12 Top true crime books like The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America by David Stout

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The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America

By: David Stout

3.49

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing true history of the kidnapping open-season that terrorized America The Great Dep…

If you liked the true crime plot in The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America by David Stout , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Darkest Night: The Murder of Innocence in a Small Town by Ron Franscell

1. The Darkest Night: The Murder of Innocence in a Small Town

By: Ron Franscell

3.96

Format: 282 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Casper, Wyoming:1973. Eleven-year-old Amy Burridge rides with her eighteen-year-old sister, Becky, … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Survival is an instinct, not a choice."

-Ron Franscell, The Darkest Night: The Murder of Innocence in a Small Town

Cover of Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice by None, Mark Olshaker

2. Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice

By: None , Mark Olshaker

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

From law enforcement legend John Douglas, the FBI's pioneer of criminal profiling and the model for… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books) by None, Mark Olshaker

3. The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books)

By: None , Mark Olshaker

4.00

Format: 256 pages,

America's foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of… read more

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

4. The Witches: Salem, 1692

By: Stacy Schiff

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff, author of the #1 bestseller Cleopatra, provides an electrifying… read more

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5. Monster

By: Frank E. Peretti

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Something's out there... Reed Shelton organized this survival weekend. Hired the best guide in the … read more

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Cover of Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer by Jillian Lauren

6. Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

By: Jillian Lauren

3.38

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

He was sitting right across the table...and he would have killed her if he could. Jillian Lauren ha… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

7. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott

8. The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

By: Karen Abbott

3.69

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation. In the e… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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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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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. The Monster of Florence

By: Douglas Preston

3.76

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil) and Erik Lars… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But we were just picnicking friends"

-Douglas Preston, The Monster of Florence

"We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind."

-Douglas Preston, The Monster of Florence

"You cannot stare evil in the face; it has no face. It has no body, no bones, no blood. Any attempt to describe it ends in glibness and self-delusion."

-Douglas Preston, The Monster of Florence

"You can not stare evil in the face; it has no face. It has no body, no bones, no blood. Any attempt to describe it ends in glibness and self-delusion."

-Douglas Preston, The Monster of Florence

Cover of Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America by Audrey Clare Farley

11. Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America

By: Audrey Clare Farley

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Hidden Valley Road and Patient H.M., an "intimate and compassionate portrait" (Grace… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine by Olivia Campbell

12. Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine

By: Olivia Campbell

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys by Erin Kimmerle

13. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

By: Erin Kimmerle

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime by Joe Pompeo

14. Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

By: Joe Pompeo

3.58

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister a… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family by Susan Jonusas

15. Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family

By: Susan Jonusas

3.45

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman

16. Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free

By: Sarah Weinman

3.55

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murde… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O’Connor

17. The Secret History of Bigfoot

By: John O’Connor

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Night Shift (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery #13) by Robin Cook

18. Night Shift (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery #13)

By: Robin Cook

3.82

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

" In this exhilarating medical mystery-thriller by Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie are lu… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America

By: David Stout

3.49

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing true history of the kidnapping open-season that terrorized America The Great Dep… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of All the Way Gone (Detective Annalisa Vega, #4) by Joanna Schaffhausen

20. All the Way Gone (Detective Annalisa Vega, #4)

By: Joanna Schaffhausen

4.08

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

The fourth installment in the beloved Detective Annalisa Vega series Is there such a thing as a go… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

21. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

By: Grady Hendrix

4.14

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

There’s power in a book… They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast.… read more

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18 must-read audiobook books like The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America by David Stout

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The Darkest Night: The Murder of Innocence in a Small Town

Ron Franscell

3.96

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Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice

None , Mark Olshaker

4.48

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The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books)

None , Mark Olshaker

4.00

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Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

Jillian Lauren

3.38

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

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The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

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Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

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