8 Top true crime books like Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice by Lizzy Hershberger

Cover of Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice by Lizzy Hershberger

Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice

By: Lizzy Hershberger

4.27

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

When Lizzy Hershberger turns fourteen, her schooling ends at eighth grade, and she has no choice bu…

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Cover of Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik by Ken Englade

1. Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik

By: Ken Englade

3.77

Format: 277 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Serial killer Gary Heidnik's name will live on in infamy, and his home, 3520 North Marshall Street … read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of House Calls by Gary Yarbrough

2. House Calls

By: Gary Yarbrough

4.09

Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition

The following twenty-one stories are from actual house calls I have made in three different states … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • amish
Cover of Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape by Emma Gingerich

3. Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape

By: Emma Gingerich

3.89

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Growing up Amish and leaving the fold, Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, Misso… read more

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  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • amish
Cover of Letting Go of the Reins: The True Story of a Man Who Left the Amish and the Woman Who Helped Him by Vicki Botner

4. Letting Go of the Reins: The True Story of a Man Who Left the Amish and the Woman Who Helped Him

By: Vicki Botner

4.20

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

After Bill Herschberger made the difficult decision to leave the Amish, the response from his commu… read more

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  • memoir

5. Wounds of the Father: A True Story of Child Abuse, Betrayal, and Redemption

By: None

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the bestselling tradition of Smashedand Glass Castle, this raw, eye-opening memoir tells the pow… read more

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6. His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy

By: Susan Ray Schmidt

4.43

Format: 303 pages,

His Favorite Wifeis the heart-stopping, inspirational narrative of a courageous, fifteen-year-old g… read more

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7. Tears of the Silenced: A True Crime and an American Tragedy; Severe Child Abuse and Leaving the Amish

By: Misty Griffin

3.93

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When I was six years old my family started to live and dress like the Amish, it was the beginning o… read more

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8. A Killing in Amish Country: Sex, Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded Murder

By: Gregg Olsen , Linda Castillo , Rebecca Morris

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

At just 30 years old, with dark-blonde hair and freckles, Barbara Weaver was as pretty as the women… read more

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9. Give Me Courage

By: None

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

'Here in Africa, two wives is nothing. You white people just have affairs. You lie and cheat. At le… read more

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10. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • amish
Cover of LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal by Aphrodite Jones

11. 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

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Displaced: A Memoir by Esther Wiebe

12. Displaced: A Memoir

By: Esther Wiebe

4.30

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Displaced is a gripping true story of a young girl and her young siblings’ escape from a conservat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder by Ken Englade

13. Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder

By: Ken Englade

3.90

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The shocking murder that exposed a devoted husband as a cold-hearted killer To Love, Honor-And Mur… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Deadly Goals: The True Story of an All-American Football Hero Who Stalked and Murdered by Wilt Browning

14. Deadly Goals: The True Story of an All-American Football Hero Who Stalked and Murdered

By: Wilt Browning

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping true story of a small town football hero and the murder he almost got away with. A st… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park by John Leake

15. The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park

By: John Leake

3.99

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandra Bridewell was a beautiful socialite in the affluent Dallas suburb of Highland Park in 1978-8… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Memoirs of an Invisible Child (Hope in the Darkness Book 1) by Kelly Walk Hines

16. Memoirs of an Invisible Child (Hope in the Darkness Book 1)

By: Kelly Walk Hines

3.89

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

FINDING HOPE IN THE DARKNESS! At the young age of three, while I was at school, my mother was murde… read more

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  • true crime
  • memoir
Cover of Shackled to my Family by Samina Younis

17. Shackled to my Family

By: Samina Younis

3.94

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

10th ANNIVERSARY The improved 2022 edition includes a short interview with the author bringing her… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Wedlocked: A Story of Forced Marriage by Hannah  Rubenstein

18. Wedlocked: A Story of Forced Marriage

By: Hannah Rubenstein

4.14

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

When the plainclothes police officers appeared with a warrant for her arrest, Mayah assumed that he… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Give Me Back My Children: Trapped in a Cult by Kathy Jaelyn

19. Give Me Back My Children: Trapped in a Cult

By: Kathy Jaelyn

4.42

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

She only wanted to be a Mother to her own children-FLDS Cult leader had other plans. Sarah was born… read more

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  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • cults
Cover of Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice by Lizzy Hershberger

20. Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice

By: Lizzy Hershberger

4.27

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

When Lizzy Hershberger turns fourteen, her schooling ends at eighth grade, and she has no choice bu… read more

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  • true crime
  • memoir
  • amish
  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Life After Leaving My Amish World (The My Amish World Series Book 2) by Eirene Eicher

21. Life After Leaving My Amish World (The My Amish World Series Book 2)

By: Eirene Eicher

4.06

Format: 70 pages, Kindle Edition

Life after Leaving my Amish World gives the reader an idea of what a struggle it is to break away f… read more

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  • amish
Cover of Hopelessly in Love: The Lantz Family Saga - Book 4 by Naomi Troyer

22. Hopelessly in Love: The Lantz Family Saga - Book 4

By: Naomi Troyer

4.70

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

Mary dreamed of finding love, but she never expected to find it in the wrong place. The Lantz fami… read more

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Cover of Beat: My Journey Through Abuse and the Holdeman Mennonites by Hannah Prosser

23. Beat: My Journey Through Abuse and the Holdeman Mennonites

By: Hannah Prosser

4.39

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

I was born to an abusive doctor named Ahaz in Kentucky, homeschooled and not even allowed to have f… read more

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Cover of Plain Anna: an Amish memoir by Anna Schwartz

24. Plain Anna: an Amish memoir

By: Anna Schwartz

4.47

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Being plain and experiencing pain did not define me, but it did shape me. Anna Schwartz knew fear;… read more

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Cover of My Life as a Sister Wife: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You by Karen Miller

25. My Life as a Sister Wife: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

By: Karen Miller

3.46

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

As a young girl, Karen Miller lived a quiet life in Australia. She never imagined when she grew up,… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Behind the Dress: One Woman's Life in a Religious Cult and the Healing That Came Later by Christine Faour

26. Behind the Dress: One Woman's Life in a Religious Cult and the Healing That Came Later

By: Christine Faour

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

A patriarchal, fundamentalist and abusive cult that was hidden in plain sight. The Amazon Prime doc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Leaving My Amish World: My True Story by Eirene Eicher

27. Leaving My Amish World: My True Story

By: Eirene Eicher

3.94

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

Pregnant. Shunned. Heartbroken. This is Eirene's true story of how she left the Amish. Like most… read more

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  • memoir
  • amish
Cover of Stolen by Rebecca Petty

28. Stolen

By: Rebecca Petty

4.48

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

“Andi’s missing,” said the frantic caller. A call that changed the trajectory of many lives.May 15,… read more

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Cover of From Plain to Plane: My Mennonite Childhood, A National Scandal, and an Unconventional Soar to Freedom by Patty Bear

29. From Plain to Plane: My Mennonite Childhood, A National Scandal, and an Unconventional Soar to Freedom

By: Patty Bear

4.09

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Patty Bear grew up among the "Plain People" amidst bountiful farmlands, black bonnets, and black ca… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth by Minu Cash

30. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

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  • nonfiction
"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

Cover of My Journey into the Amish World (Tales of Driving the Amish) by Haley Straw

31. My Journey into the Amish World (Tales of Driving the Amish)

By: Haley Straw

4.08

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

When Haley moves from the big city to the Midwest in search of a simpler life, she's introduced to … read more

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18 Top nonfiction books like Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice by Lizzy Hershberger

Transform Your Habits

Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik

Ken Englade

3.77

Transform Your Habits

House Calls

Gary Yarbrough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape

Emma Gingerich

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

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13 Top nonfiction books like Give Me Back My Children: Trapped in a Cult by Kathy Jaelyn

Transform Your Habits

Stolen Innocence

Lisa Pulitzer , Elissa Wall

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Daughters of Zion: A Family's Conversion to Polygamy

Kim Taylor

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape

Emma Gingerich

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife

Irene Spencer

4.33

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