16 must-read crime books like Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger by Richard W. Larsen

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Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

By: Richard W. Larsen

4.10

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

THE TRUE CRIME CLASSIC THAT STARTED IT ALL. NOW REISSUED. Richard W. Larsen’s expose, based on firs…

If you liked the crime plot in Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger by Richard W. Larsen , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Small Sacrifices

By: Ann Rule

4.25

Format: 496 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ann Rule's shocking and powerful account of the destructive forces that drove Diane Downs, a beauti… read more

Similar categories in Ann Rule's Small Sacrifices book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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2. Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

By: Philip Carlo

4.02

Format: 592 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The shocking true story behind the serial killer case that inspired the hit Netflix series! Pain… read more

Similar categories in Philip Carlo's Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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3. Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer

By: Bruce Henderson

4.07

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Some books about serial killers are dramatic and emotional. Trace Evidence, by contrast, has a stea… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Henderson's Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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4. Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders

By: Terry Sullivan , Peter T. Maiken , Peter Maiken

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The state prosecutor at the Gacy trial recounts the police investigation that led to Gacy's arrest … read more

Similar categories in Terry Sullivan's Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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5. Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story

By: Shanna Hogan

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mormon motivational speaker Travis Alexander, was involved in a relationship with a beautiful photo… read more

Similar categories in Shanna Hogan's Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
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6. For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Chicago

By: Simon Baatz

4.32

Format: 285 pages,

It was a crime that shocked the nation: the brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child by two weal… read more

Similar categories in Simon Baatz's For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Chicago book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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7. 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

Similar categories in Otto F. Kernberg's The Anatomy of Evil book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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8. Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer

By: Stephen G. Michaud , Hugh Aynesworth

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Drawn from more than 150 hours of exclusive tape-recorded interviews with Bundy, this collection pr… read more

Similar categories in Stephen G. Michaud's Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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9. The Hillside Stranglers

By: Darcy O'Brien

2.77

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

For weeks in the fall of 1977, as the body count of sexually violated, brutally murdered young wome… read more

Similar categories in Darcy O'Brien's The Hillside Stranglers book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime

10. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story

By: Ann Rule

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Ann Rule was a writer working on the biggest story of her life, tracking down a brutal mass-murdere… read more

Similar categories in Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

11. Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer

By: Katherine Ramsland

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1974, Dennis Lynn Rader stalked and murdered a family of four in Wichita, Kansas. Since adolesce… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Ramsland's Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

12. Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"

By: Harold Schechter

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

Murder Was the Least of His Crimes... The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films P… read more

Similar categories in Harold Schechter's Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

13. Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration

By: David Roberts

3.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

"An important missing story from the heroic age of Antarctic exploration."--Laurence Gonzales, auth… read more

Similar categories in David Roberts's Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

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14. If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

By: Dominick Dunne , O.J. Simpson , The Goldman Family , Pablo F. Fenjves

3.30

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In 1994, Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were brutally murdered at her home in Brentwood, Cali… read more

Similar categories in Dominick Dunne's If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"Jesus Christ, O.J.—what have you done?"

-Dominick Dunne, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

"You don`t get mood swings from eating cornflakes"

-Dominick Dunne, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

"Still, I've heard it said that all stories are basically love stories, and my story is no exception. This is a love story, too. And, like a lot of love stories, it doesn't have a happy ending."

-Dominick Dunne, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

15. How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret, and Remorse

By: Mike Gilbert

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

You Don't Know the Full Truth About O.J. Simpson and the Murders that Gripped a Nation. But Mike Gi… read more

Similar categories in Mike Gilbert's How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret, and Remorse book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

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16. My Daddy Is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer

By: Lena Derhally

3.89

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband. A father. A killer. Chris Watts was a family man. Everybody, including his family, belie… read more

Similar categories in Lena Derhally's My Daddy Is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
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17. 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 Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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18. The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

By: John Glatt

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Col… read more

Similar categories in John Glatt's The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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19. The Demon Next Door

By: Bryan Burrough

3.33

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Best-selling author Bryan Burrough (Barbarians at the Gate, Public Enemies, Big Rich) recently made… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Burrough's The Demon Next Door book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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20. Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

By: Richard W. Larsen

4.10

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

THE TRUE CRIME CLASSIC THAT STARTED IT ALL. NOW REISSUED. Richard W. Larsen’s expose, based on firs… read more

Similar categories in Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers (Dark Minds True Crimes) by Richard Estep

21. Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers (Dark Minds True Crimes)

By: Richard Estep

4.02

Format: 618 pages, Kindle Edition

Pain, torment, and torture. Cruelty, brutality, and violence. The twisted psyches, murder. and yes,… read more

Similar categories in Richard Estep's Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers (Dark Minds True Crimes) book and Richard W. Larsen's Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

16 Top true crime books like Bundy:The Deliberate Stranger by Richard W. Larsen

Transform Your Habits

Small Sacrifices

Ann Rule

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

Philip Carlo

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer

Bruce Henderson

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders

Terry Sullivan , Peter T. Maiken , Peter Maiken

3.94

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15 must-read audiobook books like Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers (Dark Minds True Crimes) by Richard Estep

Transform Your Habits

Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

Philip Carlo

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer

Bruce Henderson

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Die For Me: The Terrifying True Story of the Charles Ng & Leonard Lake Torture Murders

Don Lasseter

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Anatomy of Evil

Otto F. Kernberg , Michael H. Stone

3.87

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