18 best-selling audiobook books like The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Simon Baatz

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The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

By: Simon Baatz

3.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder t…

If you liked the audiobook plot in The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Simon Baatz , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery

By: Bill James , Rachel McCarthy James

3.46

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseb… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He was who he was; it was how he thought about himself. He was the man with the secret that nobody could ever get to. You guys look at me and you see nothing- this is how he thought; you see a small …"

-Bill James, The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery

2. The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer

By: Kate Summerscale

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

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3. King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led The World To War

By: Catrine Clay

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

During the last days of July 1914 telegrams flew between the King, the Kaiser and the Tsar. George … read more

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4. The Ultimate Evil: The Truth about the Cult Murders: Son of Sam and Beyond

By: Maury Terry

3.75

Format: None pages,

On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz for the "Son of Sam" murders that had terrori… read more

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5. Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

By: Jillian Lauren

3.38

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

He was sitting right across the table...and he would have killed her if he could. Jillian Lauren ha… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt

By: Audrey Clare Farley

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At the turn of the twentieth century, American women began to reject Victorian propriety in favor o… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Under the Bridge

By: Rebecca Godfrey

3.86

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

*Now a Hulu limited series starring Lily Gladstone, Riley Keough, and Archie Panjabi!* “A swift,… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime by Joe Pompeo

8. Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

By: Joe Pompeo

3.58

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister a… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton

9. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

By: Laurah Norton

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind by Kate Winkler Dawson

10. All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story of Edward Rulloff--a serial murderer who was called "too intell… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

11. The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World

By: Sarah Weinman

3.42

Format: 8 pages, Audiobook

7 Hours and 26 Minutes Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer

12. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer

3.83

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more

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  • new york
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo

13. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

By: Roseanne Montillo

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter

14. 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
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times by Leah Sottile

15. When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times

By: Leah Sottile

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD examines the culture of end times paranoia and a trail of mysterious d… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Surviving Autocracy

By: Masha Gessen

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A bestselling, National Book Award-winning journalist's essential guide to understanding, resisting… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"As Trump marches on to the rhythm of near-daily twitter rants, daily outrages, and weekly embarrassments, it remains unimaginable—even if it is observable. To think that a madman could be running the…"

-Masha Gessen, Surviving Autocracy

Cover of The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Simon Baatz

17. The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

By: Simon Baatz

3.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder t… read more

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  • new york
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos by Mark Chiusano

18. The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos

By: Mark Chiusano

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the dogged Long Island reporter who has been on his trail since 2019, the bizarre, page-turnin… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

19. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

20. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer by Rick Jervis

21. The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer

By: Rick Jervis

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The shocking true-crime story of a Texas border patrol agent turned serial killer, the four sex wor… read more

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  • audiobook

18 Top history books like The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Simon Baatz

Transform Your Habits

The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery

Bill James , Rachel McCarthy James

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

Jillian Lauren

3.38

Transform Your Habits

The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt

Audrey Clare Farley

3.65

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Under the Bridge

Rebecca Godfrey

3.86

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21 must-read audiobook books like Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

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Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

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The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

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We Burn Daylight

Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

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There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

Anna Akbari

3.66

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