Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide…
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1. Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
By: Bill Schutt , None
4.32
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biologica… read more
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2. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- true crime
- memoir
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
3. Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi
By: Susan Hendricks
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Former CNN/HLN anchor and veteran broadcast journalist Susan Hendricks takes an investigative deep-… read more
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- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
4. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
- science
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
5. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
By: Douglas Preston
3.81
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more
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- history
- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
6. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
By: Frank Figliuzzi
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more
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- history
- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
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- audiobook
7. 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
8. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- memoir
- true crime
- adult
- death
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- science
9. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- history
- death
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
10. In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child
By: Kim Cross
4.30
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Inv… read more
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- history
- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
11. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
By: Megan Rosenbloom
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest othe… read more
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- history
- true crime
- death
- nonfiction
- adult
- science
"Human skin books—mostly made by nineteenth-century doctor bibliophiles—are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain but for the physical makeup of the object itself."-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Anthropodermic books tell a complicated and uncomfortable take about the development of clinical medicine and the doctoring class, and the worst of what can come from the collision of acquisitiveness…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Many confirmed human skin books didn’t begin their print life in this controversial binding but were rebound by collectors, usually doctors who took the oldest or rarest texts in their private collec…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"No wonder the public persists in connecting the idea of human skin books with Nazis. It's easier to believe that objects of human skin are made by monsters like Nazis and serial killers, and not the …"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
12. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
By: Barbara Butcher
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more
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- audiobook
- true crime
- memoir
- adult
- death
- nonfiction
- crime
- science
"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
13. The Serial Killer's Apprentice
By: Katherine Ramsland
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A psychological examination of the blurred line between victim and accomplice―and how a killer can … read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
14. The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America
By: Anita Hannig
4.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An intimate investigation of assisted dying in America and what it means to determine the end of ou… read more
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- science
- history
- death
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. The Secret History of Bigfoot
By: John O’Connor
3.10
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
16. Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI
By: Jana Monroe
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Mindhunter, Criminal Minds, and My Favorite Murder, a riveting memoir of a trailblazing… read more
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- history
- memoir
- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
"The devil, or whatever force was behind that disembodied knife in her mind, has never made anyone do anything. The devil just applauds when it happens."-Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI
"Our answers were rarely found in confessional sessions in a jailhouse interrogation room despite how hard serial killers like Ted Bundy and Edmund Kemper tried to play their interviewers. Our answers…"-Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI
17. Clay and Bones: My Life as an FBI Forensic Artist
By: Lisa G. Bailey
3.75
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Told with unflinching honesty and a touch of gallows humor, Clay and Bones is the personal memoir o… read more
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- audiobook
- true crime
- memoir
- adult
- nonfiction
- crime
- science
18. A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy
By: Kathy Kleiner Rubin
4.21
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as T… read more
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- history
- memoir
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
19. Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment
By: Susannah Breslin
2.77
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
What if your parents turned you into a human lab rat on the day you were born? Would that change th… read more
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- science
- history
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares
By: Lindsey Wade
4.16
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Dogged determination and DNA leads Detective Lindsey Wade and her team to the truth behind a thirty… read more
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- memoir
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- mystery
- audiobook
21. Without a Prayer: The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult
By: Susan Ashline
3.77
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The horrifying true story of a killing inside the secluded Word of Life Christian Church, a parish-… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
