Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided
By: Catherine Pelonero
3.94
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Absolute Madness tells the disturbing true story of Joseph Christopher, a white serial killer who t…
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1. Amy: My Search for Her Killer: Secrets & Suspects in the Unsolved Murder of Amy Mihaljevic
By: James Renner
3.68
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
In the fall of 1989, ten-year-old Amy Mihaljevic disappeared from the cozy Cleveland suburb of Bay … read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
2. The Bayou Strangler: Louisiana's Most Gruesome Serial Killer
By: Fred Rosen
4.30
Format: None pages,
In 1997, the bodies of young African American men began turning up in the cane fields of the quiet … read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
3. Bare Bones (Temperance Brennan, #6)
By: Kathy Reichs
4.71
Format: 595 pages, Paperback
It's a summer of sizzling heat in Charlotte where Dr. Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist f… read more
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- crime
4. Since We Fell
By: Dennis Lehane
3.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Since We Fellfollows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now … read more
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5. Monday Mourning (Temperance Brennan, #7)
By: Kathy Reichs
4.00
Format: None pages,
The bones of three young women are unearthed in the basement of a Montreal pizza parlor, and forens… read more
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6. 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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7. JonBenet: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation
By: Don Davis , Steve Thomas
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
Finally, the information you've been waiting for: who really killed JonBenet? Perhaps the most comp… read more
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8. Snuff
By: Chuck Palahniuk
3.35
Format: None pages,
From the master of literary mayhem and provocation, a full-frontal Triple X novel that goes where n… read more
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9. 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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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
"I've got lots more stories to tell."-Maureen Callahan, American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
10. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
11. 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
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
12. Murdaugh, She Wrote: A Tale of High Crimes in the Lowcountry
By: Kathleen Hewtson
4.02
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
From the best selling author of 'Blood & Marriage' and 'The Night My Husband Killed Me,' this is a … read more
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- crime
- true crime
13. 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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- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
"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
14. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence
By: James Renner
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Ann Rule and Gregg Olsen, a riveting new true crime book from the acclaimed author o… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
15. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
By: Douglas Preston
3.81
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
16. Invisible Monsters
By: Chuck Palahniuk
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
She's a catwalk model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a su… read more
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- audiobook
"Sorry, mom. Sorry, God."-Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
"Make me into anything, but just love me."-Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
"The future is just wasted on some people."-Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
"At this rate, we'll never get to the future."-Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
17. Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer
By: Harold Schechter
3.76
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten … read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
18. Velvet Was the Night
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.51
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who spends her life seeking… read more
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- historical
- crime
- audiobook
"He walked and let the rain kiss him."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"In the end, you either fight or lie down to be trampled."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"Cinderellas, dreaming. Maite dreamed too, but nothing came of it."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
"He didn't know what the words meant, but he knew what they sounded like: it was the sound of sadness."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night
19. Golden Boy: A Murder Among the Manhattan Elite
By: John Glatt
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In Golden Boy, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert … read more
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- history
- true crime
- mental health
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
20. 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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- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
21. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
By: Bill O'Reilly
3.67
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
22. A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings
By: William H. Reid
3.89
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
James Holmes killed or wounded seventy people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Only one man … read more
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- mental health
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- crime
- audiobook
23. The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family
By: John Glatt
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In The Doomsday Mother , bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Va… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
24. The Serial Killer's Apprentice
By: Katherine Ramsland
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A psychological examination of the blurred line between victim and accomplice―and how a killer can … read more
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- nonfiction
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- audiobook
25. Bear
By: Julia Phillips
3.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unex… read more
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"There'd been only three hundred students in the whole school, which made it a tiny, gossipy hellhole, a bucket of crabs snapping at each other and falling over themselves."-Julia Phillips, Bear
"What was Sam afraid of? Withering away here. Dreaming of chances she'd never be able to take, and shriveling up from that denial, getting poorer and put under more pressure and pushed farther from th…"-Julia Phillips, Bear
26. To the Bridge
By: Nancy Rommelmann
3.38
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
The case was closed, but for journalist Nancy Rommelmann, the mystery remained: What made a mother … read more
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- mental health
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27. 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
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
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28. Little Sister: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood
By: Lana Wood
3.56
Format: 272 pages, ebook
In this memoir, Lana Wood investigates the mysterious drowning of her sister, the actress Natalie W… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
29. If I Die...: A True Story of Obsessive Love, Uncontrollable Greed, and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
By: Michael Fleeman
3.71
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
He'd been shot in the head, decapitated, and set on fire. Who could have turned on the real-estate … read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
30. Murdaugh, She Wrote: After the Trial
By: Kathleen McKenna Hewtson
4.00
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
From the best-selling author of ‘Murdaugh, She High Crimes in the Lowcountry’ and ‘Blood & Marriag… read more
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31. Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided
By: Catherine Pelonero
3.94
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Absolute Madness tells the disturbing true story of Joseph Christopher, a white serial killer who t… read more
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- mental health
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