19 must-read true crime books like The Dennis Nilsen Tapes: In Jail with Britain’s Most Infamous Serial Killer by Michael Morley

Cover of The Dennis Nilsen Tapes: In Jail with Britain’s Most Infamous Serial Killer by Michael Morley

The Dennis Nilsen Tapes: In Jail with Britain’s Most Infamous Serial Killer

By: Michael Morley

3.38

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In 1992, alongside forensic psychologist Paul Britton and an undercover police film crew, Michael M…

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1. Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

By: Philip Carlo

4.02

Format: 592 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The shocking true story behind the serial killer case that inspired the hit Netflix series! Pain… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders by Terry Sullivan, Peter T. Maiken, Peter Maiken

2. Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders

By: Terry Sullivan , Peter T. Maiken , Peter Maiken

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The state prosecutor at the Gacy trial recounts the police investigation that led to Gacy's arrest … read more

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  • true crime
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3. The Lost World

By: Michael Crichton

4.00

Format: 202 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary d… read more

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4. Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

By: Michael Bilton

3.68

Format: 346 pages,

For over 20 years, the dark secrets of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history have remaine… read more

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  • true crime
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5. The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer

By: Brian Masters

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Milwaukee police entered Jeffrey Dahmer's North 25th Street apartment in July 1991, they disco… read more

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  • true crime

6. Jack the Ripper

By: Mark Whitehead , Miriam Rivett

3.59

Format: 83 pages, Hardcover

As well as an introductory essay, this text considers many of the Ripper's proposed identities, a s… read more

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7. Rose West: The Making of a Monster

By: Jane Carter Woodrow

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Hard to believe it looking at her now, but Rose West was an exceptionally beautiful little girl, wi… read more

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8. Yorkshire Ripper - The Secret Murders: The True Story of How Peter Sutcliffe's Terrible Reign of Terror Claimed at Least Twenty-Two More Lives

By: Tim Tate , Chris Clark

3.75

Format: 40 pages,

In 1981, Peter Sutcliffe, the 'Yorkshire Ripper', was convicted of thirteen murders and seven attem… read more

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9. Fred & Rose

By: Howard Sounes

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

The true crime bestseller about Fred and Rose West a couple virtually unique in British criminal hi… read more

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10. The Dream Home

By: T.M. Logan

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

IF YOU HAD NEVER OPENED THE DOOR, YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE SAFE . . . THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FR… read more

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11. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

By: Hallie Rubenhold

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never m… read more

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"As social commentators marvelled, charity was 'frequently derived from the lowest orders"

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

"The victims of Jack the Ripper were never 'just prostitutes'; they were daughters, wives, mothers, sisters, and lovers. They were women. They were human beings, and surely that in itself is enough."

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

"At its very core, the story of Jack the Ripper is a narrative of a killer's deep, abiding hatred of women, and our culture's obsession with the mythology serves only to normalize its particular brand…"

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

"My intention in writing this book is not to hunt and name the killer. I wish instead to retrace the footsteps of five women, to consider their experiences within the context of their era, and to foll…"

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

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12. The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5)

By: Janice Hallett

3.63

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows t… read more

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13. In Ascension

By: Martin MacInnes

3.79

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the oc… read more

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"I questioned what else I had already missed so far, in my own life, simply through the limits of my character."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"Once he had committed to this life, there was no way he could get out of it. He was angry at us, his daughters, because the financial demands of our existence bound him to it."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"I kind of love it. It's so macabre. The reason we haven't seen or heard from anything off-world is that reaching off-world status is a civilisational death knell. Life either gets stuck there or dest…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"The air was thick with teeming life, just as the oceans and the rivers were. A spoonful of seawater or a pinch of soil between your fingers held billions of living things. We were blind to this out o…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

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14. Love as Always, Mum xxx

By: Mae West

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of an abused childhood, of shocking brutality and life as the daughter of notorious … read more

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15. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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16. Peaky Blinders: The Real Story

By: Carl Chinn

2.97

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

A fascinating insight into the true story behind Birmingham's most notorious gangs, The Peaky Blind… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt

17. The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

By: John Glatt

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Col… read more

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Cover of The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion by Gwen Adshead

18. The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion

By: Gwen Adshead

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In eleven vivid narratives based on decades of providing therapy to people in prisons and secure ho… read more

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19. Cults: The World's Most Notorious Cults

By: Nigel Cawthorne

2.97

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of the world's most notorious cults. The strange and sinister world of cults is a… read more

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20. First Man In: Leading from the Front

By: Ant Middleton

4.02

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

No one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life’s challenges, Ant … read more

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21. The Serial Killer’s Wife (The Serial Killer's Family, #1)

By: Alice Hunter

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

They’re saying he’s a monster. And they’re saying she knew. Beth and Tom Hardcastle are the envy… read more

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Cover of Monster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders by Anne E. Schwartz

22. Monster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders

By: Anne E. Schwartz

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The real story of the shocking Jeffrey Dahmer murders, as told by the Milwaukee Journal reporter wh… read more

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23. Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal Killer

By: Christopher Berry Dee

3.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Sunday Times bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee is the man who talks to serial killers. A wor… read more

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Cover of The Binding Room (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #2) by Nadine Matheson

24. The Binding Room (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #2)

By: Nadine Matheson

4.20

Format: 512 pages, ebook

Detective Anjelica Henley confronts a series of ritualistic murders in this heart-pounding thriller… read more

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Cover of Inside Broadmoor: Up Close and Personal with Britain's Most Dangerous Criminals by Jonathan Levi

25. Inside Broadmoor: Up Close and Personal with Britain's Most Dangerous Criminals

By: Jonathan Levi

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Broadmoor. Few place names in the world have such chilling resonance. For over 150 years, it has co… read more

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26. True Crime Story

By: Joseph Knox

3.88

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Librarian note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. In the early hours of Satu… read more

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27. Evil Beyond Belief

By: Wensley Clarkson

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Dr. Harold Shipman was a pillar of the community, serving on local committees, donating prizes to s… read more

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Cover of A Passion for Poison: Serial Killer. Poisoner. Schoolboy by Carol Ann Lee

28. A Passion for Poison: Serial Killer. Poisoner. Schoolboy

By: Carol Ann Lee

4.15

Format: 476 pages, Kindle Edition

'The whole story is so terrible. You will be disgusted and amazed.' Graham Young, confessing his c… read more

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Cover of History of a Drowning Boy by Dennis Nilsen

29. History of a Drowning Boy

By: Dennis Nilsen

3.79

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Dennis Nilsen was one of Britain's most notorious serial killers, jailed for life in 1983 after the… read more

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30. The Dennis Nilsen Tapes: In Jail with Britain’s Most Infamous Serial Killer

By: Michael Morley

3.38

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In 1992, alongside forensic psychologist Paul Britton and an undercover police film crew, Michael M… read more

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31. What a Way to Go

By: Bella Mackie

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

One wealth-obsessed man – who is also dead. One status-obsessed woman – who is the perfect acces… read more

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