification and are reinforced by circular reasoning: both evidence against the conspiracy and an absence of evidence for it, are re-interpreted as evidence of its truth, and the conspiracy becomes a matter of faith rather than proof.

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To Die For (The 6:20 Man, #3)
The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
Battle Mountain (Joe Pickett, #25)
Paranoia (Michael Bennett, #17)
Return to Sender (Walt Longmire, #21)
The Big Empty (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #20)
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Keera Duggan, #2)
Locked In (Department Q, #10)
The Medici Return (Cotton Malone, #19)
Storm Watch (Joe Pickett, #23)
Diablo Mesa (Nora Kelly, #3)
Legacy of Lies (Bocephus Haynes, #1)
Fatal Intrusion (Sanchez & Heron, #1)
The Medusa Protocol (An Assassins Anonymous, #2)
Treasure State (Cassie Dewell, #5; Highway Quartet, #6)
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
Behold a Pale Horse
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Foucault’s Pendulum
Deception Point
Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History that Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons & the Great Pyramids
Digital Fortress
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
The Biggest Secret: The Book That Will Change the World
Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Words are our Sorcery by Karl WigginsThe Master's Plan by Stephany TullisWhere Are You Now? by Sarah  ConnellBeyond the Last Time by Noah TuyaDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa James
Books With A Message
172 books — 206 voters
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John             LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
480 books — 86 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierGone Girl by Gillian FlynnWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia  FurstenbergDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne
Best Books of Secrets
245 books — 135 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonBlood on Their Hands by Bob BrinkThe Shaft by Scott B Delaney
Conspiracy Fiction
1,434 books — 1,892 voters



Margaret     Roberts
According to Terry Nichols, that winter of 1995, in Junction City, Timothy McVeigh accidentally let slip his FBI handler’s name: “Larry Potts.” Potts, the demoted former FBI deputy director, would surely have outraged McVeigh for his prominent roles in the FBI sieges at Ruby Ridge and Waco. Potts had set the rules of engagement that led to the horrendous sniper killing of Vicki Weaver on her cabin porch in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as she held her newborn baby in her arms. Then at Waco, Potts had toure ...more
Margaret Roberts, Blowback: The Untold Story of the FBI and the Oklahoma City Bombing

Alan Moore
The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.
Alan Moore

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