16 must-read nonfiction books like Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom by John Hollway

Cover of Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom by John Hollway

Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom

By: John Hollway

4.24

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1984, John Thompson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a white man in New Or…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom by John Hollway , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Filthy Rich: The true story behind the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal by John Connolly, James  Patterson, Tim Malloy

1. Filthy Rich: The true story behind the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal

By: John Connolly , James Patterson , Tim Malloy

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A shocking true crime tale of money, power, and sex from the world's most popular thriller writer. … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) by Michael Shaara

2. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

By: Michael Shaara

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more

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"Never let them see you run."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

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3. The Whispering Room (Jane Hawk, #2)

By: Dean Koontz

4.19

Format: 517 pages, Hardcover

Jane Hawk - fiction's most relentless, resourceful, stunning new heroine - continues her battle aga… read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
"Laws the seemed to be about making the Internet more fair, making it more democratic and open...Woven through them are levers with which government agencies can control what's seen."

-Dean Koontz, The Whispering Room (Jane Hawk, #2)

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4. Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer

By: Bruce Henderson

4.07

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Some books about serial killers are dramatic and emotional. Trace Evidence, by contrast, has a stea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Beyond Cruel: The Chilling True Story of America's Most Sadistic Killer

By: Stephen G. Michaud

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

AUTHORITIES OPENED THE DOOR ON ONE MAN'S HIDDEN LIFE... Mike DeBardeleben was known as the Mall Pas… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
Cover of Darker than Night: The True Story of a Brutal Double Homicide and an 18-Year-Long Quest for Justice by Tom Henderson

6. Darker than Night: The True Story of a Brutal Double Homicide and an 18-Year-Long Quest for Justice

By: Tom Henderson

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

ON A COLD, SNOWY NIGHT IN 1985, TWO MEN BEGGED FOR THEIR LIVES. In 1985, two 27-year-old friends le… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood in the Fields: Ten Years Inside California's Nuestra Familia Gang by Julia  Reynolds

7. Blood in the Fields: Ten Years Inside California's Nuestra Familia Gang

By: Julia Reynolds

4.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
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8. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

9. Shattered

By: Kathryn Casey

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

"Kathryn Casey is one of the best true crime writers today." --Ann Rule With true crime classics li… read more

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10. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Known and loved by generation after generation, this shrewd amateur detective, with faithful Dr Wat… read more

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11. The Silent Corner (Jane Hawk, #1)

By: Dean Koontz

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Timesbestselling author of dark psychological suspense and modern classics of myst… read more

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12. The Gates of Rome (Emperor, #1)

By: Conn Iggulden

4.03

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rarely, if ever, does a new writer dazzle us with such a vivid imagination and storytelling, flawle… read more

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13. Up from Slavery

By: Booker T. Washington , Ishmael Reed

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slaver… read more

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14. Tears of the Silenced: A True Crime and an American Tragedy; Severe Child Abuse and Leaving the Amish

By: Misty Griffin

3.93

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When I was six years old my family started to live and dress like the Amish, it was the beginning o… read more

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15. The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer

By: Anthony Bruno

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

A mob contract killer known as "The Iceman" for hiding a body in an ice-cream truck freezer, Richar… read more

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16. Unlucky 13 (Women’s Murder Club, #13)

By: James Patterson , Maxine Paetro

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Women's Murder Club is stalked by a killer with nothing to lose.When two dead bodies are found … read more

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17. 12th of Never (Women's Murder Club, #12)

By: James Patterson , Maxine Paetro

4.50

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It's finally time! Detective Lindsay Boxer is in labor--while two killers are on the loose. Lindsay… read more

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18. 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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19. Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs

By: John Bloom , Jim Atkinson

4.34

Format: 168 pages,

Edgar Award Finalist: The "sensational" true story of two desperate housewives and the killing that… read more

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20. American Black Widow

By: Gregg Olsen

3.75

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Girl from Blind River

By: Gale Massey

3.39

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone says the Elders family are nothing but cheats, thieves, and convicts—a fact nineteen-year … read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder by Ken Englade

22. Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder

By: Ken Englade

3.90

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The shocking murder that exposed a devoted husband as a cold-hearted killer To Love, Honor-And Mur… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case by Charles Bosworth Jr.

23. Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case

By: Charles Bosworth Jr.

4.30

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The explosive, first-ever insider’s account of the case that’s captivated millions--the murder of B… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders by Jeremy Josephs

24. Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders

By: Jeremy Josephs

3.93

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

As this true crime tale of murder shows, even the most successful families can hide terrible secret… read more

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

25. 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

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

26. 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

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Under the Trestle: The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial. by Ron Peterson Jr.

27. Under the Trestle: The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial.

By: Ron Peterson Jr.

4.30

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

Under The Trestle is the true story of the most compelling murder case in Virginia history. In 1980… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell Hath No Fury: A True Story of Wealth and Passion, Love and Envy, and a Woman Driven to the Ultimate Revenge by Bryna Taubman

28. Hell Hath No Fury: A True Story of Wealth and Passion, Love and Envy, and a Woman Driven to the Ultimate Revenge

By: Bryna Taubman

3.73

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Dan Broderick was one of California's most successful attorneys; his wife, Betty, a beautiful socia… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah  Brooks

29. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

By: Sarah Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand e… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom by John Hollway

30. Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom

By: John Hollway

4.24

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1984, John Thompson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a white man in New Or… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dead In The Water by Penny   Farmer

31. Dead In The Water

By: Penny Farmer

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

True Crime: The book behind the major NEW Amazon Prime three-part TV documentary. It contains the s… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

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Filthy Rich: The true story behind the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal

John Connolly , James Patterson , Tim Malloy

3.38

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Dean Koontz

4.19

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Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer

Bruce Henderson

4.07

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Darker than Night: The True Story of a Brutal Double Homicide and an 18-Year-Long Quest for Justice

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4.25

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Diane Fanning

4.10

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We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

M. William Phelps

4.10

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