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1	Sandy Hook by Elizabeth Williamson (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 4,168 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Columbine by Dave Cullen (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 105,598 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Death on Base: The Fort Hood Massacre (Volume 9) (North Texas Crime and Criminal Justice Series) by Anita Belles Porterfield (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion from Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond by Mark Ames 3.81 avg rating — 531 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Parkland by Dave Cullen (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 7,742 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders by Gary M. Lavergne 4.07 avg rating — 547 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America by Mark Follman 4.02 avg rating — 761 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Nether Land: High School Temptation, Insurance Haze, Stolen Resolution, and Murder by Kem Hinton 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base by Andy Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 553 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely 3.97 avg rating — 2,517 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter by Seamus McGraw 3.74 avg rating — 292 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood by Mark Oppenheimer 4.22 avg rating — 545 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic by Jillian Peterson 4.44 avg rating — 1,514 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Guns by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 10,106 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Newtown: An American Tragedy by Matthew Lysiak 3.92 avg rating — 2,848 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Steeped in the Blood of Racism: Black Power, Law and Order, and the 1970 Shootings at Jackson State College by Nancy K. Bristow 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine by Brooks Brown 4.02 avg rating — 3,479 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	When Truth Mattered: The Kent State Shootings 50 Years Later by Robert Giles (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold 4.14 avg rating — 48,161 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America by Tom Zoellner (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 174 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The "Supreme Gentleman" Killer: The True Story Of An Incel Mass Murderer by Brian Whitney (Goodreads Author) 3.37 avg rating — 120 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Where We Live: Las Vegas Shooting Benefit Anthology by Mike Allred (Contributor) 4.01 avg rating — 263 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Attica Turkey Shoot: Carnage, Cover-Up, and the Pursuit of Justice by Malcolm Bell 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Stopping the School Shooter: The Life You Save May be Your Own by Chief Ronald C Glidden 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Killing for Pleasure by Bill O'Brien 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The School of the Americas: Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas by Lesley Gill 3.85 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Delivered from Evil: True Stories of Ordinary People Who Faced Monstrous Mass Killers and Survived by Ron Franscell (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 616 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Massacre in Cumbria - The Day Gunman Derrick Bird Brought Terror to the Lake District by Clare Leigh 3.28 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Worse Than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law (Volume 2) (North Texas Crime and Criminal Justice Series) by Gary M. Lavergne 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Seven Seven: The Untold Story of the Deadliest Assault on Law Enforcement Since 9/11 by Jamie Thompson 4.26 avg rating — 241 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	One Bloody Afternoon: The Hungerford Massacre by Jeremy Josephs 3.96 avg rating — 97 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Talking with Psychopaths and Savages: Mass Murderers and Spree Killers by Christopher Berry-Dee 2.82 avg rating — 592 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Shots Fired in Terminal 2: A Witness to the Fort Lauderdale Shooting Reflects on America's Mass Shooting Epidemic by William Elliott Hazelgrove (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings by William H. Reid (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 1,409 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Spiral Notebook: The Aurora Theater Shooter and the Epidemic of Mass Violence Committed by American Youth by Stephen Singular 3.36 avg rating — 372 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Murder in the Neighborhood: The true story of America’s first recorded mass shooting by Ellen J. Green (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 1,181 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Repossessions: Mass Shooting in Baymeadows by Tim Gilmore (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Texas Tower Sniper: The Terrifying True Story of Charles Whitman by Ryan Green (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 528 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness by Jennifer Berry Hawes (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 1,824 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	A Terrible Thunder: The Story of the New Orleans Sniper by Peter Hernon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 60 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Called to Forgive: The Charleston Church Shooting, a Victim’s Husband, and the Path to Healing and Peace by Anthony B. Thompson 4.42 avg rating — 146 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Day of Rage: Model Citizen Turns Cold-Blooded Killer in a Pennsylvania Small Town by Donald C. Sarvey 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Åsne Seierstad 4.43 avg rating — 13,825 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Husna's Story: My Wife, the Christchurch Massacre & My Journey to Forgiveness by Farid Ahmed 4.18 avg rating — 240 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Anders Behring Breivik and the Threat of Terror in Plain Sight by Unni Turrettini (Goodreads Author) 3.17 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Mass Murder: The Killings At the Ship Ashore Resort by Richard Williams really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The 2017 Las Vegas Shooting: The Deadliest Mass Shooting In America, Inside The Mind And Psychology Of Stephen Paddock by Eric Diaz 3.07 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	I Don't Like Mondays: The True Story Behind America’s First Modern School Shooting by N. Leigh Hunt (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 410 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	El Paso's Darkest Day by Al Hernandez 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Columbine: A True Crime Story by Jeff Kass 3.84 avg rating — 1,246 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars