11 must-read true crime books like The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders by Edwin H. Porter

Cover of The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders by Edwin H. Porter

The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

By: Edwin H. Porter

3.64

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The full title of this near-contemporaneous account of the infamous Borden ax murders, written by j…

If you liked the true crime plot in The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders by Edwin H. Porter , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1) by Ann Cleeves

1. The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.86

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Vera Stanhope's first appearance was in The Crow Trap, published in 1999 and now available in a new… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Crow Trap (Vera Stanhope, #1) book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • crime
Cover of A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4) by Agatha Christie

2. A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"A Murder is Announced" is a staple of crime fiction and often considered as the best Miss Marple n… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4) book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • crime
"الناس في الظلام مختلفين كثيرا"

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"Use that fluff of yours you call a brain."

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy."

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

"إن الجرائم الصغيرة تؤدي إلى الجرائم الكبيرة .. أليس كذلك ؟"

-Agatha Christie, A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

Cover of Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2) by Ann Cleeves

3. Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Man… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2) book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • crime
Cover of The Passage (The Passage, #1) by Justin Cronin

4. The Passage (The Passage, #1)

By: Justin Cronin

4.05

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

IT HAPPENED FAST. THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN. First, the unthi… read more

Similar categories in Justin Cronin's The Passage (The Passage, #1) book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

"What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"The sky was so thick with stars it was as if he could reach out and brush them with his hand."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"And then, despite all these concerns, Arnette felt her mind begin to loosen, the images of the day unwinding inside her like a spool of thread, pulling her down into sleep."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

Cover of Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1) by Ann Cleeves

5. Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Winner of Britain’s coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves introduces a dazzling new suspe… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1) book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • crime
"It was precisely midnight when he stepped through the door. Taylor had said he wanted everyone in the Incident Room an hour before first light the next day, but Perez wasn't ready for sleep. As he sw…"

-Ann Cleeves, Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1)

Cover of Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford

6. Mommie Dearest

By: Christina Crawford

3.11

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

With the 20th Anniversary Edition of Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford becomes one of the only aut… read more

Similar categories in Christina Crawford's Mommie Dearest book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

7. The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories

By: Agatha Christie

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

A diamond worth several fortunes is stolen as a dinner party trick, and then stolen from the thief.… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • crime
Cover of The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

8. The Hellbound Heart

By: Clive Barker

4.07

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. … read more

Similar categories in Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

"She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Allí el placer era dolor, y viceversa. Y él lo conocía tan bien que era como sentirse en casa."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas"

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

Cover of American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide by Steve Lehto

9. American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide

By: Steve Lehto

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

There are places in the United States of America where violent acts of bloodshed have occurred. Yea… read more

Similar categories in Steve Lehto's American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

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

10. 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

Similar categories in Kate Clifford Larson's Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer by Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth

11. 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 Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime

12. 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

Similar categories in Sarah Miller's The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

Cover of The Price of Salt, or Carol by Patricia Highsmith, Claire  Morgan

13. The Price of Salt, or Carol

By: Patricia Highsmith , Claire Morgan

4.02

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Patricia Highsmith's story of sexual obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely … read more

Similar categories in Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt, or Carol book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

"She hated cleaning up after making something."

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

"Love was supposed to be a kind of blissful insanity."

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

"It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?"

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

"What else mattered except being with Carol, anywhere, anyhow?"

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

14. The Coffin Dancer (Lincoln Rhyme, #2)

By: Jeffery Deaver

4.00

Format: 300 pages,

NYPD criminalist Lincoln Rhyme joins his beautiful protege, Amelia Sachs, in the hunt for the Coffi… read more

Similar categories in Jeffery Deaver's The Coffin Dancer (Lincoln Rhyme, #2) book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

15. The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

By: None

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Did Patrizia Reggiani murder her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, in 1995 because his spending was wildl… read more

Similar categories in None's The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

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

16. 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

Similar categories in Maureen Callahan's American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"I've got lots more stories to tell."

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

Cover of The Perfect Wife (Jessie Hunt, #1) by Blake Pierce

17. The Perfect Wife (Jessie Hunt, #1)

By: Blake Pierce

4.03

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Book #1 from the series: A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller 🎧Listening Length = 8 hours… read more

Similar categories in Blake Pierce's The Perfect Wife (Jessie Hunt, #1) book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

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

18. 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

Similar categories in Aphrodite Jones's LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Weejee Man by NP  Cunniffe

19. The Weejee Man

By: NP Cunniffe

3.65

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

A nerve-shredding slice of rural horror for fans of Adam Nevill and Andrew Michael Hurley. Force… read more

Similar categories in NP Cunniffe's The Weejee Man book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

"His face had grown dark, except for the reflection of the red fire in his eyes. The house, too, seemed to have filled with shadow, as if a storm was brewing outside. Jim’s eyes beamed red from the sh…"

-NP Cunniffe, The Weejee Man

Cover of The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas by Clint Richmond

20. 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

Similar categories in Clint Richmond's The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe by Mike Rothmiller

21. Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe

By: Mike Rothmiller

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Night Bobby Kennedy Murdered Marilyn Monroe tells the essential truth of the death of Marilyn … read more

Similar categories in Mike Rothmiller's Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. -Marilyn Monroe, 1958"

-Mike Rothmiller, Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." -Marilyn Monroe, 1958"

-Mike Rothmiller, Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe

Cover of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer by Dean Jobb

22. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

By: Dean Jobb

3.62

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

“When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals,” Sherlock Holmes observed during one of … read more

Similar categories in Dean Jobb's The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of The Girls Are Gone: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Vanished, the Father Who Kept Searching, and the Adults Who Conspired to Keep the Truth Hidden by Michael Brodkorb

23. The Girls Are Gone: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Vanished, the Father Who Kept Searching, and the Adults Who Conspired to Keep the Truth Hidden

By: Michael Brodkorb

3.70

Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition

On the evening of April 19, 2013, Samantha and Gianna Rucki disappeared. Two of five children born … read more

Similar categories in Michael Brodkorb's The Girls Are Gone: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Vanished, the Father Who Kept Searching, and the Adults Who Conspired to Keep the Truth Hidden book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders by Edwin H. Porter

24. The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

By: Edwin H. Porter

3.64

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The full title of this near-contemporaneous account of the infamous Borden ax murders, written by j… read more

Similar categories in Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Countdown to Murder: Pam Hupp: (Death "Insured") Behind the Scenes by Rebecca F. Pittman

25. Countdown to Murder: Pam Hupp: (Death "Insured") Behind the Scenes

By: Rebecca F. Pittman

4.23

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

The brutal murder of Betsy Faria on December 27, 2011 set off a maelstrom of events that resulted i… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca F. Pittman's Countdown to Murder: Pam Hupp: (Death "Insured") Behind the Scenes book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of A Kitchen Painted in Blood: The Unsolved Disappearance of Joan Risch by Stephen H Ahern

26. A Kitchen Painted in Blood: The Unsolved Disappearance of Joan Risch

By: Stephen H Ahern

3.98

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

On October 24, 1961, Massachusetts wife and mother Joan Risch vanished seemingly into thin air. Eve… read more

Similar categories in Stephen H Ahern's A Kitchen Painted in Blood: The Unsolved Disappearance of Joan Risch book and Edwin H. Porter's The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

  • true crime

7 best-selling history books like The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders by Edwin H. Porter

Transform Your Habits

American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide

Steve Lehto

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

Kate Clifford Larson

3.30

Transform Your Habits

Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer

Stephen G. Michaud , Hugh Aynesworth

3.43

Transform Your Habits

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

Maureen Callahan

4.09

View all the books

10 best-selling history books like Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe by Mike Rothmiller

Transform Your Habits

The Day John Died: 25th Anniversary Edition

Christopher Andersen

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: Crime, Conspiracy and Cover-Up - A New Investigation

Tim Tate

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe

Mike Rothmiller

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Jackie After Jack: Portrait of the Lady (The Jackie [Kennedy] Chronicles)

Christopher Andersen

4.28

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.