17 best-selling crime books like Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds by Mark Freestone

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Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds

By: Mark Freestone

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Find out what truly creates and defines a psychopath, from the leading expert who helped to create …

If you liked the crime plot in Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds by Mark Freestone , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People by Joe Navarro, Toni Sciarra Poynter

1. Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People

By: Joe Navarro , Toni Sciarra Poynter

3.88

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

We seem to wake up to a new tragedy in the news every day—Newtown, Boston, Aurora, Columbine. So of… read more

Similar categories in Joe Navarro's Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People book and Mark Freestone's Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds

  • true crime
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Evil, crime, or suffering comes at us in many ways, and rarely does it wave a flag or blow a whistle to say, “Get ready, I’m coming!"

-Joe Navarro, Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People

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2. The Sociopath Next Door

By: Martha Stout

3.77

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Who is the devil you know? Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?Your sadistic high school gym teac… read more

Similar categories in Martha Stout's The Sociopath Next Door book and Mark Freestone's Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds

  • science
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's. His hair was perfect."

-Martha Stout, The Sociopath Next Door

"I am sure that if the devil existed, he would want us to feel very sorry for him."

-Martha Stout, The Sociopath Next Door

"Conscience- protects the privileges of intimacy, makes ,friends keep their promises, prevents the angered spouse from striking back."

-Martha Stout, The Sociopath Next Door

"As for the boys..."vulnerable fathers turn to time-honored defensive responses to maintain the function that father knows best' Parents, especially fathers, teach their sons to obey authority no matt…"

-Martha Stout, The Sociopath Next Door

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3. Confessions of a Gp: A Matter Life, Death and Earwax

By: Benjamin Daniels

3.71

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Dave Weinstein is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled, and quite frequently, very funny. He … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Anatomy of Evil

By: Otto F. Kernberg , Michael H. Stone

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The crimes of Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Dennis Rader, and other h… read more

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  • science
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

5. The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience

By: Kent A. Kiehl

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A compelling journey into the science and behavior of psychopaths, written by the leading scientist… read more

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  • true crime
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science

6. Beyond Evil: Inside the Twisted Mind of Ian Huntley

By: Nathan Yates

4.31

Format: 517 pages, Paperback

The horrific murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman shocked and sickened the nation, and the ma… read more

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7. Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us

By: Robert D. Hare

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers… read more

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8. The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain

By: James Fallon

4.50

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

"The last scan in the pile was strikingly odd. In fact it looked exactly like the most abnormal of … read more

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9. Ma tahan Ma suudan Ma võin Kristi Ojasaare lugu

By: Mauri Dorbek

4.57

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Ma ei ole kirjanik ega pea ennast loomeinimeseks. Pole elus ühtegi päevikut pidanud, blogipostitust… read more

Similar categories in Mauri Dorbek's Ma tahan Ma suudan Ma võin Kristi Ojasaare lugu book and Mark Freestone's Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds

  • nonfiction
Cover of Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue by Peter Everett

10. Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue

By: Peter Everett

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Must-read memoir of managing a morgue, dealing with death and murder to chaos, corruption and organ… read more

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  • audiobook
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
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11. Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science

By: Erika Engelhaupt

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bo… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"This kind of scientific boldness is something the world could use more of. All too often, we’re hemmed in by our fears and our sense of propriety. Some subjects simply aren’t discussed, or aren’t tak…"

-Erika Engelhaupt, Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science

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12. Sociopath: A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more

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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

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13. What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry

By: Ben Cave

4.26

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AWARD --- 'Poignant, funny, engross… read more

Similar categories in Ben Cave's What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry book and Mark Freestone's Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds

  • science
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist

By: Kerry Daynes

4.03

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of the forensic psychologist, where the people you meet are wildly unpredictab… read more

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  • science
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"There is no them and us, it is just us."

-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist

"It's a shithole but at least I can get a decent brew.' How very British, I thought to myself."

-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist

"[t]he art of talking comes easier to some of us but others. For boys and men, so many of them still socialised in a myriad of destructive ways to hide weakness and took out their difficulties, the id…"

-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist

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15. The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion

By: Gwen Adshead

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In eleven vivid narratives based on decades of providing therapy to people in prisons and secure ho… read more

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  • science
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators by Jeffrey L. Rinek

16. In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators

By: Jeffrey L. Rinek

4.16

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

"The voice that narrates In the Name of the An F.B.I. Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's W… read more

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  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. The Chamber

By: Will Dean

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

And Then There Were None meets The Last Breath in this tense and suspenseful locked-room thriller t… read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. Jak człowiek staje się mordercą. Mroczne opowieści psychiatry sądowego

By: Richard Taylor

3.94

Format: 584 pages, Paperback

'An intricate and brilliantly written psychiatric perspective on the most perplexing of crimes' Ker… read more

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  • science
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter by John E. Douglas

19. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

By: John E. Douglas

4.15

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more

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  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I miss my dog,"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

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20. Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds

By: Mark Freestone

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Find out what truly creates and defines a psychopath, from the leading expert who helped to create … read more

Similar categories in Mark Freestone's Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds book and Mark Freestone's Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds

  • science
  • true crime
  • historical
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science nature
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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21. My Life With Murderers

By: David Wilson

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Professor David Wilson has spent his professional life working with violent men - especially men wh… read more

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  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

22. Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol

By: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay , a hilariously candid and refreshingly honest… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women by Jennifer   Wright

23. She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women

By: Jennifer Wright

3.61

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A powerful collection of stories about women who murdered—for revenge, for love, and even for pleas… read more

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  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Kindness and Wonder: Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever by Gavin Edwards

24. Kindness and Wonder: Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever

By: Gavin Edwards

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

A pop culture celebration of Fred Rogers and the enduring legacy of his beloved, award-winning PBS … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Stop Walking on Eggshells for Parents: How to Help Your Child (of Any Age) with Borderline Personality Disorder without Losing Yourself by Randi Kreger

25. Stop Walking on Eggshells for Parents: How to Help Your Child (of Any Age) with Borderline Personality Disorder without Losing Yourself

By: Randi Kreger

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Based on the self-help classic, Stop Walking on Eggshells, this essential guide offers powerful ski… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
Cover of Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers by Dylan Marron

26. Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers

By: Dylan Marron

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

​From the host of the award-winning, critically acclaimed podcast Conversations with People Who Hat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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27. The Good Girl

By: Michelle Dunne

4.19

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

A new thriller by the author of the Lindsey Ryan novels: Would you know a serial killer if you met … read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You): A How-to Guide from the First Family of Podcasting by Justin McElroy

28. Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You): A How-to Guide from the First Family of Podcasting

By: Justin McElroy

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling McElroy Brothers, creators of the hit podcasts My Brother, M… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cults Uncovered: True Stories of Mind Control and Murder by Emily G. Thompson

29. Cults Uncovered: True Stories of Mind Control and Murder

By: Emily G. Thompson

3.63

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

FANATICISM BREEDING ACTS OF SAVAGERY. How did Charles Manson inspire his Family's campaign of murd… read more

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  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bring It On: The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie That Changed, Like, Everything (No, Seriously) by Kase Wickman

30. Bring It On: The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie That Changed, Like, Everything (No, Seriously)

By: Kase Wickman

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Featuring dozens of interviews with the cast and crew, fans of the franchise, film scholars, former… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Die Verwegene

By: Charlotte Leonard

3.64

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Hedy Lamarr – eine Frau zwischen Hollywoods Glamour und genialem Erfindergeist Wien, 1937: Mit … read more

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23 best-selling audiobook books like Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds by Mark Freestone

Transform Your Habits

Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People

Joe Navarro , Toni Sciarra Poynter

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Sociopath Next Door

Martha Stout

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Confessions of a Gp: A Matter Life, Death and Earwax

Benjamin Daniels

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Anatomy of Evil

Otto F. Kernberg , Michael H. Stone

3.87

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6 Best mental health books like The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience by Kent A. Kiehl

Transform Your Habits

The Sociopath Next Door

Martha Stout

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Personality Disorders & Mental Illnesses: The Truth About Psychopaths, Sociopaths, and Narcissists

Clarence T. Rivers

3.73

Transform Your Habits

In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People

George K. Simon Jr.

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Almost a Psychopath: Do I (or Does Someone I Know) Have a Problem with Manipulation and Lack of Empathy?

Ronald Schouten , James Silver

3.00

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