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24 alternatives to The Night of the Gun

David Carr investigates the darkest story of his life

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Night of the Gun launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Ender's Game▲93

   The enemy's gate is down

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Future Crimes▲64

   Inside the Digital Underground

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

   The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Gutshot: Stories▲128

   Isolation and coupling are pushed to their dark edges

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   This American Life - 570: The night in question▲86

   The assassination of Israeli's Prime Minister and ...

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Ghettoside▲58

   A true story of murder in America

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dark Territory▲69

   The Secret History of Cyber War

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Youngblood▲71

   The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Greatest▲92

   My Own Story (Muhammad Ali Autobiography)

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Serial Podcast▲177

    From This American Life, follow 1 story over a whole season

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Bowie: The Biography▲90

    Discover the man behind the myth

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Blitzed▲66

    Drugs in Nazi Germany

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    A Night to Remember by Walter Lord▲99

    The classic account of the final of the Titanic

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    You▲60

    A chilling romantic thriller

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Elephant in the Room▲65

    Whimsical, hilarious and often downright terrifying

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Against the Gods▲62

    The remarkable story of risk

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Red Parts▲64

    Autobiography of a trial

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Self-Destructing Book▲140

    24 hours to read a book before it self-destructs

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Folded Clock▲70

    Diary of a modern writer

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Dark Matter▲73

    What if you could have made different choices in life?

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Fictionhub, a place to share fiction▲46

    2015 · fictionhub.io · its alternatives →

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    The Nine▲65

    Inside the secret world of the Supreme Court

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Culling▲68

    Like the Hunger Games, but way more brutal

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Morning Short - "Asleep In Armageddon" By Ray Bradbury▲60

    A psycho-thriller about an astronaut who crashes onto a....

    2016 · its alternatives →

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