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True crime Lists by Experts All Time Best Trending New By Book DNA List by Experts

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  • Greg Marquis The best books on the history of murder Book cover of By Persons Unknown: The Strange Death of Christine Demeter Book cover of The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime Book cover of The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder Book cover of The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town Book cover of Charlotte Gray, The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Nation
  • S.J. Peddie The best books about life in the Mafia Book cover of Wise Guy Book cover of I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa Book cover of Little Man: The Gangster Life of Meyer Lansky Book cover of Chin: The Life and Crimes of Mafia Boss Vincent Gigante Book cover of Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia
  • Blessin Adams The best bloody true crime books Book cover of Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey Book cover of The Yoga Store Murder: The Shocking True Account of the Lululemon Athletica Killing Book cover of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial
  • Rick Geary The best books on unsolved murders Book cover of My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir Book cover of I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery Book cover of Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: The Uncensored Story of the JonBenet Murder and the Grand Jury's Search for the Truth
  • 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
  • Kathryn Canavan The best true crime stories written by insiders and experts Book cover of A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming Book cover of Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Book cover of I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Book cover of Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Book cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
  • Kathleen Brunelle The best true crime books about mysterious disappearances Book cover of Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation Book cover of True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray Book cover of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Book cover of If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children Book cover of The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
  • Nicole Maggi The best true crime books to keep you up at night Book cover of And the Sea Will Tell Book cover of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Book cover of The Monster of Florence Book cover of Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments Book cover of Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
  • Thomas Doherty The best must-read true crime books Book cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Book cover of Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Book cover of The Stranger Beside Me: The Shocking Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy Book cover of In Cold Blood Book cover of My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir
  • Dianne DeMille The best books on true crime and corruption Book cover of In Cold Blood Book cover of In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators Book cover of If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood Book cover of The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder Book cover of I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
  • Alan R. Warren The best books covering the criminal justice system in America Book cover of In Cold Blood Book cover of Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Book cover of In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators Book cover of Killing Women: The True Story of Serial Killer Don Miller's Reign of Terror Book cover of Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall
  • Glenn Stout The best true crime of the Roaring Twenties Book cover of Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood Book cover of The Bobbed Haired Bandit: A True Story of Crime and Celebrity in 1920s New York Book cover of Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend Book cover of The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America Book cover of For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago
  • Iain Parke The best outlaw biker books Book cover of Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga: A Strange and Terrible Saga Book cover of The Bandido Massacre Book cover of Outlaws: Inside the Violent World of Biker Gangs Book cover of Fallen Angel Book cover of The Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
  • Eve Lazarus The best true crime books that read like thrillers Book cover of In Cold Blood Book cover of The Blooding: The Dramatic True Story of the First Murder Case Solved by Genetic "Fingerprinting" Book cover of The Stranger Beside Me: The Shocking Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy Book cover of Who Killed Janet Smith? Book cover of On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women
  • James Polchin The best true crime books that reshape our understanding of the past Book cover of The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America Book cover of The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Ninetenth-Century New York Book cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Book cover of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Book cover of Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation
  • J.T. Hunter The best books about true crime and the dark side of human nature Book cover of In Cold Blood Book cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Book cover of I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Book cover of Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI Book cover of True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa
  • Rebecca Frost The best books about crimes you've never heard of Book cover of Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard Book cover of The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Ninetenth-Century New York Book cover of For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago Book cover of Killing For Company Book cover of Thunderstruck
  • Sarah Wise The best true crime books that show fact is FAR odder than fiction Book cover of The Murders at White House Farm: Jeremy Bamber and the Killing of His Family Book cover of The Hunt for the 60sā€™ Ripper Book cover of The Maul and the Pear Tree Book cover of Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Book cover of Ten Rillington Place
  • Mara Leveritt The best true crime books about cover-ups Book cover of We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption Book cover of All the President's Men Book cover of The Bluegrass Conspiracy: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs & Murder Book cover of The Infiltrator: The True Story of One Man Against the Biggest Drug Cartel in History Book cover of Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World
  • Katherine Ramsland The best true crime books that teach you about the minds of murderers Book cover of The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science Book cover of Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men Book cover of Shadowman: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling Book cover of Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod Book cover of In Cold Blood
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