If you loved
Books like Chaos
A dizzying, obsessive descent into a historical rabbit hole that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the 1960s. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Chaos.
- paranoid
- unsettling
- labyrinthine
- shadowy
- 01
Helter Skelter
Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry · 1974
A chilling, methodical descent into the darkest corners of the 1960s counterculture, guided by the prosecutor who brought the monsters to justice.
- 02
Manson in his own words
Charles Manson and Nuel Emmons
A chilling, confessional descent into the making of a notorious criminal mind and the dark end of the 1960s counterculture.
- 03
Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties
Dianne Lake and Deborah Herman
A chilling, deeply personal descent into one of history's most notorious cults, anchored by a young girl's ultimate survival.
- 04
Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann
A chilling, meticulously researched descent into a conspiracy of greed that exposes the rot at the heart of the American dream.
- 05
The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker
A chilling, step-by-step descent into the minds of America's most notorious predators, guided by the pioneer of criminal profiling.
- 06
Savage Appetites
Rachel Monroe
An unsettling and deeply analytical exploration of why women are drawn to the darkest corners of human behavior.
- 07
Furious Hours
Casey Cep
A mesmerizing blend of Southern gothic true crime and literary biography that explores the haunting weight of an unfinished masterpiece.
- 08
American Predator
Maureen Callahan
A relentless, dread-soaked descent into the mind of an unprecedented killer and the frantic, flawed race to stop him.
- 09
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara
A chilling, beautifully written descent into a cold case that doubles as a poignant meditation on the nature of obsession.
- 10
Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow
A gripping, real-life espionage thriller about the terrifying lengths powerful men will go to protect their secrets, and the immense courage required to expose them.
- 11
Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer · 2003
A chilling, meticulously researched descent into the terrifying extremes of absolute faith and the violence it can inspire.
- 12
Mindhunter
John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker
A chilling, clinical descent into the darkest corners of the human psyche, guided by the man who learned to think like a monster.
