Howard Blum

35 books

American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood & the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum

American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood & the Crime of the Century

Howard Blum

339 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime mysterious fast-paced
The Best American Crime Writing 2006 by Jimmy Breslin, Robert Nelson, John Heilemann, Thomas H. Cook, Otto Penzler, S.C. Gwynne, Skip Hollandsworth, David Friedman, Mark Bowden, John Connolly, Mary Battiata, Mark Jacobson, Howard Blum, Denise Grollmus, Richard Rubin, Chuck Hustmyre, Deanne Stillman, Jeffrey Toobin, Paige Williams

The Best American Crime Writing 2006

Jimmy Breslin, Robert Nelson, John Heilemann, Thomas H. Cook, Otto Penzler, S.C. Gwynne, Skip Hollandsworth, David Friedman, Mark Bowden, John Connolly, Mary Battiata, Mark Jacobson, Howard Blum, Denise Grollmus, Richard Rubin, Chuck Hustmyre, Deanne Stillman, Jeffrey Toobin, Paige Williams

352 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction crime short stories true crime informative slow-paced
The Best American Crime Writing: 2004 Edition: The Year's Best True Crime Reporting by Thomas H. Cook, Otto Penzler

The Best American Crime Writing: 2004 Edition: The Year's Best True Crime Reporting

Thomas H. Cook, Otto Penzler

544 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction crime true crime informative slow-paced
The Brigade: An Epic Story of Vengeance, Salvation & World War II by Howard Blum

The Brigade: An Epic Story of Vengeance, Salvation & World War II

Howard Blum

336 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional sad medium-paced
Dark Invasion 1915: Germany's Secret War & the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America by Howard Blum

Dark Invasion 1915: Germany's Secret War & the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America

Howard Blum

496 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history informative tense fast-paced
Dark Invasion: The Secret War Against the Kaiser's Spies by Howard Blum

Dark Invasion: The Secret War Against the Kaiser's Spies

Howard Blum

496 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history informative mysterious tense medium-paced
The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War by Howard Blum

The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War

Howard Blum

384 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier & the Yukon Gold Rush by Howard Blum

The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier & the Yukon Gold Rush

Howard Blum

420 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history dark medium-paced
Gangland: How the FBI Broke the Mob by Howard Blum

Gangland: How the FBI Broke the Mob

Howard Blum

432 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Gold of Exodus: The Discovery of the True Mount Sinai by Howard Blum

The Gold of Exodus: The Discovery of the True Mount Sinai

Howard Blum

368 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced