14 must-read mystery books like The Garden State Parkway Murders by Christian Barth

Cover of The Garden State Parkway Murders by Christian Barth

The Garden State Parkway Murders

By: Christian Barth

3.56

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

“I know that the way the bodies were left, the person who killed those girls had an excellent knowl…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Garden State Parkway Murders by Christian Barth , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Most Dangerous Animal of All by Gary L. Stewart, Susan D. Mustafa

1. The Most Dangerous Animal of All

By: Gary L. Stewart , Susan D. Mustafa

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerA San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller Soon after his birthmother conta… read more

Similar categories in Gary L. Stewart's The Most Dangerous Animal of All book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"I know that sometimes things should be left in the past, that knowing isn't always better. Sometimes the truth is so horrible that it must be uncovered in bits and pieces, snippets here and there, ab…"

-Gary L. Stewart, The Most Dangerous Animal of All

Cover of If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children by Gregg Olsen, Rebecca  Morris

2. If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children

By: Gregg Olsen , Rebecca Morris

4.25

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

In If I Can't Have You, bestselling author Gregg Olsen and co-author Rebecca Morris investigate one… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Michigan Murders by Edward Keyes

3. 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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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

5. Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder

By: Jerry Bledsoe

3.37

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this powerful and riveting tale of three families connected by marriage and murder, of obsessive… read more

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6. Son of a Grifter: The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious Con Artists in America: A Memoir By The Other Son

By: Kent Walker , Mark Schone

4.12

Format: 206 pages,

In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow … read more

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7. Last Dance, Last Chance and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #8)

By: Ann Rule

3.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

America's best true-crime writer and her new collection of crime stories drawn from her private fil… read more

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8. Seduced by Madness: The True Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case

By: Carol Pogash

0.00

Format: 400 pages,

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Cover of The Drowning at Dyes Inlet (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 6) by D.D. Black

9. The Drowning at Dyes Inlet (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 6)

By: D.D. Black

4.45

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes murder comes in waves...In 1979, a florist's lifeless body surfaced in the serene waters … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley

10. The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.79

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

A successful young mother, Kelsey Berreth, vanishes on Thanksgiving Day 2018. The FBI is afraid the… read more

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

11. 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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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Fallen of Foulweather Bluff (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #3) by D.D. Black

12. The Fallen of Foulweather Bluff (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller #3)

By: D.D. Black

4.42

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

If the marshlands could speak, whose name would they whisper? On Memorial Day,1992, three decora… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders by John Glatt

13. 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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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Daughter of the White River:: Depression-Era Treachery and Vengeance in the Arkansas Delta (True Crime) by Denise White Parkinson

14. Daughter of the White River:: Depression-Era Treachery and Vengeance in the Arkansas Delta (True Crime)

By: Denise White Parkinson

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Join author Denise Parkinson for an intimate look at a Depression-era tragedy. The once-thriving ho… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of In Pieces by Sally Field

15. In Pieces

By: Sally Field

3.94

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

10 hours, 41 minutes One of the most celebrated, beloved, and enduring actors of our time, Sall… read more

Similar categories in Sally Field's In Pieces book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • nonfiction
Cover of When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) by John E. Douglas

16. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)

By: John E. Douglas

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more

Similar categories in John E. Douglas's When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) by David Miraldi

17. The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice)

By: David Miraldi

4.28

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Rubery Prize-winning author David Miraldi, A Chilling Crime That Shocked Lorain, Ohio, and… read more

Similar categories in David Miraldi's The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett (The Edge Of: Crime, Innocence, and Justice) book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Missing and Presumed Dead by Michael Fleeman

18. 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

Similar categories in Michael Fleeman's Missing and Presumed Dead book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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

Similar categories in Mark Sebastian Jordan's The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State by Darcy O'Brien

20. A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State

By: Darcy O'Brien

3.99

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

An Edgar Award–winning author’s true crime account of a grisly string of killings in Kentucky—and t… read more

Similar categories in Darcy O'Brien's A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of A Call from Hell: The True Story of Larry Gene Bell a Small-Town Monster and the Crime that Shook the Nation (True Crime Explicit Book 10) by Genoveva Ortiz

21. A Call from Hell: The True Story of Larry Gene Bell a Small-Town Monster and the Crime that Shook the Nation (True Crime Explicit Book 10)

By: Genoveva Ortiz

3.63

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

Peek into a family's descent into despair at the hands of a small-town monster. Experience a fami… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Beyond Reach (Reese Link, #2) by Molly Black

22. Beyond Reach (Reese Link, #2)

By: Molly Black

4.13

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

Small town police officer Reese Link, teaming up with her new Maine State Police partner, is assign… read more

Similar categories in Molly Black's Beyond Reach (Reese Link, #2) book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • mystery
Cover of Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom by McCracken Poston Jr.

23. Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom

By: McCracken Poston Jr.

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Like a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman, Just Mercy, and a captivating small… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy by Kathy Kleiner Rubin

24. A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy

By: Kathy Kleiner Rubin

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as T… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Kleiner Rubin's A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Decision to Kill: A True Crime Story of a Teenage Killer and the Mother Who Loved Him by Leslie Ghiglieri

25. The Decision to Kill: A True Crime Story of a Teenage Killer and the Mother Who Loved Him

By: Leslie Ghiglieri

3.96

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

A 1986 FAMILY TRAGEDY PROPELS THIS GRIPPING TRUE CRIME DEBUT AS A MOTHER SEARCHES FOR ANSWERS IN TH… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Ghiglieri's The Decision to Kill: A True Crime Story of a Teenage Killer and the Mother Who Loved Him book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood (True Crime) by Dave Shampine

26. The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood (True Crime)

By: Dave Shampine

3.73

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

A road trip becomes a dead end for a schoolteacher in this haunting cold case of murder that became… read more

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

27. 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

Similar categories in Julie Young's The Burger Chef Murders in Indiana (True Crime) book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Dark Side Of Hollywood : Unveiling The Horrific Double Lives Of Old Hollywood's Biggest Stars! by Keli Noury

28. The Dark Side Of Hollywood : Unveiling The Horrific Double Lives Of Old Hollywood's Biggest Stars!

By: Keli Noury

3.64

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

The Dark Side Of Unveiling The Double Lives Of Old Hollywood 's Biggest Stars Behind the bright li… read more

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Cover of Cold Cases Solved Volume 2: 18 Fascinating True Crime Cold Cases , Finally Solved (Cold Cases: Solved) by Robert Keller

29. Cold Cases Solved Volume 2: 18 Fascinating True Crime Cold Cases , Finally Solved (Cold Cases: Solved)

By: Robert Keller

4.22

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

18 Baffling True Crime Cold Cases - Solved! including;Blood Moon: The suspect had a perfect alibi. … read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Garden State Parkway Murders by Christian Barth

30. The Garden State Parkway Murders

By: Christian Barth

3.56

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

“I know that the way the bodies were left, the person who killed those girls had an excellent knowl… read more

Similar categories in Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders book and Christian Barth's The Garden State Parkway Murders

  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of I Am Jessica: A Survivor’s Powerful Story of Healing and Hope by Jamie   Collins

31. I Am Jessica: A Survivor’s Powerful Story of Healing and Hope

By: Jamie Collins

4.26

Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition

A SHOCKING 1989 QUADRUPLE FAMILY MURDER AND THE LITTLE GIRL LEFT BEHIND TO TELL THE STORY. As a ch… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

22 Best nonfiction books like The Garden State Parkway Murders by Christian Barth

Transform Your Habits

The Most Dangerous Animal of All

Gary L. Stewart , Susan D. Mustafa

3.62

Transform Your Habits

If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children

Gregg Olsen , Rebecca Morris

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Michigan Murders

Edward Keyes

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

Ann Rule

4.11

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5 must-read audiobook books like Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom by McCracken Poston Jr.

Transform Your Habits

High on Arrival

Mackenzie Phillips

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

Ann Rule

4.11

Transform Your Habits

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

Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

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