16 must-read crime books like Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects by Harold Schechter

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Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

By: Harold Schechter

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From veteran true crime master Harold Schechter comes a unique look into the history of crime told …

If you liked the crime plot in Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects by Harold Schechter , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud

By: Becky Holmes

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

One woman's hilarious and fascinating quest to expose the truth behind fraudulent Twitter romance … read more

Similar categories in Becky Holmes's Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • adult
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2. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

By: James Renner

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Ann Rule and Gregg Olsen, a riveting new true crime book from the acclaimed author o… read more

Similar categories in James Renner's Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston

3. 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

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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4. 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

Similar categories in Frank Figliuzzi's Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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5. Stitches

By: Hirokatsu Kihara

3.14

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Horror manga giant Junji Ito teams up with spooky story writer Hirokatsu Kihara for the ultimate co… read more

Similar categories in Hirokatsu Kihara's Stitches book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • adult
Cover of Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America by Harry N. MacLean

6. 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 Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
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7. 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 Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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8. 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 Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • adult
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9. Evidence of Things Seen

By: Sarah Weinman

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts, a groundbreaking new anthology sh… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Weinman's Evidence of Things Seen book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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10. 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 Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
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11. Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

By: Therese Oneill

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t … read more

Similar categories in Therese Oneill's Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
"[A woman] takes up just the right amount of space. Small is best. You need to prove yourself worthy of the molecules you displace, madam."

-Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

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12. Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

By: Marion Gibson

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told t… read more

Similar categories in Marion Gibson's Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
"James looks like he's waiting to mug old ladies, which of course is one way of looking at a witch trial."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

"Witch trials were not just misogynist festivals of torture and hatred; they also directly facilitated the building of empire."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

"As with later witch trials, like the ones in Salem, flexing normal court processes in response to a powerful authority can lead to mass injustice..."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

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13. The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

By: Lisa Perrin

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most in… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Perrin's The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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14. Behind the Door: The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel

By: Amy Price

3.47

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The disturbing true story of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown LA, by its general manager for a… read more

Similar categories in Amy Price's Behind the Door: The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI by Jana Monroe

15. Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI

By: Jana Monroe

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Mindhunter, Criminal Minds, and My Favorite Murder, a riveting memoir of a trailblazing… read more

Similar categories in Jana Monroe's Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"The devil, or whatever force was behind that disembodied knife in her mind, has never made anyone do anything. The devil just applauds when it happens."

-Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI

"Our answers were rarely found in confessional sessions in a jailhouse interrogation room despite how hard serial killers like Ted Bundy and Edmund Kemper tried to play their interviewers. Our answers…"

-Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI

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16. Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money

By: Joe Kenda

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The most common triggers for homicide are fear, rage, revenge, money, lust, and, more rarely, sheer… read more

Similar categories in Joe Kenda's Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects by Harold Schechter

17. Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

By: Harold Schechter

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From veteran true crime master Harold Schechter comes a unique look into the history of crime told … read more

Similar categories in Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy by Kathy Kleiner Rubin

18. 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

Similar categories in Kathy Kleiner Rubin's A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
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19. Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the "Pill Mill Killer"

By: Philip Eil

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An obsessive true crime investigation of a bizarre and unlikely perpetrator, who’s serving the opio… read more

Similar categories in Philip Eil's Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the "Pill Mill Killer" book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever by Kim Mager

20. A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever

By: Kim Mager

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager , a real-life version of Cla… read more

Similar categories in Kim Mager's A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death by Spencer Henry

21. Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death

By: Spencer Henry

3.74

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Based on the popular podcast, The Big Hot Book of Death is a smart, funny look at the American cul… read more

Similar categories in Spencer Henry's Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death book and Harold Schechter's Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history

17 best-selling adult books like Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects by Harold Schechter

Transform Your Habits

Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud

Becky Holmes

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

James Renner

3.74

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

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11 Top adult books like Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson

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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

Natalie Haynes

4.05

Transform Your Habits

A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

Emma Southon

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

Lisa Kaltenegger

4.08

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