14 Best true crime books like Wish You Were Here by John Allore

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Wish You Were Here

By: John Allore

3.63

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

As compelling as Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark or James Ellroy's My Dark Places, thi…

If you liked the true crime plot in Wish You Were Here by John Allore , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

By: Lisa Pulitzer , Jenna Miscavige Hill

3.77

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

Jenna Miscavige was raised to obey. As niece of the Church of Scientology's leader David Miscavige,… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Pulitzer's Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Scientology always has been a game of power and control. L. Ron Hubbard was the ultimate con man, and it's hard to figure out how much of Scientology was an experiment in brainwashing and controlling…"

-Lisa Pulitzer, Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

Cover of The Missing Girls: A Shocking True Story of Abduction and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) by None, Philip Tennyson, Rick Watson

2. The Missing Girls: A Shocking True Story of Abduction and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library)

By: None , Philip Tennyson , Rick Watson

3.53

Format: 372 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ashley Pond was only twelve years old when she vanished from a school bus stop in a town south of P… read more

Similar categories in None's The Missing Girls: A Shocking True Story of Abduction and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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3. High on Arrival

By: Mackenzie Phillips

3.82

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

The eldest daughter of John Phillips and stepdaughter of Michelle Phillips, both lead singers of th… read more

Similar categories in Mackenzie Phillips's High on Arrival book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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4. Tears of Rage: From Grieving Father to Crusader for Justice: The Untold Story of the Adam Walsh Case

By: John Walsh , Susan Schindehette

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The host of the "America's Most Wanted", John Walsh tells for the first time the full story of the … read more

Similar categories in John Walsh's Tears of Rage: From Grieving Father to Crusader for Justice: The Untold Story of the Adam Walsh Case book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • true crime
  • memoir

5. My Little Eye (Starke & Bell, #1)

By: Stephanie Marland

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A rocket-paced thriller for fans of Mark Billingham and Luther. Can a group of true crime addicts t… read more

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6. The Girl in the Leaves

By: Robert Scott , Sarah Maynard

3.00

Format: None pages, ebook

THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE MASS MURDERS EVER RECORDED. AND THE GIRL WHO ESCAPED WITH HER … read more

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7. Emma in the Night

By: Wendy Walker

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of All Is Not Forgottencomes a thriller about two missing sisters, a tw… read more

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8. I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame

By: Brené Brown

3.85

Format: None pages,

An affirming, revealing examination of the painful effects of shame--with new, powerful strategies … read more

Similar categories in Brené Brown's I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

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9. The Girl in the Castle

By: James Patterson

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Beloved #1 bestselling authors James Patterson and Emily Raymond deliver a thrilling novel about a … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The Girl in the Castle book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Have you ever felt a beloved hand grow cold in yours? If not, then I don’t expect you to understand."

-James Patterson, The Girl in the Castle

"And the deepest, most terrible. truth is this: the number of things we understand will always be dwarfed by the quantity of things that we don't."

-James Patterson, The Girl in the Castle

"Dreams don’t have anything to do with wish fulfillment. They’re more like—well, like your mind takes a giant dump every night, and the result is a bunch of weird, nonsensical stories that happen to y…"

-James Patterson, The Girl in the Castle

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10. Local Gone Missing (Elise King, #1)

By: Fiona Barton

3.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and week… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Barton's Local Gone Missing (Elise King, #1) book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • mystery
  • crime
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

By: Geena Davis

4.04

Format: None pages, Audio CD

None read more

Similar categories in Geena Davis's Dying of Politeness: A Memoir book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

12. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Olsen's American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. 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 John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands

By: Jon Billman

3.69

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

The critically acclaimed author and journalist Jon Billman's fascinating, in-depth look at people w… read more

Similar categories in Jon Billman's The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)

By: John E. Douglas

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more

Similar categories in John E. Douglas's When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Bittlemores

By: Jann Arden

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more

Similar categories in Jann Arden's The Bittlemores book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • mystery
  • adult
  • canada
  • audiobook
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17. The Witch Hunter (Jessica Niemi, #1)

By: Max Seeck

3.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A shocking murder in an affluent Helsinki suburb has ties to the occult in this thrilling US debut … read more

Similar categories in Max Seeck's The Witch Hunter (Jessica Niemi, #1) book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • mystery
  • crime
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine

By: Joanna Jolly

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A gripping account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager, and the detective determined to… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Jolly's Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • canada
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman by Kevin Donovan

19. The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman

By: Kevin Donovan

3.49

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A top journalist crosses the yellow tape to investigate a shocking high-society crime. Billionai… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Donovan's The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • canada
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. The German House

By: Annette Hess

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess’s international bestseller is a ha… read more

Similar categories in Annette Hess's The German House book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • audiobook
Cover of The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen  Ferguson

21. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

4.05

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • canada
  • audiobook
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22. Come from Away

By: Genevieve Graham

3.88

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

In the fall of 1939, Grace Baker’s three brothers, sharp and proud in their uniforms, board Canadia… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Graham's Come from Away book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada by Michelle Good

23. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

By: Michelle Good

4.44

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Abold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Good's Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past by Brett Popplewell

24. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past

By: Brett Popplewell

4.31

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Into the Wild  meets  Born to Run  meets  The Stranger in the Woods  in a fascinating true story of… read more

Similar categories in Brett Popplewell's Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung

25. That Time I Loved You

By: Carrianne Leung

3.92

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Life is never as perfect as it seems. Tensions that have lurked beneath the surface of a shiny new… read more

Similar categories in Carrianne Leung's That Time I Loved You book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • canada
Cover of Dancing with the Octopus: The Telling of a True Crime by Debora Harding

26. Dancing with the Octopus: The Telling of a True Crime

By: Debora Harding

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One Omaha winter day in 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knife-poin… read more

Similar categories in Debora Harding's Dancing with the Octopus: The Telling of a True Crime book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community by Justin Ling

27. Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community

By: Justin Ling

4.23

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

The tragic and resonant story of the disappearance of eight men--the victims of serial killer Bruce… read more

Similar categories in Justin Ling's Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • canada
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side by Julia  Shaw

28. Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side

By: Julia Shaw

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violenc… read more

Similar categories in Julia Shaw's Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Think about the worst thing you have ever done. Something that you are probably ashamed of, and that you know would make other people think less of you. Infidelity. Theft. Lying. Now imagine that eve…"

-Julia Shaw, Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side

Cover of Wish You Were Here by John Allore

29. Wish You Were Here

By: John Allore

3.63

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

As compelling as Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark or James Ellroy's My Dark Places, thi… read more

Similar categories in John Allore's Wish You Were Here book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • canada
  • adult
  • canadian literature
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of 22 Murders: Investigating the Massacres, Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia by Paul Palango

30. 22 Murders: Investigating the Massacres, Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia

By: Paul Palango

3.58

Format: 587 pages, Paperback

A shocking exposé of the deadliest killing spree in Canadian history, and how police tragically fai… read more

Similar categories in Paul Palango's 22 Murders: Investigating the Massacres, Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • true crime
  • canada
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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31. We All Fall Down

By: Daniel Kalla

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Not since Pandemic have we seen a thriller like this from bestselling author Daniel The plague has… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kalla's We All Fall Down book and John Allore's Wish You Were Here

  • mystery
  • canada

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Mackenzie Phillips

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Fiona Barton

3.48

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Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

Geena Davis

4.04

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Gregg Olsen

3.55

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M. William Phelps

4.04

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Rick Mercer

4.45

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Catherine Leroux

3.32

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3.28

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