10 Best adult books like Killing Time with John Wayne Gacy: Defending America's Most Evil Serial Killer on Death Row by Karen Conti

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Killing Time with John Wayne Gacy: Defending America's Most Evil Serial Killer on Death Row

By: Karen Conti

4.08

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

John Wayne Gacy raped, tortured, and murdered 33 boys and young men, burying most of them in the cr…

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1. The Waco Siege: An American Tragedy

By: Jack Rosewood , Dwayne Walker

3.96

Format: None pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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2. Jeffrey Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder & Cannibalism (The Serial Killer Books Book 1)

By: Jack Rosewood

4.83

Format: 28 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
  • audiobook

3. Buried Dreams: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer

By: Tim Cahill

4.09

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

The definitive study of John Wayne Gacy--from his abusive childhood to the murders of thirty-three … read more

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4. Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer

By: Ann Rule

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In her most personal and provocative book to date, the #1 bestselling master of true crime presents… read more

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5. Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal

By: Harold Schechter

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the C… read more

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6. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

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7. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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9. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

By: Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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10. Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion

By: Joseph Laycock

4.36

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In 2013, when the state of Oklahoma erected a statue of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The claim that a particular set of beliefs about a particular God has so much historical importance that the government must erect monuments to impress the significance of these beliefs on the public…"

-Joseph Laycock, Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion

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11. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

By: Eric LaRocca

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram St… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
"The worst thing a person can do to you after they've hurt you is let you live."

-Eric LaRocca, This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

Cover of Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter

13. Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

By: Harold Schechter

3.46

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychop… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Marry a Marble Marquis (The Monsters Ball) by C.M. Nascosta

14. How to Marry a Marble Marquis (The Monsters Ball)

By: C.M. Nascosta

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Dear Miss Eastwick, On account of the unfortunate incident involving Lord Pemberly and his valet at… read more

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15. Bless Your Heart (Bless Your Heart, #1)

By: Lindy Ryan

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rise and shine. The Evans women have some undead to kill. It’s 1999 in Southeast Texas and the E… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of GRILLING DAHMER: The Interrogation Of "The Milwaukee Cannibal" by Patrick Kennedy

16. GRILLING DAHMER: The Interrogation Of "The Milwaukee Cannibal"

By: Patrick Kennedy

4.25

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

In the late hours of July 22, 1991, Detective Patrick "Pat" Kennedy of the Milwaukee Police Departm… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story by Kristine S. Ervin

17. Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story

By: Kristine S. Ervin

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of My Dark Places and I'll Be Gone in the Dark , a beautiful, brutal memoir documenting… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • biography
  • true crime
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18. Killing Time with John Wayne Gacy: Defending America's Most Evil Serial Killer on Death Row

By: Karen Conti

4.08

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

John Wayne Gacy raped, tortured, and murdered 33 boys and young men, burying most of them in the cr… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Uncommon Greatness: Five Fundamentals to Transform Your Leadership by Mark Miller

19. Uncommon Greatness: Five Fundamentals to Transform Your Leadership

By: Mark Miller

4.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Transform your leadership from ordinary to extraordinary with this guidebook from a seasoned busine… read more

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20. Dear Mothman

By: Robin Gow

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Elevate Your Emotional Intelligence: A Parable that Reveals the Path to Better Relationships and a Happier Life by Kathy Stoddard Torrey

21. Elevate Your Emotional Intelligence: A Parable that Reveals the Path to Better Relationships and a Happier Life

By: Kathy Stoddard Torrey

4.77

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Did you know that Emotional Intelligence is a better predictor of success than IQ? Cultivating e… read more

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"We broaden our world when we have an outward mindset."

-Kathy Stoddard Torrey, Elevate Your Emotional Intelligence: A Parable that Reveals the Path to Better Relationships and a Happier Life

"Increasing your emotional intelligence is a lifelong journey."

-Kathy Stoddard Torrey, Elevate Your Emotional Intelligence: A Parable that Reveals the Path to Better Relationships and a Happier Life

"Our words have no meaning when the nonverbal message contradicts them!"

-Kathy Stoddard Torrey, Elevate Your Emotional Intelligence: A Parable that Reveals the Path to Better Relationships and a Happier Life

"Our values are the first thing we need to consider when making a decision, since they create a decision ruler."

-Kathy Stoddard Torrey, Elevate Your Emotional Intelligence: A Parable that Reveals the Path to Better Relationships and a Happier Life

Cover of Take Less. Do More.: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker by Glen Van Peski

22. Take Less. Do More.: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker

By: Glen Van Peski

4.47

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

In this personal journey, ultra-light backpacker and sought-after speaker Glen Van Peski shares the… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The philosophy that guided my ultralight backpacking innovations—“take less, do more"

-Glen Van Peski, Take Less. Do More.: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker

"When we know exactly what we need and how to provide it for ourselves, then we also come to recognize what is not essential."

-Glen Van Peski, Take Less. Do More.: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker

"In the wilderness, as in life, to get to where you want to go, you first have to know where you are, and in life at least, who you are."

-Glen Van Peski, Take Less. Do More.: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker

"Trail magic, the amazing things that happen when you’re out and about, when you open yourself to new experiences, when you pay attention."

-Glen Van Peski, Take Less. Do More.: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker

Cover of Aliveness Mindset: Lead and Live with More Passion, Purpose, and Joy by Jack Craven

23. Aliveness Mindset: Lead and Live with More Passion, Purpose, and Joy

By: Jack Craven

4.53

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Jack Craven’s Aliveness Mindset is an invitation for anyone feeling stuck to awaken to a life of re… read more

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24. Morsels: A Novel

By: Abe Moss

3.81

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Meeting the family is scary. Surviving them is a nightmare.Connie can’t deny she’s nervous about me… read more

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Cover of A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy by Kathy Kleiner Rubin

25. A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy

By: Kathy Kleiner Rubin

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as T… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig Whitlock

26. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
  • audiobook
"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

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27. 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 When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders by Howard Blum

28. When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders

By: Howard Blum

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, inside story of the Idaho murders from bestselling author Howard Blum, whose ground… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dark Tide: Growing Up With Ted Bundy by Edna Cowell Martin

29. Dark Tide: Growing Up With Ted Bundy

By: Edna Cowell Martin

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Including never-before-seen photos and handwritten letters from Bundy, Dark Tide’s message is as gu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to Achieve Your Life Goals by Steven J. Stein

30. Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to Achieve Your Life Goals

By: Steven J. Stein

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Learn to embrace the 3 C's of psychological hardiness to overcome stress and increase personal grow… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Midlife, New Life: Living Consciously in Midlife and Beyond by Eileen Caroscio

31. Midlife, New Life: Living Consciously in Midlife and Beyond

By: Eileen Caroscio

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Are you anticipating midlife with excitement? Are you also wondering “What’s Next?” Midlife is a… read more

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17 Best audiobook books like Killing Time with John Wayne Gacy: Defending America's Most Evil Serial Killer on Death Row by Karen Conti

Transform Your Habits

The Waco Siege: An American Tragedy

Jack Rosewood , Dwayne Walker

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Jeffrey Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder & Cannibalism (The Serial Killer Books Book 1)

Jack Rosewood

4.83

Transform Your Habits

The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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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Chess, Not Checkers: Elevate Your Leadership Game

Mark Miller

4.13

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Team of Teams: The Power of Small Groups in a Fragmented World

Stanley McChrystal , Chris Fussell

3.76

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The Way of the Shepherd: 7 Ancient Secrets to Managing Productive People

Kevin Leman , None

3.47

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Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

Bob Goff

4.24

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