17 best-selling nonfiction books like Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof by Beth A. Bechky

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Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

By: Beth A. Bechky

2.97

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on eighteen months of rigorous fieldwork in a crime lab of a major metro area, Beth Bechky …

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1. Anatomy of a Jury: The Inside Story of How 12 Ordinary People Decide the Fate of an Accused Murderer

By: Seymour Wishman

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The inside story of how 12 ordinary people decide the fate of an accused murderer. read more

Similar categories in Seymour Wishman's Anatomy of a Jury: The Inside Story of How 12 Ordinary People Decide the Fate of an Accused Murderer book and Beth A. Bechky's Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

  • law
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality by Laura Hamilton, Elizabeth A. Armstrong

2. Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality

By: Laura Hamilton , Elizabeth A. Armstrong

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two young women, dormitory mates, embark on their education at a big state university. Five years l… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • sociology

3. The Measure of Madness: Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Criminal Mind

By: Katherine Ramsland , None

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

The defendant told the jury that he did not kill girlfriend. He "did," however, admit to dismemberi… read more

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4. Crooked Seeds

By: Karen Jennings

3.53

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A woman in post-apartheid South Africa confronts her family's troubling past in this taut and darin… read more

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  • crime
Cover of Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire

5. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

By: Oliver Darkshire

3.97

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackvill… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Early one morning, which is to say about five minutes before noon..."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

"It's my belief that anyone worth knowing enjoys spending time in a bookshop."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

"There is something about geriatric men which attracts them to dangerous ladders."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

"Hell hath no fury, they say, like a man treated the same way as he treats women."

-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

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6. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

By: Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more

Similar categories in Frank Figliuzzi's Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers book and Beth A. Bechky's Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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7. While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

By: J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “Univers… read more

Similar categories in J. Reuben Appelman's While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students book and Beth A. Bechky's Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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8. 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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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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9. Rental Person Who Does Nothing

By: Shoji Morimoto

3.34

Format: 160 pages, ebook

Need a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lone… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"– that people have a value even if they do nothing."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

"I felt comfortable in a community that existed just for the moment, with simple, temporary relationships uncomplicated by past or future."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

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10. One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford #27)

By: Randy Wayne White

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

After the deadliest hurricane to hit Sanibel Island in a century, Doc Ford must stop a gang of thie… read more

Similar categories in Randy Wayne White's One Deadly Eye (Doc Ford #27) book and Beth A. Bechky's Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

By: Sue Black

4.31

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.… read more

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  • audiobook
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
"Sometimes, a bone is just a coconut"

-Sue Black, Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

Cover of Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo

12. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

By: Roseanne Montillo

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more

Similar categories in Roseanne Montillo's Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century book and Beth A. Bechky's Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dear Future Mama: A TMI Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood from Your Bestie by Meghan Trainor

13. Dear Future Mama: A TMI Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood from Your Bestie

By: Meghan Trainor

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The real talk you want about pregnancy, birth, body image, and the newborn days from Meghan Trainor… read more

Similar categories in Meghan Trainor's Dear Future Mama: A TMI Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood from Your Bestie book and Beth A. Bechky's Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind

By: Ann Wolbert Burgess

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A vivid behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit and the evolu… read more

Similar categories in Ann Wolbert Burgess's A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind book and Beth A. Bechky's Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

  • audiobook
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
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15. Swipe Up for More!: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers

By: Stephanie McNeal

3.20

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An unfiltered, colorful romp through the IRL world of influencers that spills the tea on the multib… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie McNeal's Swipe Up for More!: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers book and Beth A. Bechky's Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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16. Clay and Bones: My Life as an FBI Forensic Artist

By: Lisa G. Bailey

3.75

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Told with unflinching honesty and a touch of gallows humor, Clay and Bones is the personal memoir o… read more

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  • audiobook
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • science
Cover of Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics by Brandon L. Garrett

17. Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics

By: Brandon L. Garrett

3.84

Format: 264 pages, ebook

This book details the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convicti… read more

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  • science
  • true crime
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In the Dark I See You: A Novel by Mallika Narayanan

18. In the Dark I See You: A Novel

By: Mallika Narayanan

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An exciting debut novel of psychological suspense from successful short story writer Mallika Naraya… read more

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19. Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

By: Beth A. Bechky

2.97

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on eighteen months of rigorous fieldwork in a crime lab of a major metro area, Beth Bechky … read more

Similar categories in Beth A. Bechky's Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof book and Beth A. Bechky's Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof

  • science
  • true crime
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • education
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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20. Snake Eyes: Murder in a Southern Town

By: Bitty Martin

3.32

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

By 1966, Hot Springs, Arkansas wasn’t your typical sleepy little Southern town. Once a favorite des… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery by Theodore H. Schwartz

21. Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery

By: Theodore H. Schwartz

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a mus… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science

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3.64

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J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

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John E. Douglas

4.01

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John Scalzi

4.16

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Patrick deWitt

3.41

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T. Kingfisher

3.69

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Michelle Porter

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