A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

4.34 AVERAGE

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mikaylasbooknook's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
An important and necessary read, never more timely than in 2025 America. A great historical account of one of the darkest periods in the United States that takes care with some of the truly horrific atrocities committed. Read with caution, see content warning markings. 
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blkbayliss's review against another edition

4.5
informative

azbobbi's review

5.0
Very well-researched, very depressing. A bleak reminder that history is cyclical, and that, 100 years later, parallels of hatred are easy to find.
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ericapmartinez's review against another edition

3.0
dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
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ellieegan's review

4.5
dark reflective medium-paced
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kristynharrington's review

5.0
you can beat a racist up with anything, potatoes included!
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jamesmichael84's review against another edition

4.75
dark informative reflective medium-paced

ajeveland14's review

3.75
dark informative inspiring medium-paced
3.75 stars. First the bad, the writing style often dragged for me, but that may be because I don’t read much nonfiction. 

Now to the good - this is a cautionary tale of what is currently happening in the United States today. We are constantly hearing rhetoric similar to what the KKK said 100 years ago with regard to race, family, and eugenics. I challenge anyone who identifies as MAGA to read this book and challenge me on this point. Today, the scary part is the “bad guy” was allowed into the White House, along with his supporters. The writer did a fantastic job at drawling those parallels to modern day. 

debc64's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 18%
Just not holding my interest; moving too slowly 
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ricklie's review

4.5
dark informative reflective slow-paced