Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
By: Casey Cep
3.77
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on ob…
Want to Read $ 14.99"There’s no news in a newsroom"-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
"There’s no news in a newsroom"-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
"Vengeance is as old as violence."-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
"Vengeance is as old as violence."-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
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1. Asylum
By: William B. Seabrook
3.41
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
In 1934, William Seabrook was one of the most famous journalists in the world. He was also an alcoh… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
2. The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
By: Skip Hollandsworth
4.33
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer--America's first--who stalked Austin, Te… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
3. Go Set a Watchman
By: Harper Lee
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning… read more
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4. American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
By: Monica Hesse
4.00
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
The arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn't stop for months. Night after night, the p… read more
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5. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
6. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)
By: Susan Rowland
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more
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- mystery
- crime
"The fire on the mountain."-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)
"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)
"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)
"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)
7. 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
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- 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
8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
9. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
10. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- mystery
- historical
- adult
- audiobook
11. 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
- history
- true crime
- historical
- adult
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
12. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
By: David Grann
4.14
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklaho… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
"An Indian Affairs agent said, 'The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?"-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
"The Osage elders sang the traditional songs for the dead, only now the songs seemed for the living, for those who had to endure this world of killing."-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
13. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By: Michael Finkel
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more
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- biography
- history
- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
14. 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
15. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century
By: Roseanne Montillo
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
16. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
By: Casey Cep
3.77
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on ob… read more
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- biography
- history
- true crime
- historical
- adult
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- books about books
- audiobook
"There’s no news in a newsroom"-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
"Vengeance is as old as violence."-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
"History isn’t what happens, but what gets written down."-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
"Monroeville was hard to get to and easy to get stuck in."-Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
17. We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
By: Becky Cooper
3.73
Format: 501 pages, Hardcover
Dive into a true crime narrative of an unsolved 1969 murder at Harvard, of obsession and love for … read more
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- history
- true crime
- adult
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
"Back then, I was blind to the idea that an institution could still be destructive even if its members were good people."-Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
"For we live in several worlds, each truer than the one it encloses, and itself false in relation to the one which encompasses it. [...] Truth lies in a progressive dilating of the meaning [...] up to…"-Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
"My freshmen seminar professor had warned our class that Harvard was an institution on a scale we could not imagine: "Harvard will change you by the end of your four years, but don't expect to change …"-Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
18. Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession
By: Rachel Monroe
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A provocative and original investigation of our cultural fascination with crime, linking four arche… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- adult
- nonfiction
- mystery
- crime
- audiobook
"Sometimes women’s attraction to true crime is dismissed as trashy and voyeuristic (because women are vapid!). Sometimes it is unquestioningly celebrated as feminist (because if women like something, …"-Rachel Monroe, Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession
19. Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the "Pill Mill Killer"
By: Philip Eil
4.15
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An obsessive true crime investigation of a bizarre and unlikely perpetrator, who’s serving the opio… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
20. Fire on the Levee: The Murder of Henry Glover and the Search for Justice after Hurricane Katrina
By: Jared Fishman
4.03
Format: 533 pages, Kindle Edition
“A riveting tale told with care and expertise.” —David Simon, creator of The WireThe former federa… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
21. Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich
By: Richard J. Evans
4.27
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
Through a connected set of biographical portraits of key Nazi figures that follows power as it radi… read more
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- biography
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- audiobook
