23 Best true crime books like The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror by Alan Prendergast

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The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

By: Alan Prendergast

3.84

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Edgar Award Finalist: The shocking account of a Wyoming father who terrorized his family for years—…

If you liked the true crime plot in The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror by Alan Prendergast , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation by Janine Latus

1. If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation

By: Janine Latus

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In April 2002, Janine Latus's youngest sister, Amy, wrote a note and taped it to the inside of her … read more

Similar categories in Janine Latus's If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders by Mitchell Zuckoff, Dick Lehr

2. Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders

By: Mitchell Zuckoff , Dick Lehr

3.85

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A riveting investigation of the brutal murders of two Dartmouth professors –– a book that, like  In… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children by Gregg Olsen, Rebecca  Morris

3. If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children

By: Gregg Olsen , Rebecca Morris

4.25

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

In If I Can't Have You, bestselling author Gregg Olsen and co-author Rebecca Morris investigate one… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Olsen's If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Kill For Me by M. William Phelps

4. Kill For Me

By: M. William Phelps

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

His Target Aspiring model Sandee Rozzo's big mistake was being kind to Timothy "Tracey" Humphrey. A… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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5. Cruel Deception

By: Gregg Olsen

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

In and out of hospitals since birth, angelic nine-month-old Morgan Reid finally succumbed to what a… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Olsen's Cruel Deception book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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6. Gone Forever

By: Diane Fanning

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Susan McFarland was a vivacious, successful mother of three young sons. On November 25, 2002, she d… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer? by Ann Rule

7. Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

By: Ann Rule

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

The author of eight New York Timesbestsellers, Ann Rule first won nationwide acclaim with The Stran… read more

Similar categories in Ann Rule's Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer? book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow

By: Daniel Paisner , Krystyna Chiger

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing ext… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Paisner's The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • nonfiction

9. Richie: A Father, His Son, and the Ultimate American Tragedy

By: Thomas Thompson

4.03

Format: None pages,

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10. In the Still of the Night: The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother's Unceasing Quest for the Truth

By: Blair Brown , Ann Rule

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Audio CD

Ann Rule has followed a lovely young woman who had realized her childhood dream of being a police o… read more

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11. Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America's Youngest Serial Killer

By: Harold Schechter

3.00

Format: 18 pages, Paperback

A MONSTER PREYED UPON THE CHILDREN OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON. HIS CRIMES WERE APPALLING -- AND Y… read more

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12. One Last Kiss: The Chilling True Story of a Cheating Husband Who Murdered His Wife and Children

By: Michael W. Cuneo

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ex-Marine and bodyguard Chris Coleman was a family man with a secret: He wanted to leave his wife a… read more

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13. 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

Similar categories in Aphrodite Jones's LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid

14. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

Similar categories in Susan J. Eischeid's Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

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

15. 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

Similar categories in M. William Phelps's We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Widow's Secret

By: Theo Baxter

3.99

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Some secrets are worth dying for. This one is worth killing for. Married couple Leona and Wade W… read more

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Cover of The Nightmare at Manhattan Beach (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 7) by D.D.  Black

17. The Nightmare at Manhattan Beach (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 7)

By: D.D. Black

4.56

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

In the city where he lost everything, he'll stop at nothing to learn the truth.Former NYPD detectiv… read more

Similar categories in D.D. Black's The Nightmare at Manhattan Beach (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 7) book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
Cover of The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott

18. The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

By: Karen Abbott

3.69

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation. In the e… read more

Similar categories in Karen Abbott's The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas by Clint Richmond

19. The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas

By: Clint Richmond

3.95

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Roger and Penny Scaggs seemed a poster couple for family values. Evangelical Christians living in b… read more

Similar categories in Clint Richmond's The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb

20. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs

By: Amanda Lamb

4.01

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

A perfect life. A perfect lie. When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina with he… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lamb's Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) by John E. Douglas

21. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)

By: John E. Douglas

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more

Similar categories in John E. Douglas's When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Waltham Murders by Susan Zalkind

22. The Waltham Murders

By: Susan Zalkind

3.09

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking col… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case by Caitlin Rother

23. Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case

By: Caitlin Rother

3.67

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Caitlin Rother explores the mysterious death of 32-year-old Rebecca Zahau, who w… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Rother's Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror by Alan Prendergast

24. The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

By: Alan Prendergast

3.84

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Edgar Award Finalist: The shocking account of a Wyoming father who terrorized his family for years—… read more

Similar categories in Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom by McCracken Poston Jr.

25. Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom

By: McCracken Poston Jr.

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Like a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman, Just Mercy, and a captivating small… read more

Similar categories in McCracken Poston Jr.'s Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of True Crime Case Histories - Volume 13: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 13) by Jason Neal

26. True Crime Case Histories - Volume 13: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 13)

By: Jason Neal

4.26

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder and MayhemVolume 13 of the True Crime Case Histories Ser… read more

Similar categories in Jason Neal's True Crime Case Histories - Volume 13: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 13) book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood (True Crime) by Dave Shampine

27. The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood (True Crime)

By: Dave Shampine

3.73

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

A road trip becomes a dead end for a schoolteacher in this haunting cold case of murder that became… read more

Similar categories in Dave Shampine's The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood (True Crime) book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Unimaginable Loss: A true story of murder, heartbreaking injustice, and surviving the unthinkable by Joseph Thuney

28. Unimaginable Loss: A true story of murder, heartbreaking injustice, and surviving the unthinkable

By: Joseph Thuney

4.46

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Within two and a half years, I would live through the molestation of my only grandchild by her pate… read more

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Cover of Better of Dead: A Sordid True Story of Sex, Sin and Murder by Michael Fleeman

29. Better of Dead: A Sordid True Story of Sex, Sin and Murder

By: Michael Fleeman

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A frustrated, unhappy wife. Her much younger, attentive lover. A husband who degrades and ignores h… read more

Similar categories in Michael Fleeman's Better of Dead: A Sordid True Story of Sex, Sin and Murder book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Mothers & Murderers by Katherine Ellison

30. Mothers & Murderers

By: Katherine Ellison

3.69

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

New from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Ellison! Mothers & Murderers: A True Story … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Ellison's Mothers & Murderers book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Race To Justice by Larry Sells

31. Race To Justice

By: Larry Sells

3.85

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Cynthia Albrecht, the executive chef of the Penske-Marlboro racing team and darling of the IndyCar … read more

Similar categories in Larry Sells's Race To Justice book and Alan Prendergast's The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror

  • nonfiction
  • true crime

13 Best audiobook books like The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror by Alan Prendergast

Transform Your Habits

If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children

Gregg Olsen , Rebecca Morris

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Cruel Deception

Gregg Olsen

4.83

Transform Your Habits

Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

Ann Rule

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

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5 must-read audiobook books like Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom by McCracken Poston Jr.

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High on Arrival

Mackenzie Phillips

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

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Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

Ann Rule

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

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4.21

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