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Books like The Gray Lady Winked
The best books like The Gray Lady Winked are Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, and Killers of the Flower Moon. The Gray Lady Winked by Ashley Rindsberg is about media criticism, journalism ethics, historical accuracy. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou · Business
Bad Blood is Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou's account of Theranos, the blood-testing startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes that claimed its proprietary technology could run hundreds of diagnostic tests from a single finger-prick of blood.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright · History
Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower is the most comprehensive account of how al-Qaeda came to attack the United States on September 11, 2001.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Killers of the Flower Moon
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David Grann · History
In the 1920s, members of the Osage Nation in northeastern Oklahoma were being murdered.
Both dig into institutional failure.
Read the summary → - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe · History
Empire of Pain is Patrick Radden Keefe's account of the Sackler family — the dynasty behind Purdue Pharma and the opioid crisis — told across three generations.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe · History
Say Nothing opens with a scene that sets its register precisely: Jean McConville, a widowed mother of ten, is dragged from her Belfast flat by a gang of masked strangers in December 1972 and never seen alive again.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Thomas E. Ricks · History
Thomas Ricks was the Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post when he wrote Fiasco, and the book reflects years of direct access to the military officials, planners, and soldiers involved in the Iraq War.
Both dig into institutional failure.
Read the summary → - Bad Science
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Ben Goldacre · Science
Bad Science is Ben Goldacre's dissection of how scientific evidence gets misrepresented, distorted, and invented in the service of selling health products, generating media coverage, and protecting bad actors from accountability.
Both dig into media criticism.
Read the summary → - Hate, Inc.
- The Cartel
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Don Winslow · Thriller
The Cartel is the second installment in Don Winslow's trilogy about the Mexican drug war, picking up years after The Power of the Dog left off.
Both dig into institutional failure.
Read the summary → - The Poet
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Michael Connelly · Thriller
Jack McEvoy is a crime reporter in Denver whose twin brother, a homicide detective, apparently kills himself.
Both dig into institutional failure.
Read the summary → - The Surgeon
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Tess Gerritsen · Thriller
The Surgeon is the first book in Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles series, though it begins primarily as a Jane Rizzoli solo novel.
Both dig into institutional failure.
Read the summary → - 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Charles C. Mann · History
Charles Mann's 1491 sets out to correct a widespread misconception: that the Americas before Columbus were a mostly empty wilderness populated by small, isolated bands of hunter-gatherers living in gentle harmony with an untouched nature.
A kindred history read.
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Books like The Gray Lady Winked: quick answers
What are the best books like The Gray Lady Winked?
The best books like The Gray Lady Winked by Ashley Rindsberg are Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Gray Lady Winked, such as media criticism, journalism ethics, historical accuracy.
What should I read after The Gray Lady Winked?
A natural next read after The Gray Lady Winked is Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. A kindred history read. Other strong choices are The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe.
What books are similar to The Gray Lady Winked by Ashley Rindsberg?
The Gray Lady Winked centers on media criticism, journalism ethics, historical accuracy. Books with a similar feel include Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
