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24 alternatives to The True American

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

1
American Kingpin▲88
The epic hunt for the mastermind behind the Silk Road
2017 · its alternatives →
2
Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails▲66
The definitive guide to the contemporary craft cocktail
2016 · its alternatives →
3
The True Believer▲60
Thoughts on the nature of mass movements
2016 · its alternatives →
4
Writing My Wrongs▲5
Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
2017 · its alternatives →
5
Dark Places▲56
Mystery novel that deals with class issues in rural America
2016 · its alternatives →
6
Future Crimes▲64
Inside the Digital Underground
2017 · its alternatives →
7
Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance▲5
(A Jack Ryan Novel)
2017 · its alternatives →
8
This American Life - Anatomy of Doubt▲60
Two crimes: one with shoddy police work, the other, stellar
2016 · its alternatives →
9
The Divide▲63
American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
2016 · its alternatives →
10
The Nine▲65
Inside the secret world of the Supreme Court
2016 · its alternatives →
11
My Favorite Murder: Squad Gourds▲52
The "My Way" killings in the Phillipines
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Serial Podcast▲177
From This American Life, follow 1 story over a whole season
2014 · its alternatives →
13
Suspicious Minds▲68
Why we believe conspiracy theories
2016 · its alternatives →
14
Ender's Game▲93
The enemy's gate is down
2015 · its alternatives →
15
The Thinker▲61
How I escaped my prison
2016 · its alternatives →
16
The Alchemist▲97
Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santi
2015 · its alternatives →
17
American Girls▲60
Social media and the secret lives of teenagers
2016 · its alternatives →
18
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies▲56
The Real West
2016 · its alternatives →
19
The Outsider: Invest in America▲57
The novel to nurse your election hangover
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Criminal Podcast▲115
Real stories behind unbelievable crimes
2015 · its alternatives →
21
American Girls▲67
Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
2016 · its alternatives →
22
American Psycho▲2
Delve into the mind of a psychopath
2016 · its alternatives →
23
This American Life - 570: The night in question▲86
The assassination of Israeli's Prime Minister and ...
2015 · its alternatives →
24
The Throwback Special▲61
A Novel
2016 · its alternatives →

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