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  • Paul J. Heald The best books about capital punishment from an insider perspective Book cover of In Cold Blood Book cover of The Executioner's Song Book cover of The Chamber Book cover of A Lesson Before Dying Book cover of I'd Know You Anywhere
  • Kia Corthron The best novels on the intersection of race, class, and justice in America Book cover of Beloved Book cover of The Round House Book cover of Bang Book cover of Native Son Book cover of The Enchanted
  • Rick R. Reed The best books inspired by true crime that would be criminal not to read Book cover of In Cold Blood Book cover of Alias Grace Book cover of The Executioner's Song Book cover of We Need to Talk about Kevin Book cover of Little Deaths
  • Nick Allen Brown The best books that draw you into another world Book cover of Sphere Book cover of The Green Mile Book cover of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly Book cover of CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties Book cover of The Andromeda Strain
  • Howard Sounes The best true crime biographies to put you in the mind of a criminal Book cover of Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell Book cover of Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Book cover of Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld Book cover of The Executioner's Song Book cover of Killing For Company
  • Harold Schechter The best American novels inspired by true crimes Book cover of Wieland or the Transformation Book cover of An American Tragedy Book cover of Native Son Book cover of Double Indemnity Book cover of Looking for Mr. Goodbar
  • Evan Purcell The best books about women on the run Book cover of Woman on the Run Book cover of Safe Haven Book cover of The Witness Book cover of The Speed Queen Book cover of The House at the End of the World
  • Stephen Singular The best books on the psychology and emotions behind human violence Book cover of Crime and Punishment Book cover of The Stranger Book cover of In Cold Blood Book cover of The Executioner's Song Book cover of Fatal Vision: A True Crime Classic
  • Virginia Reeves The best books about imprisonment (both literal and figurative) Book cover of The Executioner's Song Book cover of Then the Fish Swallowed Him Book cover of Jack Book cover of Katalin Street Book cover of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire
  • Charles Salzberg The best novels with memorable, morally complicated characters Book cover of Carolina Moonset Book cover of Where It Hurts Book cover of Buzz Killer Book cover of Monument Road Book cover of The Line That Held Us
  • Jackson Arthur The best books to make you fall in love with horror Book cover of Let's Get Invisible! Book cover of The Green Mile Book cover of There Will Come Soft Rains Book cover of The Thief of Always: A Fable Book cover of The Road
  • Deborah Crossland The best YA books that made me cry Book cover of Little Universes Book cover of The Truth Project Book cover of Lovely War Book cover of Ready to Fall Book cover of Paper Butterflies
  • Clyde Edgerton The best books to help readers know how religion, family, humor, violence, love, and racism (and other isms) co-exist in America Book cover of A Curtain of Green & Other Stories Book cover of Native Son Book cover of Light in August Book cover of Sugar Among the Freaks Book cover of Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South
  • Ken Banks The best books on people living unusual, adventurous or alternative lives Book cover of Into the Wild Book cover of Across The Dark Continent Bicycle Diaries from Africa 1931-1936 Book cover of The Green Mile Book cover of The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Book cover of The Fatal Shore
  • J.G. Schwartz The best Stephen King books to make you believe in the paranormal (and keep you up at night) Book cover of It Book cover of Carrie Book cover of The Shining Book cover of The Green Mile Book cover of The Institute
  • Polly Stewart The best fast-paced mysteries with a strong sense of place Book cover of The Secret History Book cover of I Have Some Questions for You Book cover of In the Woods Book cover of I'd Know You Anywhere Book cover of Beware the Woman
  • Valena Beety Valena Beety's favorite books to learn about wrongful convictions of women and queer people Book cover of Queer (In)Justice Book cover of The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison Book cover of Smoke but No Fire Book cover of It Happened to Audrey: A Terrifying Journey From Loving Mom to Accused Baby Killer Book cover of Justice for Some: A Comparative Study of Miscarriages of Justice and Wrongful Convictions
  • Colin Asher The best books about the Works Progress Administration or by WPA authors Book cover of Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America Book cover of Never Come Morning Book cover of Their Eyes Were Watching God Book cover of Native Son Book cover of The Golden Apples
  • Karen Conti The best books for law lovers, fairness fighters, and true crime connoisseurs Book cover of A Lesson Before Dying Book cover of Presumed Innocent Book cover of To Kill a Mockingbird Book cover of Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate Book cover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Karen Slater The best books with real life stories of people overcoming adversity Book cover of Stolen Time: One Woman's Inspiring Story as an Innocent Condemned to Death Book cover of The Monster I Loved: The true story of a young girl and her father's betrayal. Book cover of Behind the Mask Book cover of One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth Book cover of A Piece of Cake: A Memoir
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