15 Top nonfiction books like Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation by Bruce Dorsey

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Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

By: Bruce Dorsey

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A master storyteller presents a riveting drama of America's first "crime of the century"--from murd…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation by Bruce Dorsey , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. Murder in Little Egypt

By: Darcy O'Brien

3.99

Format: 32 pages,

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2. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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3. The Black Feathers

By: Rebecca Netley

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Black Feathers book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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4. American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The riveting true story of the birth of modern criminal investigation. Berkeley, California, 193… read more

Similar categories in Kate Winkler Dawson's American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

Similar categories in Antonia Hylton's Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

By: Erin Kimmerle

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America

By: Harry N. MacLean

3.71

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the m… read more

Similar categories in Harry N. MacLean's Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.16

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Toobin's Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

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

10. 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

Similar categories in Laurah Norton's Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons

By: Ben Riggs

3.97

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Role-playing game historian Ben Riggs unveils the secret history of TSR ― the company that unleashe… read more

Similar categories in Ben Riggs's Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. 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

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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13. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe

By: Mark Dawidziak

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author’s life through the prism of his my… read more

Similar categories in Mark Dawidziak's A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • mystery
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends will call it.' -- EDGAR ALLAN POE"

-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe

"The glow of the fireside poets failed to warm a world coping with the cold realities of a new century. Their light faded as we became less sure of comforting messages and more intrigued by Poe's trou…"

-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe

Cover of Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur

14. Truly, Madly, Deeply

By: Alexandria Bellefleur

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Sparks fly when a lovelorn romance novelist and a divorce lawyer who has sworn off relationships ag… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria Bellefleur's Truly, Madly, Deeply book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • audiobook
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15. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice

By: C. Alexander Hortis

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was P… read more

Similar categories in C. Alexander Hortis's The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Soldiers Don't Go Mad: A True Story of Friendship, Poetry, and Mental Illness During the First World War by Charles Glass

16. Soldiers Don't Go Mad: A True Story of Friendship, Poetry, and Mental Illness During the First World War

By: Charles Glass

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon a… read more

Similar categories in Charles Glass's Soldiers Don't Go Mad: A True Story of Friendship, Poetry, and Mental Illness During the First World War book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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17. 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

Similar categories in Lindy Ryan's Bless Your Heart (Bless Your Heart, #1) book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • mystery
  • audiobook
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18. The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine

By: Thomas Morris

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A mysterious epidemic of dental explosions, A teenage boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Morris's The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth by Adam Goodheart

19. The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth

By: Adam Goodheart

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated h… read more

Similar categories in Adam Goodheart's The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation by Bruce Dorsey

20. Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

By: Bruce Dorsey

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A master storyteller presents a riveting drama of America's first "crime of the century"--from murd… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation book and Bruce Dorsey's Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime That Captivated a Nation

  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game

By: Clint McElroy

4.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Taako, Magnus, and Merle are near the end of their quest to collect the seven Grand Relics, dangero… read more

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