Welcome to watch model dot com, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 books that inspired horrific real life crimes.

Two women were missing and presumed dead at his hands.

A third had barely escaped with her life after her kidnapping and rape.

For this list, we're looking at various books.

Both fiction and nonfiction alike that have inspired or directly caused acts of violence will only be including books themselves.

So violence inspired by a books movie adaptation will not be included.

But I didn't want raged to be one of those accelerants, so I pulled the book number 10 Mine Kampf, Adolf Hitler.

This one seems pretty obvious, doesn't it?

Mine Come Translated to my Struggle is Adolf Hitler's autobiography, in which he details his descent into anti Semitism and the superiority of the Aryan race, all while planting the seeds of his genocide.

The book was an enormous success in 19 thirties Germany, and it continues to be printed in the United States through educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Obviously, this work and the themes and beliefs there in have caused a lot of hardship in the world.

Thes air, The philosophies that resulted in the Holocaust and many extremists remain inspired by Hitler's ideologies.

To this day, Number nine.

The Anarchist Cookbook, William Powell The Anarchist Cookbook was author William Powell's malicious contribution to the counterculture movement.

The book contains, among other things, instructions on how to make homemade explosives and LSD, however inaccurate they are and was meant as a protest against America's involvement in Vietnam.

While both Powell himself and riel anarchists have denounced the book, it's nevertheless been linked to many infamous crimes, including the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine massacre and the 77 bombings in London.

While the book is obviously not the sole reason for those atrocities, officials still believe that it played a role to varying degrees of significance.

Number eight.

The Satanic Verses.

Salman Rushdie.

The Satanic Verses is a novel by British Indian author Salman Rushdie that was inspired by the life of Mohammed.

The book was immediately lambasted by various Muslims who accused it of blasphemy, and it resulted in a slew of violence.

The supreme leader of Iran issued a call for the deaths of rusty and those associated with the novel and the novels Japanese translator was subsequently killed in a stabbing.

Thean Tal Yin, translator in Norwegian publisher, also became the subjects of assassination attempts.

It may have even resulted in the Sivas massacre.

Ah, hotel fire that killed 35 people as the novels Turkish Translator was in attendance.

Number seven.

Jack Shepherd, William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Shepard was a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth.

Originally published in serialized form in the literary magazine Bentley's Miscellany, it chronicled the adventures and crimes of real life Thief and burglar Jack Shepherd.

The novel was an immense success, even outselling Oliver Twist Lisa.

I want some more, but it was also highly controversial due to its supposed glorification of crime.

Lord Chamberlain even band plays with Jack Shepherd in the title to prevent youthful imitators.

His controversy was further heightened upon the murder of Parliament's Lord William Russell.

His valet, Francois Colglazier, had slit his throat in his sleep, and he's written in his confession that Jack Shepherd had inspired him to murder Russell.

Number six.

The Turner Diaries.

William Luther Pierce.

The Turner Diaries is undeniably one of the most controversial pieces of literature in modern history.

The novel was written by white supremacist William Luther Pierce under a pseudonym, and it depicts a revolution that ends in a race war and the subsequent extermination of people of color, among others.

You know how the war gets started.

The hero drives a truck bomb into a federal building.

Timothy McVeigh was reenacting that scene from The Turner Diaries.

He was carrying a book with him when he was arrested.

The Anti Defamation League has said that quote.

Many extremists have cited it as the inspiration behind their terrorist activity, and that certainly seems to be the case.

Numerous violent acts have been attributed to the Turner Diaries, including the orders Murder of Three People and Attempted provocation of a Race War, the Oklahoma City bombing and Neo Nazi David Copeland's London Bombing Spree.

Number five.

The collector John Fowles.

The Collector is a horror novel about a lonely man who kidnaps a woman named Miranda and keeps her in Hiss Cellar, where she eventually grows sick and dies.

It's certainly a troubling tale, but it's no less twisted than a myriad of other horror novels and stories.

However, for whatever reason, this specific novel spoke to a large amount of serial killers who claimed that the collector was relatable and inspirational.

The infamous Leonard Lake adored the novel and named his kidnapping and sex slave operation after Miranda, serial killer, kidnapper and rapist Christopher Wilder also reportedly had a copy of the book when he was killed by the police.

Number four.

The Secret Agent.

A Simple Tale Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent certainly has a colorful history story.

Details.

Secret agent Adolf Ver locks work in espionage within anarchist organizations because of its links to revolutionary ideology.

It was scrutinized by the media immediately after September 11th, but that isn't why it's on this list.

The secret agent was an enormous influence on the Unabomber as he strongly identified with the character of the professor, an anarchist who carries explosives and wishes to exterminate the week members of society.

The professor reportedly served as a major influence on the Unabomber's bombings.

Ted Kaczynski later revealed to the FBI that he was a huge fan of Conrad's novel.

Number three.

The foundation.

Siri's Isaac Asimov Thes air novels written by Isaac Azimov about a mathematician who sets up the titular foundation to rebuild society once it collapses.

It's actually much more complicated than that, but we'd be here all day if we described it in detail.

Unfortunately, the novels influenced the Japanese cult omission Rikio, the cult behind the Tokyo sarin attack of 1995 that killed 12 and injured over 4000 alms.

Chief scientist Hideo Murai admitted that the cult was using the Siri's concept as a blueprint for their doomsday prophecies.

They would cause the end of the world, and the surviving members of Home Shinrikyo would then rebuild civilization.

Number two Rage Stephen King Rage was written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, and it follows the story of Charlie Decker, a troubled high school senior who commits a school shooting.

You can imagine this story has seemingly influenced many school shooters throughout the years, including Geoffrey Cocks, Scott Pennington and Michael Carneal, all of whom had connections to the novel.

The Michael Carneal shooting resulted in King asking for the novel to be taken out of print, a request that his publisher granted standalone copies of Rager no longer available, and the story was eventually removed from the collected edition of the Bachmann books in the UK I felt that it was apart off.

That became a part of a fantasy scenario with these people, and I didn't want it to happen with anybody else.

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Number one.

The Catcher in the Rye J.

D.

Salinger J.

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Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is an American classic, and protagonist Holden Caulfield has since become a symbol for teenage rebellion.

However, it's also been associated with far darker and more malevolent crimes.

I sort of closed one eye like I was taking aim at it.

This is a people shooting head.

I shoot people in this head.

The novel has been linked to many famous shootings, including the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.

But perhaps the most famous death linked to the novel is that of John Lennon.

Lennon's murderer was arrested with the novel in his possession and had written a note within that read quote to Holden Caulfield from Holden Caufield and wrote underneath that This is my statement.

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