Recs if you like End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America...

What's happening now in US politics and beyond didn't come out of nowhere. The roots of the Christian nationalist movement are very long; its strategies have been carefully crafted and patiently implemented for decades. This is a reading list to help increase awareness of the grievances, goals, and methods of right-wing evangelical/fundamentalist Christianity in its various factions.

SISTER LIST: Christofascists on Christofascism

To find horror it seems we need look no further than our fellow human beings. All these true crime books have themes ranging from the detriment of patriarchal norms in institutions and family dynamics, systemic racism, corporate and personal greed, homophobia, failures in the justice system and/or stigma of mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Nonfiction (mostly 😺) that read like fiction

true crime and true crime adjacent.

mainly from Book of the Day, but any NPR podcast counts