16 must-read history books like The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt: Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer by Tobin T. Buhk

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The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt: Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer

By: Tobin T. Buhk

3.81

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

In the fall of 1916, New York housemaid Augusta Steinbach fell in love with a man she met through a…

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Cover of Butcher, Baker: The True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer by Walter Gilmour, Leland E. Hale

1. Butcher, Baker: The True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer

By: Walter Gilmour , Leland E. Hale

3.81

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

The horrific story of how Robert Hansen hid his secret life as a murderous sexual predator—and hunt… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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2. The Michigan Murders

By: Edward Keyes

4.50

Format: 168 pages,

Between July 1967 and July 1969, seven sexual murders were committed in Michigan with horrifying fu… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson

3. Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

By: Kate Clifford Larson

3.30

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer? by Ann Rule

4. Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

By: Ann Rule

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

The author of eight New York Timesbestsellers, Ann Rule first won nationwide acclaim with The Stran… read more

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Cover of And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer by Ann Rule

5. And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer

By: Ann Rule

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

The shattering crime story that shocked the nation: the Thomas Capano murder case On a June evening… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

6. Richie: A Father, His Son, and the Ultimate American Tragedy

By: Thomas Thompson

4.03

Format: None pages,

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7. Out of Africa

By: Isak Dinesen , Karen Blixen

3.65

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Out of Africais Isak Dinesen's memoir of her years in Africa, from 1914 to 1931, on a four-thousand… read more

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8. American Black Widow

By: Gregg Olsen

3.75

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal by Aphrodite Jones

9. 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

10. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Professor & the Coed: Scandal & Murder at the Ohio State University (True Crime) by Mark Gribben

11. The Professor & the Coed: Scandal & Murder at the Ohio State University (True Crime)

By: Mark Gribben

3.63

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

In the sweltering summer of 1929, the people of Columbus, Ohio, were enthralled by news of the Ohio… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty by Mandy Matney

12. Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty

By: Mandy Matney

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local … read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper by Daniel Stashower

13. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

By: Daniel Stashower

3.50

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas by Clint Richmond

14. The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas

By: Clint Richmond

3.95

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Roger and Penny Scaggs seemed a poster couple for family values. Evangelical Christians living in b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park by John Leake

15. The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park

By: John Leake

3.99

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandra Bridewell was a beautiful socialite in the affluent Dallas suburb of Highland Park in 1978-8… read more

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

16. 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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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Deadly Greed: The Riveting True Story of the Stuart Murder Case by Joe Sharkey

17. Deadly Greed: The Riveting True Story of the Stuart Murder Case

By: Joe Sharkey

4.02

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

The horrifying account of the Charles Stuart case, in which ambition drove a man to murder his preg… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Under a Cold Moon: A Chronicle of an Unrequited Killer by Tony H. Latham

18. Under a Cold Moon: A Chronicle of an Unrequited Killer

By: Tony H. Latham

4.25

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

Under a Cold Moon is the extraordinary true story of a man that devasted two worlds. A killer that … read more

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Cover of The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm by Mark Sebastian Jordan

19. The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm

By: Mark Sebastian Jordan

3.74

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

This chilling true crime history reveals the story of a young woman in nineteenth century rural Ohi… read more

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  • history
  • 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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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Black Death: An Enthralling Overview of a Major Event in the Middle Ages (Europe) by Billy Wellman

21. The Black Death: An Enthralling Overview of a Major Event in the Middle Ages (Europe)

By: Billy Wellman

3.96

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Boils, religion, and Living with the Black Death in the Middle AgesThe Black Death, also known as … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel by Julie Satow

22. The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel

By: Julie Satow

3.79

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Journalist Julie Satow's thrilling, unforgettable history of how one illustrious hotel has defined … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida by Anne Hanson

23. Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida

By: Anne Hanson

4.36

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

WHEN ANNE HANSON’S DAD FIRST ASKED her to investigate the secret past of his parents, little did sh… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mommy Deadliest (Pinnacle True Crime) by Michael Benson

24. 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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  • true crime
Cover of The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War really ended by Nicholas Best

25. The Greatest Day in History: How the Great War really ended

By: Nicholas Best

4.33

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

‘This volume sets an example that will be hard to equal’ - Daily Mail On the eleventh hour of the e… read more

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  • history
Cover of New Castle's Kadunce Murders: Mystery and the Devil in Northwest Pennsylvania (True Crime) by Dale Richard Perelman

26. New Castle's Kadunce Murders: Mystery and the Devil in Northwest Pennsylvania (True Crime)

By: Dale Richard Perelman

3.49

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

Author Dale Richard Perelman tells the tragic story of the 1978 murders and the mystery surrounding… read more

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  • crime
  • true crime
Cover of Has it Come to This?: The Mysterious, Unsolved Murder of Frank Richardson by Kimberly Tilley

27. Has it Come to This?: The Mysterious, Unsolved Murder of Frank Richardson

By: Kimberly Tilley

4.04

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Somebody got away with murder on Christmas Eve of 1900 in Savannah, Missouri. Frank Richardson, … read more

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  • true crime
"The gentleness in question was not explicitly stated, but readers could be forgiven for thinking Booher’s prosecution was weak and listless and that he had pursued it with all the ferociousness of a …"

-Kimberly Tilley, Has it Come to This?: The Mysterious, Unsolved Murder of Frank Richardson

"When he looked in the mirror, he was startled by his physical transformation. In just a few years, his face had lost its healthy glow, and his strength had faded, leaving a pale, bloated, trembling v…"

-Kimberly Tilley, Has it Come to This?: The Mysterious, Unsolved Murder of Frank Richardson

Cover of The Moonlight Mill Murders of Steubenville, Ohio (True Crime) by Susan M. Guy

28. The Moonlight Mill Murders of Steubenville, Ohio (True Crime)

By: Susan M. Guy

3.45

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

“Guy is not only a historian but a longtime police officer in Ohio, bringing firsthand knowledge of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Death of a Pinehurst Princess: The 1935 Elva Statler Davidson Mystery by Steve Bouser

29. Death of a Pinehurst Princess: The 1935 Elva Statler Davidson Mystery

By: Steve Bouser

3.44

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

“A socialite bride, a $1 million inheritance, an older husband of questionable social rank, Yankees… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchen Whitmer

30. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

By: Gretchen Whitmer

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt: Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer by Tobin T. Buhk

31. The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt: Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer

By: Tobin T. Buhk

3.81

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

In the fall of 1916, New York housemaid Augusta Steinbach fell in love with a man she met through a… read more

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26 best-selling nonfiction books like The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt: Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer by Tobin T. Buhk

Transform Your Habits

Butcher, Baker: The True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer

Walter Gilmour , Leland E. Hale

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Michigan Murders

Edward Keyes

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

Kate Clifford Larson

3.30

Transform Your Habits

Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

Ann Rule

4.11

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6 Top nonfiction books like Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida by Anne Hanson

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The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park

John Leake

3.99

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Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder

Ken Englade

4.09

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Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida

Anne Hanson

4.36

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Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity

Richard Gary Kaye

4.10

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