24 must-read nonfiction books like Killers Caught: True Stories of Extraordinary Murder Hunts by Emily G. Thompson

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Killers Caught: True Stories of Extraordinary Murder Hunts

By: Emily G. Thompson

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

They thought they had gotten away with murder. They were wrong. Discover the vital clues, the cruc…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Killers Caught: True Stories of Extraordinary Murder Hunts by Emily G. Thompson , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. The Deadly Dozen: America's 12 Worst Serial Killers

By: Robert Keller

3.75

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

The Shocking True Crime Stories of the 12 Worst Serial Killers in American HistoryDavid Berkowitz: … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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2. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You

By: Matthew Inman , The Oatmeal

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

If your cat is kneading you, that's not a sign of affection. Your cat is actually checking your int… read more

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  • nonfiction

3. A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America

By: Ken Armstrong , T. Christian Miller

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true story of Marie, a teenager who was ch… read more

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Cover of I Am a Killer: What Makes a Murderer: Their Shocking Stories in Their Own Words by Danny Tipping

4. I Am a Killer: What Makes a Murderer: Their Shocking Stories in Their Own Words

By: Danny Tipping

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

What goes through the mind of a killer when they commit murder? What motivates someone to take a li… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

5. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

By: Patricia Evangelista

4.18

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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6. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

By: Caitlin Doughty

4.13

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Everyone has questions about death. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best-selling author and mortic… read more

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  • nonfiction
"That's why all the questions in this book come from 100 percent ethically sourced, free-range, organic children."

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

"It’s normal to be curious about death. But as people grow up, they internalize this idea that wondering about death is “morbid"

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

"Sometimes death can be violent, sudden, and unbearably sad. But it’s also reality, and reality doesn’t change just because you don’t like it."

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

"I'm bringing body back. Returning corpses, but they're not intact. Kids, this is a Justin Timberlake reference. You're fine not knowing who that is."

-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies

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7. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

By: Warsan Shire

4.21

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé's… read more

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  • nonfiction
"You only leave home when home won't let you stay."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"Under your feet, the trapdoor to heaven opens its mouth, its teeth grazing your toes."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women. Sometimes, the men--they come with keys, and sometimes, the men--they come with hammers."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

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8. Swiped

By: L.M. Chilton

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The mystifying world of online dating gets a terrifying, clever, and darkly hilarious twist in this… read more

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9. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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10. Dead Inside

By: Chandler Morrison

3.29

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

In this bleak and disturbingly erotic debut novel, iconoclast Chandler Morrison provides readers wi… read more

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Cover of The Home Edit: Stay Organized: The Ultimate Guide to Making Systems Stick by Clea Shearer

11. The Home Edit: Stay Organized: The Ultimate Guide to Making Systems Stick

By: Clea Shearer

3.78

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the authors of The Home Edit and The Home Edit Life and hosts of t… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. The Prison Doctor

By: Amanda Brown

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK’s most infamous prisons – first in young offenders’ i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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13. Nightwing, Vol. 1: Leaping into the Light

By: Tom Taylor

4.51

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Injustice team of Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo take on Nightwing! … read more

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Cover of In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child by Kim Cross

14. In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child

By: Kim Cross

4.30

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Inv… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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15. There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent

By: Glenn Boozan

4.38

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious and reassuring gift for every because we’re all doing the best we can, and the natural… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural: 101 True Tales of Hauntings, Demons, and the Paranormal by Ryan Bergara

16. BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural: 101 True Tales of Hauntings, Demons, and the Paranormal

By: Ryan Bergara

4.12

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Based off one of the most popular web series on the internet, Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej present … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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17. Tapewyrmin': An Extreme Horror Short

By: Judith Sonnet

3.58

Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition

Clyde thinks he's in luck when the hottest babe on campus starts asking after him . . . Until he's… read more

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Cover of When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson

18. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown

By: Kenan Thompson

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When I Was Your Age  is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans by Jane Marie

19. Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans

By: Jane Marie

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to ex… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Elizabeth Comen

20. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

By: Elizabeth Comen

4.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before. For as long as medicin… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The role of women was proscribed in medicine as in society, bolstered by the stereotype of the female nurturer: Doctors cured. Nurses cared."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"The idea was just this: that there is something beautiful, and wonderfully feminine, and powerful and empowering at once, about a woman who can’t breathe."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"Between the purported sex appeal of tuberculosis and its special deadliness in young people, being afflicted with the disease—or at least, looking like you were—became associated with a certain statu…"

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

Cover of Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson

21. Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood

By: Gretchen Sisson

4.38

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mot… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press by Calvin Trillin

22. The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press

By: Calvin Trillin

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, opinionated portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces c… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels by Pamela Prickett

23. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels

By: Pamela Prickett

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclai… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of A Drag Queen’s Guide to Life by Bimini Bon Boulash

24. A Drag Queen’s Guide to Life

By: Bimini Bon Boulash

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Bimini Bon Boulash is the nation's sweetheart, capturing hearts and minds as the gag-inducing, deat… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Curated True Crime #1: Ritual Killers (Murder, Madness & Mayhem) by Jamie Malton

25. Curated True Crime #1: Ritual Killers (Murder, Madness & Mayhem)

By: Jamie Malton

4.05

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

Amazon best-selling and Firebird True Crime award-winning author Jamie Malton, in collaboration wit… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Happy Mind, Happy Life: The New Science of Mental Well-Being by Rangan Chatterjee

26. Happy Mind, Happy Life: The New Science of Mental Well-Being

By: Rangan Chatterjee

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The science is clear: Happiness plays a vital role in your health. Learn how to make it a priority.… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders by Howard Blum

27. When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders

By: Howard Blum

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, inside story of the Idaho murders from bestselling author Howard Blum, whose ground… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of True Crime Trivia: 350 Fascinating Questions & Answers to Test Your Knowledge of Serial Killers, Mysteries, Cold Cases, Heists & More by Michelle Tooker

28. True Crime Trivia: 350 Fascinating Questions & Answers to Test Your Knowledge of Serial Killers, Mysteries, Cold Cases, Heists & More

By: Michelle Tooker

4.04

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you the ultimate true crime fan? How much do you know about your favorite cases?Play true crime… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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29. Proclaimed in Blood

By: Hugh Miller

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

'Proclaimed in Blood' is an insight into the world of forensics, outstanding expertise where every … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Red Zone: Murder and Mayhem in the NFL by Les Macdonald

30. The Red Zone: Murder and Mayhem in the NFL

By: Les Macdonald

3.55

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

There have been more than 800 arrests of NFL players between 2000 and 2015. That is a staggering nu… read more

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Cover of Killers Caught: True Stories of Extraordinary Murder Hunts by Emily G. Thompson

31. Killers Caught: True Stories of Extraordinary Murder Hunts

By: Emily G. Thompson

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

They thought they had gotten away with murder. They were wrong. Discover the vital clues, the cruc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

14 Top true crime books like Killers Caught: True Stories of Extraordinary Murder Hunts by Emily G. Thompson

Transform Your Habits

The Deadly Dozen: America's 12 Worst Serial Killers

Robert Keller

3.75

Transform Your Habits

I Am a Killer: What Makes a Murderer: Their Shocking Stories in Their Own Words

Danny Tipping

3.60

Transform Your Habits

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

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9 best-selling nonfiction books like True Crime Trivia: 350 Fascinating Questions & Answers to Test Your Knowledge of Serial Killers, Mysteries, Cold Cases, Heists & More by Michelle Tooker

Transform Your Habits

The Deadly Dozen: America's 12 Worst Serial Killers

Robert Keller

3.75

Transform Your Habits

A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of One of California's Most Notorious Killers

Deborah Holt Larkin

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Buried Beneath the Boarding House: A Shocking True Story of Deception, Exploitation and Murder

Ryan Green

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Smile: Behind the Lens of the ‘Dating Game Killer’ (True Crime)

Ryan Green

4.12

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