9 Top true crime books like Murder Maps USA: Crime Scenes Revisited; Bloodstains to Ballistics, 1865 -1939 by Adam Selzer

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Murder Maps USA: Crime Scenes Revisited; Bloodstains to Ballistics, 1865 -1939

By: Adam Selzer

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Vivid and intriguing, Murder Maps USA plots the most remarkable American homicides between the Civi…

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1. Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.20

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zo… read more

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"But . . ."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)

"Fuck me,' I said out loud, 'I'm in fairyland."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)

"The night may be dark and full of terrors, I thought, but I've got a big stick."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)

"There's nothing quite like Latin for disguising the fact that you're making it up as you go along."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London, #5)

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2. The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.10

Format: 144 pages, ebook

There have been ghosts on the London Underground, sad, harmless spectres whose presence does little… read more

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"I didn't ask why anybody would want to risk the electric two-step on the tracks because, as police, all three of us knew that there wasn't anything so stupid that somebody wouldn't try it sooner or l…"

-Ben Aaronovitch, The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5)

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3. The Birds and Other Stories

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.39

Format: 440 pages, ebook

A classic of alienation and horror, The Birdswas immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. … read more

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4. Green River Killer

By: Jonathan Case , Jeff Jensen

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

The story of one of America's most notorious killers is revealed in this true-crime comic unlike an… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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5. The Elementals

By: Michael McDowell

4.01

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

On a split of land cut off by the Gulf, three Victorian summer houses stand against the encroaching… read more

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"Savage mothers eat their children!"

-Michael McDowell, The Elementals

"There's no point in advertising a circus when everybody hates the clown."

-Michael McDowell, The Elementals

6. The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths

By: Benerson Little

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

For thousands of years, pirates have terrorized the ocean voyager and the coastal inhabitant, plund… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

7. The Kindly Ones (The Sandman #9)

By: Neil Gaiman , Glyn Dillon , Dean Ormston , Charles Vess , Todd Klein , None , Teddy Kristiansen , Marc Hempel , D'Israeli , Kevin Nowlan , None

3.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Penultimate volume to the phenomenal Sandman series: distraught by the kidnapping and presumed … read more

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8. The Abominable

By: Dan Simmons

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

ALA Reading List Award for History, Short List A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival… read more

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9. The Slave Ship: A Human History

By: Marcus Rediker

4.73

Format: None pages,

The missing link in the chain of American slavery For three centuries slave ships carted millions o… read more

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10. Bucky F*cking Dent

By: David Duchovny

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ted Fullilove, aka Mr. Peanut, is not like other Ivy League grads. He shares an apartment with Gold… read more

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11. The Wake (The Sandman #10)

By: Neil Gaiman , Michael Zulli , Mikal Gilmore , Jon J. Muth , Charles Vess

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When a Dream ends, there is only one thing left to do... THE WAKE In which the repercussions of the… read more

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12. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

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" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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13. 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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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true 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

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14. The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide … read more

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15. The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie

By: Carla Valentine

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Discover the science of forensics through Agatha Christie's novels Agatha Christie is the bestse… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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16. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

By: Neil Bradbury

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more

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"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

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17. The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

By: Sam Kean

4.00

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science Fr… read more

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  • crime
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"Many people agreed with one executive who sneered that [Thomas] Edison had a vacuum where his conscience ought to be."

-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

"A rival politician countered that he too supported the dissection of those who were sucking the public teat dry. He proposed starting with the royal family."

-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

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18. What Abigail Did That Summer (Rivers of London, #5.3)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.24

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Ghost hunter, fox whisperer, troublemaker. It is the summer of 2013 and Abigail Kamara has been … read more

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19. Murder on the Pier (Flora Steele, #2)

By: Merryn Allingham

4.07

Format: 201 pages, ebook

Meet Flora Steele – bookshop owner, bicycle-rider, daydreamer and amateur detective! Sussex, 195… read more

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20. Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

By: Joe Pompeo

3.58

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister a… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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21. A Warning

By: Anonymous

3.93

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior offic… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Legislators, regardless of party, have an obligation to monitor the executive branch. They should do so fairly and respectfully, but above all, they should do so."

-Anonymous, A Warning

"In the history of American democracy, we have had undisciplined presidents. We have had inexperienced presidents. We have had amoral presidents. Rarely if ever before have we had them all at once."

-Anonymous, A Warning

"Republicans gave the keys to the kingdom to a man who paid hush money to shut up a porn star he'd been sleeping with while married to his third wife, who'd recently given birth to their son. Are we s…"

-Anonymous, A Warning

"I was wrong about the "quiet resistance" inside the Trump administration. Unelected bureaucrats and cabinet appointees were never going to steer Donald Trump in the right direction in the long run, o…"

-Anonymous, A Warning

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22. Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

By: J.W. Ocker

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated compendium that reveals the true stories behind the most infamous, creepy, and bizar… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. A Trace of Poison (Phyllida Bright Mystery, #2)

By: Colleen Cambridge

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Phyllida Bright, housekeeper for Agatha Christie, must uncover a killer among a throng of crime wri… read more

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24. Root Magic

By: Eden Royce

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"A poignant, necessary entry into the children's literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the hist… read more

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25. Silence in the Library (Lily Adler Mystery, #2)

By: Katharine Schellman

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Regency widow Lily Adler didn't expect to find a corpse when visiting a family friend. Now it's up … read more

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26. One Operation Joker V1

By: Satoshi Miyagawa

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The dastardly Joker faces up against his arch nemesis in a new way! He now has to take care of him … read more

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27. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees

By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more

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28. A Deadly Affair

By: Agatha Christie

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the Queen of Mystery—this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will ge… read more

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Cover of Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

29. Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession

By: Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A humorous graphic investigation of the author's obsession with true crime, the murders that have m… read more

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30. Murder Maps USA: Crime Scenes Revisited; Bloodstains to Ballistics, 1865 -1939

By: Adam Selzer

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Vivid and intriguing, Murder Maps USA plots the most remarkable American homicides between the Civi… read more

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31. Murder Maps: Crime Scenes Revisited. Phrenology to Fingerprint. 1811-1911

By: Drew Gray

3.93

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Vivid and intriguing, Murder Maps plots the nineteenth century’s most dramatic murders from around … read more

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10 Top history books like Murder Maps USA: Crime Scenes Revisited; Bloodstains to Ballistics, 1865 -1939 by Adam Selzer

The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths

Benerson Little

3.85

Transform Your Habits

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

Maureen Callahan

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie

Carla Valentine

3.83

Transform Your Habits

A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

Neil Bradbury

4.12

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The Dead Boy Detectives

Ed Brubaker , Bryan Talbot , Steve Leialoha

3.63

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Swamp Thing, Vol. 2: Love and Death

Alan Moore , John Totleben , Stephen R. Bissette , Shawn McManus

3.54

The Kindly Ones (The Sandman #9)

Neil Gaiman , Glyn Dillon , Dean Ormston , Charles Vess , Todd Klein , None , Teddy Kristiansen , Marc Hempel , D'Israeli , Kevin Nowlan , None

3.12

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Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing

Ramsey Campbell , Alan Moore , John Totleben , Stephen R. Bissette , Rick Veitch

3.67

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