5 must-read science books like Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector by Amit Katwala

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Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

By: Amit Katwala

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A thrilling account of the creation of the so-called lie detector, exploring shocking murders and d…

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1. Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

By: Lou Raguse

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The result of hundreds of interviews, Vanished in Vermillion is a cold case story that flips the sc… read more

Similar categories in Lou Raguse's Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer by Jillian Lauren

2. Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

By: Jillian Lauren

3.38

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

He was sitting right across the table...and he would have killed her if he could. Jillian Lauren ha… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Lauren's Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper by Daniel Stashower

3. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

By: Daniel Stashower

3.50

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Stashower's American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

4. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

By: Jeff Guinn

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Guinn's Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

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

5. 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

Similar categories in Edward Humes's The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • audiobook
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
Cover of Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders by John Glatt

6. 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

Similar categories in John Glatt's Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

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

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

Similar categories in J. Reuben Appelman's While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains by Alexa  Hagerty

8. Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains

By: Alexa Hagerty

4.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against h… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Hagerty's Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • audiobook
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
Cover of Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton

9. 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

Similar categories in Laurah Norton's Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • audiobook
  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
Cover of All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind by Kate Winkler Dawson

10. All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story of Edward Rulloff--a serial murderer who was called "too intell… read more

Similar categories in Kate Winkler Dawson's All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • audiobook
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
Cover of An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder by Susan Wels

11. An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder

By: Susan Wels

3.33

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

This true crime odyssey explores a forgotten, astonishing chapter of American history, leading the … read more

Similar categories in Susan Wels's An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Evidence of Things Seen by Sarah Weinman

12. Evidence of Things Seen

By: Sarah Weinman

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts, a groundbreaking new anthology sh… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Weinman's Evidence of Things Seen book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child by Kim Cross

13. 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

Similar categories in Kim Cross's In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

14. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

Similar categories in Mark Harmon's Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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15. Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

By: Amit Katwala

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A thrilling account of the creation of the so-called lie detector, exploring shocking murders and d… read more

Similar categories in Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • audiobook
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • thriller
  • crime
  • science
Cover of The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring by Patti McCracken

16. The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

By: Patti McCracken

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Angel Makers is a true-crime story like no other--a 1920s midwife who may have been the century… read more

Similar categories in Patti McCracken's The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West by Will Grant

17. The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West

By: Will Grant

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Spellbinding…an unforgettable journey across the American West.” - Douglas Preston For readers … read more

Similar categories in Will Grant's The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night by Lisa Belkin

18. Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

By: Lisa Belkin

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Belkin's Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, & Criminal in 19th-Century New York by Stacy Horn

19. Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, & Criminal in 19th-Century New York

By: Stacy Horn

3.63

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Horn's Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, & Criminal in 19th-Century New York book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

20. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

Similar categories in Margalit Fox's The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Final Verdict: The Holocaust on Trial in the 21st Century by Tobias Buck

21. Final Verdict: The Holocaust on Trial in the 21st Century

By: Tobias Buck

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The gripping narrative of one of the last Nazi criminal trials in Germany—that of Bruno Dey, a 93-y… read more

Similar categories in Tobias Buck's Final Verdict: The Holocaust on Trial in the 21st Century book and Amit Katwala's Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
  • audiobook

19 Top true crime books like Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector by Amit Katwala

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Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case

Lou Raguse

3.91

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Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

Jillian Lauren

3.38

Transform Your Habits

American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

Daniel Stashower

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

Jeff Guinn

4.06

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18 Top audiobook books like The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

Steven Johnson

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

Emily Nussbaum

4.02

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