5 must-read history books like The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt

Cover of The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt

The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

By: John Glatt

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Col…

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Cover of A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story by Jeremy Grimaldi

1. A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story

By: Jeremy Grimaldi

3.45

Format: 336 pages, ebook

2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Nonfiction Book — WinnerA sinister plot by a young woman left her mot… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father by Darren Galsworthy

2. The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father

By: Darren Galsworthy

4.27

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as Becky, this is the heartbreaking story behind the murder of 16-year-old Bri… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story by Shanna Hogan

3. Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story

By: Shanna Hogan

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mormon motivational speaker Travis Alexander, was involved in a relationship with a beautiful photo… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children by Gregg Olsen, Rebecca  Morris

4. If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children

By: Gregg Olsen , Rebecca Morris

4.25

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

In If I Can't Have You, bestselling author Gregg Olsen and co-author Rebecca Morris investigate one… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

5. No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge

By: Irene Pence

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

The horrifying true story of an abusive husband who committed the ultimate act of violence and betr… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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6. A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation

By: Catherine Crier

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

In this #1 New York Timesbestseller, Catherine Crier, a former judge and one of television's most p… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime

7. Shattered

By: Kathryn Casey

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

"Kathryn Casey is one of the best true crime writers today." --Ann Rule With true crime classics li… read more

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8. Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons and a Horrifying Murder

By: Tina Dirmann

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

AN ABUSIVE MOTHER Raised in the suburb of Riverside, California, twenty-year-old college student Ja… read more

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9. Blind Rage: A True Story of Sin, Sex, and Murder in a Small Arkansas Town

By: Anita Paddock

4.07

Format: 71 pages,

A true story of sin, sex, and murder in a small Arkansas town. When Ruie Ann Park--a pillar of the … read more

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10. Pretty Little Killers: The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese

By: Daleen Berry , Geoffrey C. Fuller

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

In Pretty Little Killers, journalist Daleen Berry and investigator Geoffrey Fuller expand upon thei… read more

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11. W szponach

By: Izabela Janiszewska

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Po stracie ojca sześcioletni Beniamin razem z matką przeprowadzają się do domu na przedmieściach. W… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps

12. We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

By: M. William Phelps

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author, television personality, and host of the #1 podcast "Paper Ghosts… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley

13. The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.79

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

A successful young mother, Kelsey Berreth, vanishes on Thanksgiving Day 2018. The FBI is afraid the… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Man-Eater: The Terrifying True Story of Cannibal Killer Katherine Knight by Ryan  Green

14. Man-Eater: The Terrifying True Story of Cannibal Killer Katherine Knight

By: Ryan Green

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

On 29th February 2000, John Price took out a restraining order against his girlfriend, Katherine Kn… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder by Ken Englade

15. Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder

By: Ken Englade

3.90

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The shocking murder that exposed a devoted husband as a cold-hearted killer To Love, Honor-And Mur… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of My Daddy Is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer by Lena Derhally

16. My Daddy Is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer

By: Lena Derhally

3.89

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband. A father. A killer. Chris Watts was a family man. Everybody, including his family, belie… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation by Robert        Rand

17. The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation

By: Robert Rand

4.13

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the definitive book on the Menendez case—and the primary source material for NBC's Law and… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

18. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park by John Leake

19. The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park

By: John Leake

3.99

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandra Bridewell was a beautiful socialite in the affluent Dallas suburb of Highland Park in 1978-8… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Siostry: O nadużyciach w żeńskich klasztorach by Monika Białkowska

20. Siostry: O nadużyciach w żeńskich klasztorach

By: Monika Białkowska

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Czasem „najprostsza droga do nieba” wiedzie przez piekło „Zdradziły Jezusa i Kościół" – to zwykl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students by J. Reuben Appelman

21. 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
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt

22. The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

By: John Glatt

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Col… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murders of Christopher Watts by Cheryln Cadle

23. The Murders of Christopher Watts

By: Cheryln Cadle

3.35

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

On August 13, 2018 Christopher Watts murdered his pregnant wife and two toddler daughters. Cheryln … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Blood & Marriage: Chris Watts: With These Hands by Kathleen McKenna Hewtson

24. Blood & Marriage: Chris Watts: With These Hands

By: Kathleen McKenna Hewtson

3.83

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of 'Murdaugh, She Wrote' and 'The Night My Husband Killed Me' ...In August of 2018,… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Teach Me to Kill: The Shocking True Story of the Pamela Smart Murder Case by Stephen Sawicki

25. Teach Me to Kill: The Shocking True Story of the Pamela Smart Murder Case

By: Stephen Sawicki

4.06

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

With a new introduction by the author On the evening of May 1, 1990, in Derry, New Hampshire, two t… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of My, skrajnie otyli by Magdalena Gajda

26. My, skrajnie otyli

By: Magdalena Gajda

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Pierwszy reportaż o Polakach chorych na otyłość skrajnie olbrzymią Teresa leży na szpitalnym SOR… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Dziewczyna w czarnej sukience. Historia zbrodni miłoszyckiej by Ewa Wilczyńska

27. Dziewczyna w czarnej sukience. Historia zbrodni miłoszyckiej

By: Ewa Wilczyńska

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Historia zbrodni miłoszyckiej, za którą niesłusznie skazano Tomasza Komendę Małgosia ma 15 lat, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Urodzeni mordercy? Nieznane kulisy pracy profilera by Jan Gołębiowski

28. Urodzeni mordercy? Nieznane kulisy pracy profilera

By: Jan Gołębiowski

3.68

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Przestępcy, psychopaci, drapieżcy. I człowiek, który próbuje ich zrozumieć. Mroczne wspomnienia… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of In Cold Blood: Discovering Chris Watts - Part One - The Facts by Netta Newbound

29. In Cold Blood: Discovering Chris Watts - Part One - The Facts

By: Netta Newbound

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

We guess it’s safe to say most people will have heard of the Watts case. Christopher Lee (Chris)… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Kryminalna historia Watykanu by Arkadiusz Stempin

30. Kryminalna historia Watykanu

By: Arkadiusz Stempin

3.66

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Prawdziwą historię Watykanu pudrowano ckliwymi historiami o dobrych papieżach i świętych wędrującyc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Deal With the Devil: Discovering Chris Watts: - Part Two - The Facts by Netta Newbound

31. A Deal With the Devil: Discovering Chris Watts: - Part Two - The Facts

By: Netta Newbound

4.02

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

During this series we will look at the facts, the police investigation, the evidence, hear Chris Wa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

8 Best adult books like The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt

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Gregg Olsen , Rebecca Morris

4.25

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