15 Top nonfiction books like The Scene of the Crime by Steve Braunias

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The Scene of the Crime

By: Steve Braunias

3.75

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Twelve extraordinary tales of crime and punishment: a collection of true crime writing by New Zeala…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Scene of the Crime by Steve Braunias , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Morgue

By: None , Ron Franscell

3.16

Format: 288 pages,

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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2. The Children Act

By: Ian McEwan

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A fiercely intelligent, well-respected High Court judge in London faces a morally ambiguous case wh… read more

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3. The Quiet American

By: Graham Greene , Robert Stone

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam "I never knew a man… read more

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4. The Cause of Death

By: Cynric Temple-Camp

3.62

Format: 320 pages,

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5. The Course of Love

By: Alain de Botton

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"An engrossing tale that provides plenty of food for thought" (People, Best New Books pick), this p… read more

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6. Ulysses

By: James Joyce

3.75

Format: 925 pages, Paperback

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more

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"Shite and onions!"

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"Let my country die for me."

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"Be just before you are generous."

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"no more pain. wake no more. nobody owns"

-James Joyce, Ulysses

7. The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession

By: David Grann

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed New Yorkerwriter and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Gr… read more

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8. The Penguin History of New Zealand

By: Michael King

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

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9. Fatal Vision

By: Joe McGinniss

4.11

Format: 14 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Fatal Visionis the electrifying true story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princeton-educat… read more

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10. A Brief History of Seven Killings

By: Marlon James

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Wome… read more

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11. Honeybee

By: Craig Silvey

4.40

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail a… read more

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"And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything."

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"When we don’t think we’re worth much, we find ways to make our world small. We don’t allow ourselves to hope because we’ve already excepted failure. And this pattern of thinking often determines the …"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

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12. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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13. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

By: Tina Brown

4.03

Format: 571 pages, Hardcover

The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

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14. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

By: Hallie Rubenhold

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never m… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"As social commentators marvelled, charity was 'frequently derived from the lowest orders"

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

"The victims of Jack the Ripper were never 'just prostitutes'; they were daughters, wives, mothers, sisters, and lovers. They were women. They were human beings, and surely that in itself is enough."

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

"At its very core, the story of Jack the Ripper is a narrative of a killer's deep, abiding hatred of women, and our culture's obsession with the mythology serves only to normalize its particular brand…"

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

"My intention in writing this book is not to hunt and name the killer. I wish instead to retrace the footsteps of five women, to consider their experiences within the context of their era, and to foll…"

-Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

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15. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelv… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Radden Keefe's Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks book and Steve Braunias's The Scene of the Crime

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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16. Remember Me

By: Charity Norman

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

They never found Leah Parata. Not a boot, not a backpack, not a turquoise beanie. After she left me… read more

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  • crime
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17. Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui

4.38

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more

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  • nonfiction
"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"

-Ruby Tui, Straight Up

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18. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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19. The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist

By: Cynric Temple-Camp

4.19

Format: 336 pages, ebook

A dead body without a trace of trauma; alien parasites; worms of the brain; crocodile attacks and b… read more

Similar categories in Cynric Temple-Camp's The Quick and the Dead: True Stories of Life and Death from a New Zealand Pathologist book and Steve Braunias's The Scene of the Crime

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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20. Auē

By: Becky Manawatu

4.50

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in t… read more

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  • crime
"I thought how many terrible words there were, and how when they were let loose in the world, they sucked up all the air around them."

-Becky Manawatu, Auē

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21. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

By: John E. Douglas

4.15

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"I miss my dog,"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

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22. The Mirror Book

By: Charlotte Grimshaw

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Brave, explosive, and thought-provoking, this is a powerful memoir from a critically acclaimed writ… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons

By: Nicole Morris

4.31

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

They just vanished …  Disappeared. Gone. Lost. No answers. Still missing. Imagine the pain, conf… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"I find it harder and harder to talk about. It’s the frustration. I wish people had been this interested back then – we might have her with us."

-Nicole Morris, Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons

"I just kept living in hope, but I’ve got used to that fact now. The hope is gone. I still dream about her, and I still have nightmares about her. It gets easier to cope with, but it never leaves"

-Nicole Morris, Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons

"It’s tough. When my own son goes out, it’s natural to worry, but I get really paranoid. I worry that something’s going to happen, or he’s going to go missing when he goes out. I’m very protective of …"

-Nicole Morris, Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons

"Sometimes as a family we don’t like to talk about it because all this stuff is going through our heads about what could have happened to him. It upsets us because we didn’t want him to suffer. We jus…"

-Nicole Morris, Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons

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24. 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

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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25. Gangster's Paradise

By: Jared Savage

4.13

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

The much anticipated follow-up to the bestseller that exposed the escalation of organised crime in … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia by Mark Tedeschi

26. Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia

By: Mark Tedeschi

3.91

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It was the double murder case that gripped Australia, and former Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi QC … read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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27. The Scene of the Crime

By: Steve Braunias

3.75

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Twelve extraordinary tales of crime and punishment: a collection of true crime writing by New Zeala… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Final Diagnosis: Obscure cases of death, disease & murder by Cynric Temple-Camp

28. The Final Diagnosis: Obscure cases of death, disease & murder

By: Cynric Temple-Camp

4.11

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The 'if' of death is certain. The 'when' is unknown. It is the 'why' that really gets people's inte… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley

29. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir

By: Lisa Marie Presley

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole s… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Unmasking Monsters

By: Chook Henwood

4.44

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A serial rapist is stalking South Auckland in 1980s New Zealand and police are stumped - they can't… read more

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31. Black Gold: The story of how the All Blacks became rugby's most valuable asset

By: Gregor Paul

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Power, Money and the Team that Reshaped Rugby How did one of the smallest nations in the world prod… read more

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Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

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The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown

4.03

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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Patrick Radden Keefe

4.01

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Pet

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4.06

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3.82

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4.31

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