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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.40 — 284,765 ratings — published 2018
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.40 — 103,556 ratings — published 2019
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.54 — 141,392 ratings — published 2021
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.14 — 456,808 ratings — published 2017
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.34 — 44,313 ratings — published 2019
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.47 — 177,411 ratings — published 2018
All the President’s Men (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.18 — 58,451 ratings — published 1974
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (ebook)
by (shelved 25 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.11 — 267,355 ratings — published 2018
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right (ebook)
by (shelved 25 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.31 — 27,476 ratings — published 2016
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.09 — 741,166 ratings — published 1966
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.13 — 815,194 ratings — published 2010
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.12 — 59,682 ratings — published 2015
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.47 — 115,892 ratings — published 2016
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 3.95 — 158,559 ratings — published 2011
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.07 — 46,371 ratings — published 2018
Columbine (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.29 — 103,879 ratings — published 2009
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom (ebook)
by (shelved 19 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.41 — 7,620 ratings — published 2019
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 3.93 — 41,720 ratings — published 2013
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.01 — 228,034 ratings — published 2003
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.36 — 17,616 ratings — published 2023
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.04 — 45,355 ratings — published 2013
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.07 — 38,765 ratings — published 2018
Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,139 ratings — published 2002
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.46 — 101,812 ratings — published 2009
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 3.75 — 206,735 ratings — published 2001
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.22 — 28,446 ratings — published 2003
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.36 — 6,733 ratings — published 2019
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 3.98 — 117,946 ratings — published 2012
Ten Days in a Mad-House
by (shelved 13 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 3.86 — 25,396 ratings — published 1887
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.30 — 172,743 ratings — published 2010
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.19 — 211,223 ratings — published 2006
No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.17 — 19,149 ratings — published 2025
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.02 — 20,964 ratings — published 2022
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.15 — 148,888 ratings — published 2020
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.23 — 12,943 ratings — published 2018
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.41 — 55,098 ratings — published 2017
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.39 — 29,563 ratings — published 1987
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.14 — 91,529 ratings — published 2014
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.36 — 38,314 ratings — published 2006
Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,534 ratings — published 2020
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.16 — 191,783 ratings — published 2016
So You've Been Publicly Shamed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 3.93 — 66,193 ratings — published 2015
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 3.86 — 28,176 ratings — published 2013
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,205,603 ratings — published 1996
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 3.92 — 106,968 ratings — published 2023
When McKinsey Comes to Town (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 3.80 — 11,754 ratings — published 2022
Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.24 — 10,541 ratings — published 2020
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.30 — 236,663 ratings — published 2009
Blowout (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.34 — 15,974 ratings — published 2019
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as investigative-journalism)
avg rating 4.02 — 51,043 ratings — published 2017
“There were generally two kinds of stories: the ones you chased and the ones that chased you.”
― Earthflown
― Earthflown
“Cherchez la femme" is good advice for investigative reporters. "Follow the money" is even better advice.”
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