9 best-selling true crime books like Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff

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Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

By: Karen Kilgariff

4.07

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The instant #1 New York Times and USA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, t…

"if i could just stop eating for 5 seconds, maybe i could be anorexic like a model"

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

"Why does everyone think whistling indicates relaxation? It’s literally one of the weirdest things you can do in public without breaking the law."

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

"if you’re a model go with god, enjoy your endless flow of worship and have a great time for the rest of us, reenact the father-figure video, that’s what i’d do"

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

"Politeness doesn’t require actual humanity. It’s just cultural ritual... Politeness is fancy curtains in your front window. Kindness is the home-cooked meal on your dinner table."

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

If you liked the true crime plot in Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Yes Please

By: Amy Poehler

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Amy Poehler's highly anticipated first book, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of perso… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

By: Brené Brown

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Researcher and thought leader Dr. Brene Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to da… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators

By: Steve Jackson

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook

4. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story

By: Ann Rule

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Ann Rule was a writer working on the biggest story of her life, tracking down a brutal mass-murdere… read more

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5. Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer

By: Ann Rule

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In her most personal and provocative book to date, the #1 bestselling master of true crime presents… read more

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6. Home Is Where the Bodies Are

By: Jeneva Rose

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here com… read more

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  • adult
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

By: Michelle McNamara

4.12

Format: 352 pages, ebook

A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer—the elusive serial rapist turned murderer… read more

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  • true crime
  • memoir
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Every obsession needs a room of its own."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"He loses his power when we know his face."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"Twenty-five years is a long time in cop years."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"I need to see his face. He loses his power when we know his face."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

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8. Bright Young Women

By: Jessica Knoll

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary novel inspired by the real-life sorority targeted by America's first celebrity ser… read more

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  • crime
  • adult
  • true crime
  • audiobook
"The truth is something people will go to great lengths to keep for themselves. It shouldn't feel like a gift when you get it, but it is."

-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women

"Time does not heal all wounds. Grief is just like a sink full of dirty dishes or a pile of soiled laundry. Grief is a chore you have to do, and it's a messy one, at that."

-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women

"There were men who cracked their knuckles while divulging to me what they would do to the defendant if they got the chance, thinking this was somehow reassuring for me to hear. But all it did was mak…"

-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women

"Her lips are moving silently around words I recognize. 'I carry you like my own personal Time Machine, as I put on my lipstick, smile, and head out to the party.' It's a line by one of her favourite …"

-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women

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9. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

By: Ali Wong

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Ali Wong's heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they wer… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"That day, my co-workers found out my secret: I'm a fucking idiot."

-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

"I don't care how funny or beloved someone is. Take his ass down if he fucks with you."

-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

"My dad would sometimes say things to my mom like, “Devil, get away, for I am God’s property!"

-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

"It made me realize that the most important part of parenting, relationships, pretty much anything is just actually being there."

-Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

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10. The Woman in Me

By: Britney Spears

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I realized how powerful it can be when women defy expectations. I can make my own way in life. I can make my dreams come true."

-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

"But then, when it came time to end the conservatorship, I realized one thing: You can’t fuck with a woman who knows how to pray. Really pray. All I did was pray."

-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

"Later, I walked all the way home so I could take in the city, breaking one of my heels along the way. When I got to my apartment, I went to my terrace and just looked up at the stars for hours. At th…"

-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

"Giving a person no grace in a hard time is just not nice. Especially when you can't take as good as you give. When I started to speak and throw it back at them a little, God knows they were far from …"

-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

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11. I'm Just Saying: The Art of Civil Discourse: A Guide to Maintaining Courteous Communication in an Increasingly Divided World

By: Milan Kordestani

4.26

Format: 272 pages, ebook

A straightforward look at the history and the art of maintaining courteous communication in an incr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Honest self-reflection is true self-reflection."

-Milan Kordestani, I'm Just Saying: The Art of Civil Discourse: A Guide to Maintaining Courteous Communication in an Increasingly Divided World

"Self-reflection improves civil discourse by pushing you toward reason."

-Milan Kordestani, I'm Just Saying: The Art of Civil Discourse: A Guide to Maintaining Courteous Communication in an Increasingly Divided World

"In a sense, trust is simply a stronger, more grounded version of faith."

-Milan Kordestani, I'm Just Saying: The Art of Civil Discourse: A Guide to Maintaining Courteous Communication in an Increasingly Divided World

"Without active listening, you can not adequately contribute to civil discourse."

-Milan Kordestani, I'm Just Saying: The Art of Civil Discourse: A Guide to Maintaining Courteous Communication in an Increasingly Divided World

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12. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The riveting true story of the birth of modern criminal investigation. Berkeley, California, 193… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

By: Mary Roach

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Beloved, best-selling science writer Mary Roach’s classic, now with a new epilogue. For two tho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • humor
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There wasn't an anhydrous lacrimal gland in the room..."

-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

"You are a person and then you cease to be a person, and a cadaver takes your place."

-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

"Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is."

-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

"We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget."

-Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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15. The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

By: Ben Kissel

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An equal parts haunting and hilarious deep-dive review of history’s mo… read more

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  • humor
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Learning how to be human by attending a frat is like learning how to ride a horse by going to a Tijuana donkey show."

-Ben Kissel, The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

"Learning how to be a human to be human by attending a frat is alike learning how to ride a horse by going to a Tijuana donkey show."

-Ben Kissel, The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

"Dahmer was as manipulative and calculating as the other killers we've covered in this book, demonstrating a keen understanding of how to evade capture the vast majority of his victims were Black men,…"

-Ben Kissel, The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

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16. I'm Glad My Mom Died

By: Jennette McCurdy

4.46

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her strugg… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I feel like the world is divided into two types of people: people who know loss and people who don't."

-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

"My grandma frequently refers to me as "bitch". She always throws a little extra salt on the word too, for effect."

-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

"Even if that thing makes you very uncomfortable at times. Even if that thing puts a lot of pressure on you. Even if that thing is very stressful. Sometimes it’s just nice to feel good at something."

-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

"She wanted this. And I wanted her to have it. I wanted her to be happy. But now that I have it, I realize that she’s happy and I’m not. Her happiness came at the cost of mine. I feel robbed and explo…"

-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

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17. Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

By: Karen Kilgariff

4.07

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The instant #1 New York Times and USA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • feminism
  • humor
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • self help
"if i could just stop eating for 5 seconds, maybe i could be anorexic like a model"

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

"Why does everyone think whistling indicates relaxation? It’s literally one of the weirdest things you can do in public without breaking the law."

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

"if you’re a model go with god, enjoy your endless flow of worship and have a great time for the rest of us, reenact the father-figure video, that’s what i’d do"

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

"Politeness doesn’t require actual humanity. It’s just cultural ritual... Politeness is fancy curtains in your front window. Kindness is the home-cooked meal on your dinner table."

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

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18. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

By: Paul Holes

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

By: Billy Jensen

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked? Put together the pi… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The thought makes my teeth gnash and my lip snarl and my jaw fill with a scream. A scream that always has the same chorus. What they took away, seemingly so easily, was a person. "This was a person!"…"

-Billy Jensen, Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

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20. The Ghost Club

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.24

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

This audio original from the acclaimed author of American Sherlock, and the host of multiple true-c… read more

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  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

By: Jonathan Van Ness

4.19

Format: 6 pages, Audiobook

Who gave Jonathan Van Ness permission to be the radiant human he is today? No one, honey. The tr… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • humor
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  • adult
  • audiobook
"At the end of the day, the people we let in our space affect our ability to get to where we want to go, so if they're in the way of realizing your potential, it's okay to disconnect because you must …"

-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

"I hope culturally we can continue to normalize the idea that being a survivor is so much more common than anyone realizes and we all deserve to be heard, but more importantly are deserving of a recov…"

-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

"My joy and my accomplishments existed, and so did the pain from my abuse. How can we feel one without the other? Joyful accomplishments exist next to painful memories. I found a lot of my healing whe…"

-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

"You know those plants that are always trying to find the light? Maybe they were planted in a location that didn’t necessarily facilitate growth, but inexplicably they make a circuitous route to not o…"

-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

14 Top adult books like Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff

Transform Your Habits

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

Transform Your Habits

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Michelle McNamara

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Bright Young Women

Jessica Knoll

4.02

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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life

Ali Wong

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True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray

James Renner

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer

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4.25

Transform Your Habits

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

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Karen Kilgariff

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