13 must-read memoir books like 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

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

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…

If you liked the memoir plot in 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 , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers by Frank Figliuzzi

1. 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 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

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery by Earl Swift

2. Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

By: Earl Swift

3.98

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new wor… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of One Big Happy Family by Jamie        Day

3. One Big Happy Family

By: Jamie Day

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The newest, riveting summer suspense by the author of The Block Party, Jamie Day. The Precipice … read more

Similar categories in Jamie Day's One Big Happy Family book and 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

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Serial Killer's Apprentice by Katherine Ramsland

4. The Serial Killer's Apprentice

By: Katherine Ramsland

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A psychological examination of the blurred line between victim and accomplice―and how a killer can … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Ramsland's The Serial Killer's Apprentice book and 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

  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda    Jones

5. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

By: Amanda Jones

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Jones's That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America book and 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

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story by Kristine S. Ervin

6. Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story

By: Kristine S. Ervin

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of My Dark Places and I'll Be Gone in the Dark , a beautiful, brutal memoir documenting… read more

Similar categories in Kristine S. Ervin's Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story book and 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

  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight by Shawn Cohen

7. College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight

By: Shawn Cohen

3.69

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A gripping true crime book about a college girl who disappeared in plain sight When Lauren Spierer―… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Cohen's College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight book and 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

  • mystery thriller
  • true crime
  • memoir
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard

8. The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco

By: Michelle Chouinard

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Michelle Chouinard’s clever mystery The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, the granddaughter … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Chouinard's The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco book and 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

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia  Levings

9. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

By: Tia Levings

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more

Similar categories in Tia Levings's A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy book and 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

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Things Don't Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins

10. Things Don't Break on Their Own

By: Sarah Easter Collins

3.95

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years ago, a young girl left home to walk to school. Her younger sister soon followed. … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Easter Collins's Things Don't Break on Their Own book and 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

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi by Boyce Upholt

11. The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

By: Boyce Upholt

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping history of the Mississippi River―and the centuries of human meddling that have transform… read more

Similar categories in Boyce Upholt's The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi book and 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

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

12. 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

Similar categories in Howard Blum's When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders book and 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

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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

13. 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 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

  • mystery thriller
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

14. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

Similar categories in Mikita Brottman's Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida book and 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

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us by Rachelle Bergstein

15. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

By: Rachelle Bergstein

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more

Similar categories in Rachelle Bergstein's The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us book and 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

  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable by Sarah Gerard

16. Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable

By: Sarah Gerard

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author Sarah Gerard turns her keen observational eye and cutting yet compassionate prose … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gerard's Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable book and 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

  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of What We'll Burn Last by Heather  Chavez

17. What We'll Burn Last

By: Heather Chavez

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Before She Finds Me comes a sharp and surprising thriller about two en… read more

Similar categories in Heather Chavez's What We'll Burn Last book and 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

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

18. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

Similar categories in Jesselyn Cook's The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family book and 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

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • psychology
  • audiobook
Cover of Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham

19. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

By: John Grisham

4.49

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Cent… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions book and 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

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite

20. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

By: Jessica Waite

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards book and 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

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant by Stephanie Kiser

21. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant

By: Stephanie Kiser

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Kiser's Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant book and 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

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer by Rick Jervis

22. The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer

By: Rick Jervis

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The shocking true-crime story of a Texas border patrol agent turned serial killer, the four sex wor… read more

Similar categories in Rick Jervis's The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer book and 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

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl by Hyeseung Song

23. Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl

By: Hyeseung Song

4.13

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

For readers of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings as well as lovers of the film Minari comes a sea… read more

Similar categories in Hyeseung Song's Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl book and 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

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA by Jesse Katz

24. The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA

By: Jesse Katz

4.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

TATTOOS ON THE HEART meets GHETTOSIDE in this gripping true story about a botched gang murder set i… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Katz's The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA book and 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

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein

25. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

By: Valerie Bauerlein

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s viol… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Bauerlein's The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty book and 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

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World by Edward Dolnick

26. Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

By: Edward Dolnick

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A historical adventure story about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur bones, leading … read more

Similar categories in Edward Dolnick's Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World book and 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

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya   Smith

27. Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

By: Tanya Smith

3.94

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of how a middle-class Black girl from Minneapolis became one of the single biggest t… read more

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  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House by H.R. McMaster

28. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House

By: H.R. McMaster

4.08

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more

Similar categories in H.R. McMaster's At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House book and 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

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Kent State: An American Tragedy by Brian VanDeMark

29. Kent State: An American Tragedy

By: Brian VanDeMark

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illu… read more

Similar categories in Brian VanDeMark's Kent State: An American Tragedy book and 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

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Murder: A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death by Matt    Murphy

30. The Book of Murder: A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death

By: Matt Murphy

4.66

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Examining murder from an insider’s perspective, Matt Murphy—a former senior deputy district attorne… read more

Similar categories in Matt Murphy's The Book of Murder: A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death book and 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

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II by Abbott Kahler

31. Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II

By: Abbott Kahler

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An incredible true story of murder in a utopian community established on a remote Galápagos island … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

20 Best adult books like 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

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

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One Big Happy Family

Jamie Day

3.60

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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

4.14

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Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story

Kristine S. Ervin

4.02

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Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Shannon Reed

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

4.14

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Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

4.19

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