23 must-read nonfiction books like The Murder Gene: A True Story by Spears Zacharias, Karen

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The Murder Gene: A True Story

By: Spears Zacharias, Karen

3.91

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

As the soft-spoken, highly intelligent son of missionaries in Morganton, North Carolina, Luke Chang…

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Cover of Filthy Rich: The true story behind the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal by John Connolly, James  Patterson, Tim Malloy

1. Filthy Rich: The true story behind the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal

By: John Connolly , James Patterson , Tim Malloy

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A shocking true crime tale of money, power, and sex from the world's most popular thriller writer. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

2. The Dungeon Master: The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III

By: William C. Dear

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When William Dear began his search for Dallas Egbert, he had four possibilities in mind: suicide, r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

3. Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death

By: Ann Rule

3.80

Format: 8 pages,

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4. The Girl in the Leaves

By: Robert Scott , Sarah Maynard

3.00

Format: None pages, ebook

THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE MASS MURDERS EVER RECORDED. AND THE GIRL WHO ESCAPED WITH HER … read more

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5. American Black Widow

By: Gregg Olsen

3.75

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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6. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Murder of Thora Chamberlain: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley

7. The Murder of Thora Chamberlain: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.87

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

November 2, 1945: On her way to a high school football game with friends, a fourteen-year-old girl … read more

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

8. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence by James Renner

9. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

By: James Renner

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Ann Rule and Gregg Olsen, a riveting new true crime book from the acclaimed author o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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10. By Any Other Name

By: Jodi Picoult

4.19

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about … read more

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Cover of Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen  Hale

11. Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls

By: Kathleen Hale

3.94

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the Am… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes

12. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

By: Edward Humes

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more

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

13. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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14. An Almost Perfect Murder

By: Gary C. King

3.59

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

A critical care nurse marries his patient’s widow only to later poison her in this true crime story… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder by Steven B. Epstein

15. Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder

By: Steven B. Epstein

4.18

Format: 608 pages, Kindle Edition

At just 41 years of age, Florida State law professor Dan Markel was among the most well-known and a… read more

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

16. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders by John Glatt

17. Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders

By: John Glatt

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Tangled Vines , bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigiou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders by Jeremy Josephs

18. Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders

By: Jeremy Josephs

3.93

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

As this true crime tale of murder shows, even the most successful families can hide terrible secret… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Drop Dead Dangerous: The Lethal Attraction of Road Trip Killer, Paul John Knowles (True Crime) by Ryan Green

19. Drop Dead Dangerous: The Lethal Attraction of Road Trip Killer, Paul John Knowles (True Crime)

By: Ryan Green

3.88

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1974, the US East Coast was whipped up into a frenzy of fear. Locking their windows and doors, e… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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20. Eyes of a Monster

By: Ron Peterson Jr.

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Schoolteacher Olivia Dare Christian was murdered in her Hampton, Virginia apartment in 1981. Her ki… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Murder Gene: A True Story by Spears Zacharias, Karen

21. The Murder Gene: A True Story

By: Spears Zacharias, Karen

3.91

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

As the soft-spoken, highly intelligent son of missionaries in Morganton, North Carolina, Luke Chang… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story by Jeremy L Luberts

22. Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story

By: Jeremy L Luberts

3.96

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Falls, MinnesotaThanksgiving 2012 When two teenage cousins break into a residence on Elm St… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder by Ken Englade

23. Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder

By: Ken Englade

4.09

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

The She was a beautiful, gifted descendant of Lady Astor. But Elizabeth Haysom was also a spoiled,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) by David Miraldi

24. The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice)

By: David Miraldi

4.28

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Rubery Prize-winning author David Miraldi, A Chilling Crime That Shocked Lorain, Ohio, and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Murder of Katherine Brown: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley

25. The Murder of Katherine Brown: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.44

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Step into the heart-pounding world of The Murder of Katherine A Shocking True Crime Story, where f… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Under a Cold Moon: A Chronicle of an Unrequited Killer by Tony H. Latham

26. Under a Cold Moon: A Chronicle of an Unrequited Killer

By: Tony H. Latham

4.25

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

Under a Cold Moon is the extraordinary true story of a man that devasted two worlds. A killer that … read more

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Cover of Irreparable: Three Lives. Two Deaths. One Story that Has to be Told. by Mark Gerardot

27. Irreparable: Three Lives. Two Deaths. One Story that Has to be Told.

By: Mark Gerardot

4.03

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Mark and Jennair Gerardot had been married nearly 25 years when Mark met someone who changed everyt… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of American Monster: The Search for the Sunset Killer (Monsters of True Crime) by JT Hunter

28. American Monster: The Search for the Sunset Killer (Monsters of True Crime)

By: JT Hunter

4.15

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Summertime in Florida. Tourists flock to the subtropical paradise for its beautiful beaches, abunda… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of And I Cried, Too: Confronting Evil in a Small Town, a memoir by Mike Hartnett

29. And I Cried, Too: Confronting Evil in a Small Town, a memoir

By: Mike Hartnett

4.24

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

Mike and his wife, Barbara, moved to Lincoln, Illinois, in 1972. The town of 17,000 was charming, f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Girl I Never Knew by LaDonna  Humphrey

30. The Girl I Never Knew

By: LaDonna Humphrey

3.87

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

For over two decades the identity of Melissa Witt’s killer has been hidden among the dense trees an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Hidden Demons: Evil Visits A Small New England Town by Margery B. Metzger

31. Hidden Demons: Evil Visits A Small New England Town

By: Margery B. Metzger

3.86

Format: 259 pages, ebook

Evil Visits A Small New England Town, a True Crime On January 7, 1994, residents of the Berkshir… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

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Gregg Olsen

3.75

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3.94

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