23 Top true crime books like America's First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster by Mary Kay McBrayer

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America's First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster

By: Mary Kay McBrayer

3.54

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

America’s first female serial killer was not always a killer. America’s First Female Serial Killer …

If you liked the true crime plot in America's First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster by Mary Kay McBrayer , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Final Vows

By: Karen Kingsbury

3.83

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

An account of the murder of an ex-con's wife describes how an educated, religious woman met, fell i… read more

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  • mystery
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
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2. Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder

By: Ann Rule

4.00

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

AMERICA'S #1 TRUE-CRIME WRITER FULFILLS A MURDER VICTIM'S DESPERATE PLEA -- WITH THIS SHATTERING NE… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

3. Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"

By: Harold Schechter

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

Murder Was the Least of His Crimes... The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films P… read more

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4. Cruel Sacrifice

By: Aphrodite Jones

3.85

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

On a freezing January in 1992, five teenage girls crowded into a car. By the end of the night, only… read more

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5. 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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6. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid

7. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence by James Renner

8. 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

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder by Steven B. Epstein

9. Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder

By: Steven B. Epstein

4.18

Format: 608 pages, Kindle Edition

At just 41 years of age, Florida State law professor Dan Markel was among the most well-known and a… read more

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

10. 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

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders

By: John Glatt

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Tangled Vines , bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigiou… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders by Jeremy Josephs

12. Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders

By: Jeremy Josephs

3.93

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

As this true crime tale of murder shows, even the most successful families can hide terrible secret… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb

13. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs

By: Amanda Lamb

4.01

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

A perfect life. A perfect lie. When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina with he… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers by Frank Figliuzzi

14. 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

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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America by Abraham Riesman

15. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
  • audiobook
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16. Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder

By: Ken Englade

4.09

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

The She was a beautiful, gifted descendant of Lady Astor. But Elizabeth Haysom was also a spoiled,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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17. Murder Outside the Back Door

By: John Tommasi

4.00

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Greed, arrogance and lust led Robert Anderson to kill his wife of nearly twenty years. He was a pil… read more

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  • crime
  • true crime
Cover of The Napa Murder of Anita Fagiani: A Cold Case that Caught a Serial Killer (True Crime) by Raymond A. Guadagani

18. The Napa Murder of Anita Fagiani: A Cold Case that Caught a Serial Killer (True Crime)

By: Raymond A. Guadagani

3.92

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1974, the brutal murder of Anita Fagiani Andrews, a fifty-one-year-old former beauty queen and m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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19. Missing and Presumed Dead

By: Michael Fleeman

3.85

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

On a cold Southern night in 2013 under a full moon, 20-year-old Heather Elvis parked her car at a b… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder by John Glatt

20. The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder

By: John Glatt

4.01

Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition

Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau ho… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

By: Sadie Hartmann

4.43

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror! Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get re… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • horror
"I love a good story about everyone dying."

-Sadie Hartmann, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

Cover of At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice by Rebecca  Rosenberg

22. At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice

By: Rebecca Rosenberg

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At Any Cost unravels the twisted story of Rod Covlin, whose unrepentant greed drove him to an unspe… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of True Crime Case Histories - Volume 11: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 11) by Jason Neal

23. True Crime Case Histories - Volume 11: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 11)

By: Jason Neal

4.32

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder and MayhemVolume 11 of the True Crime Case Histories Ser… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Skeptic in Salem: An Episode of Murder (A Dubious Witch Cozy Mystery #1) by Fiona Grace

24. Skeptic in Salem: An Episode of Murder (A Dubious Witch Cozy Mystery #1)

By: Fiona Grace

3.92

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

SKEPTIC IN SALEM: AN EPISODE OF MURDER is the debut novel in a charming new cozy mystery series by … read more

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  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder At The Front Door: The true and bizarre story of the murder of Robert Cushing Sr. by off duty Hampton Police Officer Robert McLaughlin (Murder at the Door Series) by John Tommasi

25. Murder At The Front Door: The true and bizarre story of the murder of Robert Cushing Sr. by off duty Hampton Police Officer Robert McLaughlin (Murder at the Door Series)

By: John Tommasi

3.87

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

In August of 1975, Hampton, NH Police Officer Robert McLaughlin arrested Robert Cushing Sr. for dis… read more

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Cover of Tragedy in the North Woods: The Murders of James Hicks (True Crime) by Trudy Scee

26. Tragedy in the North Woods: The Murders of James Hicks (True Crime)

By: Trudy Scee

3.78

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

A riveting account of one of Maine’s most notorious serial killers—includes a prison interview betw… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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27. Mommy Deadliest (Pinnacle True Crime)

By: Michael Benson

3.96

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

It looked like a suicide. A man's corpse on the bathroom floor—next to a half-empty glass of anti-f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
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Cover of Murdle: Volume 1, 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction by G.T. Karber

28. Murdle: Volume 1, 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction

By: G.T. Karber

4.38

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

G. T. Karber, the creator of the popular online daily mystery game Murdle, presents the first colle… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
Cover of Shattered Justice: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders by J.D.   Morrison

29. Shattered Justice: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders

By: J.D. Morrison

3.95

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Shattered Justice, bearing the title chosen by Paul Smith (Sheriff of Mayes County, OK, from 1981 t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Burger Chef Murders in Indiana (True Crime) by Julie  Young

30. The Burger Chef Murders in Indiana (True Crime)

By: Julie Young

3.68

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The evening of November 17, 1978, should have been like any other for the four young crewmembers cl… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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31. America's First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster

By: Mary Kay McBrayer

3.54

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

America’s first female serial killer was not always a killer. America’s First Female Serial Killer … read more

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  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

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James Renner

3.74

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

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3.55

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4.11

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