19 best-selling true crime books like Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison by Michelle Lyons

Cover of Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison by Michelle  Lyons

Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

By: Michelle Lyons

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

In 12 years, Michelle Lyons witnessed nearly 300 executions. First as a reporter and then as a s…

If you liked the true crime plot in Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison by Michelle Lyons , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories by Christopher Berry-Dee

1. Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

3.51

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

An investigative criminologist, Christopher Berry-Dee is a man who talks to serial killers. In this… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Berry-Dee's Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dogs of Windcutter Down: One Shepherd's Struggle for Survival by David Kennard

2. The Dogs of Windcutter Down: One Shepherd's Struggle for Survival

By: David Kennard

4.19

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

"There is no good flock without a good shepherd, and no good shepherd without good dogs." These ag… read more

Similar categories in David Kennard's The Dogs of Windcutter Down: One Shepherd's Struggle for Survival book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"Bes’ dog you’ll ever see,’ he repeated without a hint of embarrassment. ‘Won’t work for me, mind, only for the bloke what trained ‘im."

-David Kennard, The Dogs of Windcutter Down: One Shepherd's Struggle for Survival

"Trying to sell the idea of a new pup to the children, on the other hand, was about as difficult as trying to convince them to eat chocolate."

-David Kennard, The Dogs of Windcutter Down: One Shepherd's Struggle for Survival

"Growing up on a far, the children had learned the realities of life and death. The old adage, “Where there’s livestock, there dead stock’ is not a flippant comment from a dispassionate farmer, but a …"

-David Kennard, The Dogs of Windcutter Down: One Shepherd's Struggle for Survival

"I’ve never been entirely sure what it is that makes trialing so strangely compulsive. Partly it’s an enjoyment of the company of my fellow sheepdog enthusiasts, many of whom are shepherds and share a…"

-David Kennard, The Dogs of Windcutter Down: One Shepherd's Struggle for Survival

Cover of Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen by Brian Masters

3. Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen

By: Brian Masters

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

On February 9th 1983 Dennis Nilsen was arrested at his Muswell Hill home, after human remains had b… read more

Similar categories in Brian Masters's Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Born in a Burial Gown by Mike Craven

4. Born in a Burial Gown

By: Mike Craven

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Crime Writer's Association 2013 Debut Dagger Detective Inspector Avison Fluke i… read more

Similar categories in Mike Craven's Born in a Burial Gown book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

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

5. 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

Similar categories in Peter Everett's Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books by Cathy Rentzenbrink

6. Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books

By: Cathy Rentzenbrink

4.20

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love. 'Reading has saved my life, ag… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Rentzenbrink's Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It is both simple and profound to consider the vastness of human experience that sits on one small shelf of books"

-Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books

"Don’t allow anything to dent your reading pleasure. Don’t let anyone tell you that what you like isn’t proper, that what brings comfort and ease to your soul isn’t good enough."

-Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books

"The very way that fiction works – the process of conflict and resolution at the heart of every story – means that novels are full of people encountering challenging situations and, usually, surviving…"

-Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books

Cover of Are You Really OK?: Understanding Britain’s Mental Health Emergency by Stacey Dooley

7. Are You Really OK?: Understanding Britain’s Mental Health Emergency

By: Stacey Dooley

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We are not OK...I've been fortunate enough to meet many remarkable people over the last decade of m… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Dooley's Are You Really OK?: Understanding Britain’s Mental Health Emergency book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Twins of Auschwitz by Eva Mozes Kor

8. The Twins of Auschwitz

By: Eva Mozes Kor

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The Nazis spared their lives because they were twins. In the summer of 1944, Eva Mozes Kor and h… read more

Similar categories in Eva Mozes Kor's The Twins of Auschwitz book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of What Lies Beneath: My Life as a Forensic Search and Rescue Expert by Peter Faulding

9. What Lies Beneath: My Life as a Forensic Search and Rescue Expert

By: Peter Faulding

3.59

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

'From cold cases and serial killers to the death of a spy, Peter's true life story is as gripping a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Faulding's What Lies Beneath: My Life as a Forensic Search and Rescue Expert book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of I Let Him Go: The Heartbreaking Book from the Mother of James Bulger by Denise Fergus

10. I Let Him Go: The Heartbreaking Book from the Mother of James Bulger

By: Denise Fergus

4.39

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, reissued for the 30th anniversary of James' death, with new chapters f… read more

Similar categories in Denise Fergus's I Let Him Go: The Heartbreaking Book from the Mother of James Bulger book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen by Peter Kay

11. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen

By: Peter Kay

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Kay's T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Jails by Vanessa Frake

12. The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Jails

By: Vanessa Frake

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER As seen on This Morning Back in the day, I was Governor of Se… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Frake's The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Jails book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story by Neil Samworth

13. Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story

By: Neil Samworth

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Neil ‘Sam’ Samworth spent eleven years working as a prison officer in HMP Manchester, aka Strangewa… read more

Similar categories in Neil Samworth's Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth by Angela Gallop

14. When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth

By: Angela Gallop

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Never before has criminal justice rested so heavily on scientific evidence. With ever-more sophisti… read more

Similar categories in Angela Gallop's When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • death
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Solve a Murder: True Stories from a Life in Forensic Medicine by Derek Tremain

15. How to Solve a Murder: True Stories from a Life in Forensic Medicine

By: Derek Tremain

3.16

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Not the usual tools of trade, but for Chief Forensic Medical Scientist Derek and Forensic Secretary… read more

Similar categories in Derek Tremain's How to Solve a Murder: True Stories from a Life in Forensic Medicine book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Do what you love and you'll love what you do."

-Derek Tremain, How to Solve a Murder: True Stories from a Life in Forensic Medicine

Cover of Stitched Up by Shahed Yousaf

16. Stitched Up

By: Shahed Yousaf

4.18

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Why would anyone want to work with thieves, murderers and rapists? Told from the inside out, th… read more

Similar categories in Shahed Yousaf's Stitched Up book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison by Michelle  Lyons

17. Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

By: Michelle Lyons

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

In 12 years, Michelle Lyons witnessed nearly 300 executions. First as a reporter and then as a s… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • american
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • death
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Body Breaker (DI Avison Fluke #2) by M.W. Craven

18. Body Breaker (DI Avison Fluke #2)

By: M.W. Craven

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

'This is high quality crime writing' A A DhandThe second dark and twisted thriller in the Avison Fl… read more

Similar categories in M.W. Craven's Body Breaker (DI Avison Fluke #2) book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of My Life With Murderers by David           Wilson

19. 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

Similar categories in David Wilson's My Life With Murderers book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison. by Amanda     Brown

20. The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.

By: Amanda Brown

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown. Insights into the world of a Prison Doct… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Brown's The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison. book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Inside Broadmoor: Up Close and Personal with Britain's Most Dangerous Criminals by Jonathan Levi

21. Inside Broadmoor: Up Close and Personal with Britain's Most Dangerous Criminals

By: Jonathan Levi

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Broadmoor. Few place names in the world have such chilling resonance. For over 150 years, it has co… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Levi's Inside Broadmoor: Up Close and Personal with Britain's Most Dangerous Criminals book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Prison Doctor: Foreign Bodies by Amanda     Brown

22. The Prison Doctor: Foreign Bodies

By: Amanda Brown

3.93

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From the Sunday Times Bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown Revisit the wold of The Prison Doctor… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Brown's The Prison Doctor: Foreign Bodies book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • true crime
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Talking with Female Serial Killers: A Chilling Study of the Most Evil Women in the World by Christopher Berry-Dee

23. Talking with Female Serial Killers: A Chilling Study of the Most Evil Women in the World

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

2.78

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Christopher Berry-Dee, criminologist and bestselling author of books about the serial killers Ailee… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Berry-Dee's Talking with Female Serial Killers: A Chilling Study of the Most Evil Women in the World book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of Inside Parkhurst: Stories of a Prison Officer by David Berridge

24. Inside Parkhurst: Stories of a Prison Officer

By: David Berridge

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Assaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It'… read more

Similar categories in David Berridge's Inside Parkhurst: Stories of a Prison Officer book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Life, Death and Biscuits by Anthea Allen

25. Life, Death and Biscuits

By: Anthea Allen

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A heart-breaking story of courage and compassion from the front line o… read more

Similar categories in Anthea Allen's Life, Death and Biscuits book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Talking With Psychopaths and Savages: Beyond Evil by Christopher Berry-Dee

26. Talking With Psychopaths and Savages: Beyond Evil

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

3.10

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'Having interviewed over thirty of these twisted murderers, whose homicidal craft and skills stran… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Berry-Dee's Talking With Psychopaths and Savages: Beyond Evil book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of My Farming Life: Tales from a shepherdess on a remote Northumberland farm by Emma Gray

27. My Farming Life: Tales from a shepherdess on a remote Northumberland farm

By: Emma Gray

4.46

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

AS SEEN ON BBC TWO'S HIT TV-SHOW 'THIS FARMING LIFE''A heartwarming tale of life on the land' Alan … read more

Similar categories in Emma Gray's My Farming Life: Tales from a shepherdess on a remote Northumberland farm book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Inside Wakefield Prison: Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion by Jonathan Levi and Emma French

28. Inside Wakefield Prison: Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion

By: Jonathan Levi and Emma French

3.59

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

HMP Wakefield. 'Monster Mansion'. Hell to be inside. Almost impossible to escape. This prison has s… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Levi and Emma French's Inside Wakefield Prison: Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of How To Get Over A Boy by Chidera Eggerue

29. How To Get Over A Boy

By: Chidera Eggerue

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Are you fed up with thinking about that guy every minute of every waking hour, when he doesn't even… read more

Similar categories in Chidera Eggerue's How To Get Over A Boy book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Relationships should be chosen, not settled for."

-Chidera Eggerue, How To Get Over A Boy

"Waiting for 'the right time to leave' can quickly go from months to years without you even noticing. Sometimes we procrastinate out of fear, but remember that the longer you stay, the harder it is to…"

-Chidera Eggerue, How To Get Over A Boy

"It's important to keep in mind that WE decide the value people have in our lives, which means we can significantly control how much they affect us. It also means we can decide on how much space they …"

-Chidera Eggerue, How To Get Over A Boy

"The more you honor and respect your time, the more other people will have to follow suit - and if they don't, then they do not deserve to take up room in your life. People are not allowed to make us …"

-Chidera Eggerue, How To Get Over A Boy

Cover of Serial Killers: Shocking True Stories of the World's Most Barbaric Murderers by Jamie King

30. Serial Killers: Shocking True Stories of the World's Most Barbaric Murderers

By: Jamie King

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Explore the chilling world of serial killers in this gripping true crime compendium. Uncover the sh… read more

Similar categories in Jamie King's Serial Killers: Shocking True Stories of the World's Most Barbaric Murderers book and Michelle Lyons's Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

24 Best audiobook books like Death Row: The Final Minutes: My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison by Michelle Lyons

Transform Your Habits

Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories

Christopher Berry-Dee

3.51

Transform Your Habits

Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen

Brian Masters

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Born in a Burial Gown

Mike Craven

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue

Peter Everett

4.05

View all the books

17 Best audiobook books like Inside Parkhurst: Stories of a Prison Officer by David Berridge

Transform Your Habits

Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

Ray Fysh

4.34

Transform Your Habits

In Two Minds: Stories of murder, justice and recovery from a forensic psychiatrist

Sohom Das

3.90

Transform Your Habits

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

Kerry Daynes

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Prison Doctor

Amanda Brown

4.01

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.