11 Best historical books like The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

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The Trial of Lizzie Borden

By: Cara Robertson

3.40

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August o…

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1. Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed (True Crime)

By: Lorelei Shannon , Victoria Cosner Love , Victoria Cosner

3.13

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Historians Victoria Cosner Love and author Lorelei Shannon uncover the truth behind one of New Orle… read more

Similar categories in Lorelei Shannon's Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed (True Crime) book and Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"We believe that, despite a possibly cruel temperament and an impetuous nature that she followed throughout her life, Madame Delphine Macarty Lopez Blanque Lalaurie was not a serial killer, a sexual s…"

-Lorelei Shannon, Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed (True Crime)

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2. A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials

By: Karen Armstrong , Frances Hill

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

This acclaimed history illuminates the horrifying episode of Salem with visceral clarity, from thos… read more

Similar categories in Karen Armstrong's A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials book and Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden

  • historical
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide

By: Steve Lehto

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

There are places in the United States of America where violent acts of bloodshed have occurred. Yea… read more

Similar categories in Steve Lehto's American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide book and Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

4. The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

By: Judith Flanders

3.65

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

"Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, … read more

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5. The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century

By: Sarah Miller

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

"Someone has killed Father!" August 4, 1892: Lizzie Borden calls out frantically for help. When the… read more

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6. The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science

By: Douglas Starr

4.11

Format: None pages,

A riveting true crime story that vividly recounts the birth of modern forensics. At the end of the … read more

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7. Richie: A Father, His Son, and the Ultimate American Tragedy

By: Thomas Thompson

4.03

Format: None pages,

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8. The Devil's Rooming House: The True Story of America's Deadliest Female Serial Killer

By: M. William Phelps

3.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Devil's Rooming Houseis the first book about the life, times, and crimes of America's most prol… read more

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9. American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

By: Maureen Callahan

4.09

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Callahan's American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century book and Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden

  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I've got lots more stories to tell."

-Maureen Callahan, American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

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10. While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

By: J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “Univers… read more

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  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

11. The Trial of Lizzie Borden

By: Cara Robertson

3.40

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August o… read more

Similar categories in Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden book and Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

By: Earl Swift

3.98

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new wor… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family

By: Susan Jonusas

3.45

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial … read more

Similar categories in Susan Jonusas's Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family book and Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice

By: C. Alexander Hortis

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was P… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

By: Dean Jobb

3.62

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

“When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals,” Sherlock Holmes observed during one of … read more

Similar categories in Dean Jobb's The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer book and Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden

  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era

By: Gareth Russell

4.02

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the Titanic disaster and the unraveling of the gilded Edwardian society that … read more

Similar categories in Gareth Russell's The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era book and Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Boston Stranglers

By: Susan Kelly

3.39

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Was Albert DeSalvo Really the Boston Strangler? Handyman Albert DeSalvo confessed to eleven brutal… read more

Similar categories in Susan Kelly's The Boston Stranglers book and Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation by Rich Cohen

18. The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation

By: Rich Cohen

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Was he New York City's last pirate...or its first gangster? This is the true story of the bloodthir… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Tennessee Wildcat: On the Trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Mr. Edwards by Robynne Elizabeth Miller

19. Tennessee Wildcat: On the Trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Mr. Edwards

By: Robynne Elizabeth Miller

3.82

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

Mr. Edwards … that colorful Tennessee Wildcat Laura Ingalls Wilder so deeply loved. He helped Pa bu… read more

Similar categories in Robynne Elizabeth Miller's Tennessee Wildcat: On the Trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Mr. Edwards book and Cara Robertson's The Trial of Lizzie Borden

  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Serial Killers of the ’70s: Stories Behind a Notorious Decade of Death by Jane Fritsch

20. Serial Killers of the ’70s: Stories Behind a Notorious Decade of Death

By: Jane Fritsch

3.37

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

From Ted Bundy to John Wayne Gacy and David Berkowitz, the 1970s were a time of notorious and bruta… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

7 Top adult books like The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

Transform Your Habits

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

Maureen Callahan

4.09

Transform Your Habits

While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Trial of Lizzie Borden

Cara Robertson

3.40

Transform Your Habits

Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family

Susan Jonusas

3.45

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13 Best historical books like Tennessee Wildcat: On the Trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Mr. Edwards by Robynne Elizabeth Miller

Transform Your Habits

A Moment in Time (Lone Star Brides, #2)

Tracie Peterson

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Beloved Hope (Heart of the Frontier Book #2)

Tracie Peterson

3.67

Transform Your Habits

A Matter of Heart (Lone Star Brides, #3)

Tracie Peterson

3.36

Transform Your Habits

The Trial of Lizzie Borden

Cara Robertson

3.40

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