16 Best history books like Sudden Terror by Larry Crompton

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Sudden Terror

By: Larry Crompton

3.70

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

This book is based on the actual case of the East Area Rapist, later also known as the Original Nig…

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Cover of The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Elizabeth Kendall

1. The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

By: Elizabeth Kendall

4.18

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

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  • crime
  • history
Cover of The Book of the Dead (Pendergast, #7; Diogenes, #3) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

2. The Book of the Dead (Pendergast, #7; Diogenes, #3)

By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child

4.17

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

Can FBI Special Agent Pendergast stop a cursed Egyptian tomb from terrorizing New York City -- or w… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #4) by Ann Rule

3. In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #4)

By: Ann Rule

4.17

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Inside a circle of trusted friends...one was a killer. Jerry Harris was a self-made California mil… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • history
Cover of As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto

4. As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

By: John Colapinto

2.90

Format: 96 pages,

In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical trea… read more

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5. Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer

By: Stephen G. Michaud , Hugh Aynesworth

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Drawn from more than 150 hours of exclusive tape-recorded interviews with Bundy, this collection pr… read more

Similar categories in Stephen G. Michaud's Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • crime
  • history

6. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story

By: Ann Rule

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Ann Rule was a writer working on the biggest story of her life, tracking down a brutal mass-murdere… read more

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7. The Zone of Interest

By: Martin Amis

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing por… read more

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8. The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century

By: Sarah Miller

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

"Someone has killed Father!" August 4, 1892: Lizzie Borden calls out frantically for help. When the… read more

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9. The Run of His Life : The People versus O.J. Simpson

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.50

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

A behind-the-scenes look at the crime of the century and the legal proceedings that followed sheds … read more

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10. The Ultimate Evil: The Truth about the Cult Murders: Son of Sam and Beyond

By: Maury Terry

3.75

Format: None pages,

On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz for the "Son of Sam" murders that had terrori… read more

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11. Don't Tell A Soul (Detectives Kane and Alton, #1)

By: D.K. Hood

4.21

Format: 391 pages,

The floor was stone cold on her bare skin. Her heart pounded in her chest. 'Not a soul knows where … read more

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12. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

By: Daniel James Brown

3.59

Format: 464 pages,

In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Il… read more

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13. 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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14. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

By: Michelle McNamara

4.12

Format: 352 pages, ebook

A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer—the elusive serial rapist turned murderer… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • history
"Every obsession needs a room of its own."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"He loses his power when we know his face."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"Twenty-five years is a long time in cop years."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"I need to see his face. He loses his power when we know his face."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

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15. American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

By: Maureen Callahan

4.09

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • history
"I've got lots more stories to tell."

-Maureen Callahan, American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

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16. Too Young to Kill

By: M. William Phelps

4.03

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

Killing Her Wasn't Enough… Sixteen-year-old Adrianne Reynolds couldn't unravel the twisted tangl… read more

Similar categories in M. William Phelps's Too Young to Kill book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

17. Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

By: Elon Green

3.84

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

The gripping true story, told here for the first time, of the Last Call Killer and the gay communit… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • history
Cover of The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard

18. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

By: Ron Howard

4.27

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more

Similar categories in Ron Howard's The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • history
Cover of Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice by Christine Kenneally

19. Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice

By: Christine Kenneally

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The shocking secret history of twentieth-century orphanages—which for decades hid violence, abuse, … read more

Similar categories in Christine Kenneally's Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • crime
  • history
Cover of The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt

20. The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

By: John Glatt

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Col… read more

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

21. 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 Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • mystery
  • crime
  • history
Cover of Faithless in Death (In Death, #52) by J.D. Robb

22. Faithless in Death (In Death, #52)

By: J.D. Robb

4.50

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

In the new Eve Dallas police thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author J. D. Robb, what lo… read more

Similar categories in J.D. Robb's Faithless in Death (In Death, #52) book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson

23. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

By: Sam Wasson

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more

Similar categories in Sam Wasson's The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • history
Cover of The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter by John E. Douglas

24. 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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  • mystery
  • crime
  • history
"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

Cover of The Summer Children (The Collector, #3) by Dot Hutchison

25. The Summer Children (The Collector, #3)

By: Dot Hutchison

4.24

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

This FBI agent has come to expect almost anything—just not this… When Agent Mercedes Ramirez fin… read more

Similar categories in Dot Hutchison's The Summer Children (The Collector, #3) book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • mystery
  • crime
"[She] saw my thorns and never tried to tell me I shouldn't have them."

-Dot Hutchison, The Summer Children (The Collector, #3)

"Princesses become queens, and there's never been a queen undeserving of burning."

-Dot Hutchison, The Summer Children (The Collector, #3)

"Because there's the law, and there's justice, and they're not always the same thing."

-Dot Hutchison, The Summer Children (The Collector, #3)

"I guess he's used to flexing his dick and getting what he wants. Mum's dick is more impressive."

-Dot Hutchison, The Summer Children (The Collector, #3)

Cover of The Vanishing Season (The Collector, #4) by Dot Hutchison

26. The Vanishing Season (The Collector, #4)

By: Dot Hutchison

4.19

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

A recent abduction becomes an unexpected link to a decades-long spree of unspeakable crimes. Eig… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"All right then." He looks a little flummoxed, thought. "Would it make you feel better if I protested so you could use all the arguments you clearly mustered?" "Hush."

-Dot Hutchison, The Vanishing Season (The Collector, #4)

Cover of The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Liza Rodman

27. The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer

By: Liza Rodman

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, whil… read more

Similar categories in Liza Rodman's The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer by John Coston

28. To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer

By: John Coston

3.93

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

The twelve-year rampage of “Missoula Mauler” Wayne Nance—and the shocking end to his murder spree T… read more

Similar categories in John Coston's To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

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

29. 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 Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • crime
  • history
Cover of To Hatred Turned: Everything Is Bigger in Texas, Including the Crimes by Ken Englade

30. To Hatred Turned: Everything Is Bigger in Texas, Including the Crimes

By: Ken Englade

3.71

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

“Englade (Beyond Reason) here treats a complex Dallas murder case with a master’s touch . . . [A] w… read more

Similar categories in Ken Englade's To Hatred Turned: Everything Is Bigger in Texas, Including the Crimes book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • crime
  • history
Cover of Sudden Terror by Larry Crompton

31. Sudden Terror

By: Larry Crompton

3.70

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

This book is based on the actual case of the East Area Rapist, later also known as the Original Nig… read more

Similar categories in Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror book and Larry Crompton's Sudden Terror

  • mystery
  • crime
  • history

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The Book of the Dead (Pendergast, #7; Diogenes, #3)

Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child

4.17

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In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #4)

Ann Rule

4.17

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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

4.12

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American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

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4.09

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Anne Frasier

4.48

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Jess Lourey

4.23

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Lucinda Berry

3.57

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John Marrs

3.97

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