23 best-selling nonfiction books like Murder and Mayhem in Houston: Historic Bayou City Crime by Mike Vance

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Murder and Mayhem in Houston: Historic Bayou City Crime

By: Mike Vance

3.46

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When the Allen brothers sold Houston's first lots, the city became a magnet for enterprising tycoon…

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1. The Mourner (Parker, #4)

By: Richard Stark

3.94

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t interested in its sentimental value. The thief car… read more

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"When the guy with asthma finally came in from the fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his gun away."

-Richard Stark, The Mourner (Parker, #4)

2. Murder & Mayhem in Rockford, Illinois

By: None

3.29

Format: 178 pages,

Rockford rightly prizes its prosperous heritage, earned by manufacturing concerns like the Rockford… read more

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3. The Lost City of the Monkey God

By: Douglas Preston

3.93

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering jour… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. Freewater

By: Amina Luqman-Dawson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more

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"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"

-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater

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5. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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6. 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
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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7. Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story

By: Max Marshall

3.50

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, le… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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8. The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

By: Karen Abbott

3.69

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation. In the e… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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9. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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10. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs

By: Amanda Lamb

4.01

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

A perfect life. A perfect lie. When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina with he… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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11. The Delphi Murders: The Quest To Find ‘The Man On The Bridge’

By: Nic Edwards

3.75

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

On February 13, 2017 , two Indiana teenagers, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, went fo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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12. Ripped from the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes

By: Harold Schechter

3.75

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, seri… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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13. The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

By: John Glatt

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Col… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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14. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. 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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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever by Jared Knott

16. Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever

By: Jared Knott

4.01

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

How often does it happen that a single tiny mistake causes an entire civilization to collapse? More… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. Cold Cases Solved Volume 8: 18 Fascinating True Crime Cold Cases , Finally Solved (Cold Cases: Solved)

By: Robert Keller

4.22

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

18 Baffling True Crime Cold Cases - Solved! including; Bad Neighbor: A mother-of-two is stabbed to … read more

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  • true crime
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18. Cold Cases Solved Volume 5: 18 Fascinating True Crime Cold Cases , Finally Solved (Cold Cases: Solved)

By: Robert Keller

4.28

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

18 Baffling True Crime Cold Cases - Solved! including;Snapshots from Hell: Two adults are dead; two… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota by C.J. Wynn

19. Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota

By: C.J. Wynn

4.23

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

ANGILA WAS STABBED 44 TIMES. THIS WAS PERSONAL. On a November morning in 2015, Christopher Jack… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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20. Cold Cases Solved Volume 9: 18 Fascinating True Crime Cold Cases, Finally Solved (Cold Cases: Solved)

By: Robert Keller

4.41

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

18 Baffling True Crime Cold Cases - Solved! including; Black Summer: Two little girls are dead, and… read more

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Cover of Cold Cases Solved Volume 7: 18 Fascinating True Crime Cold Cases , Finally Solved (Cold Cases: Solved) by Robert Keller

21. Cold Cases Solved Volume 7: 18 Fascinating True Crime Cold Cases , Finally Solved (Cold Cases: Solved)

By: Robert Keller

4.30

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

18 Baffling True Crime Cold Cases - Solved! including;Lies, Damned Lies, and Murder: One was a weal… read more

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22. The Astors (Dynasties Book 1)

By: Virginia Cowles

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

'Recounted at great speed, and with splendid life, vigour and readability' Antonia Fraser The Asto… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom

By: McCracken Poston Jr.

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Like a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman, Just Mercy, and a captivating small… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of True Crime Solved: 27 Solved Cold Cases That Bring Closure To Disturbing Crimes by M. Moore

24. True Crime Solved: 27 Solved Cold Cases That Bring Closure To Disturbing Crimes

By: M. Moore

3.93

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Buckle up, mystery mavens and true crime junkies! This book is your ticket to the "Justice Served"… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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25. Murder in the Neighborhood

By: Ellen J. Green

4.28

Format: 352 pages, None

On September 6,1949, twenty-eight-year-old Howard Barton Unruh shot thirteen people in less than tw… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Killer Kids Volume 10: 22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill by Robert Keller

26. Killer Kids Volume 10: 22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill

By: Robert Keller

4.33

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill, including;Ruby Thomas: A man is beaten to death in b… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Small Towns, Dark Secrets: Social media, reality TV and murder in rural America (Tangled Webs True Crime) by Eileen Ormsby

27. Small Towns, Dark Secrets: Social media, reality TV and murder in rural America (Tangled Webs True Crime)

By: Eileen Ormsby

3.63

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Two true tales of small-town murders How a social media feud led to a double homicideWhen the bodie… read more

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  • true crime
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28. Haunted Roanoke (Haunted America Book 14)

By: L.B. Taylor Jr.

3.59

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

The author of The Big Book of Virginia Ghost Stories focuses on the “Scare City”: “If you believe i… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Killer Kids Volume 11: 22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill by Robert Keller

29. Killer Kids Volume 11: 22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill

By: Robert Keller

4.41

Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition

22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill, including;Gevin Prince: He was a troubled child, pro… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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30. Murder and Mayhem in Houston: Historic Bayou City Crime

By: Mike Vance

3.46

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

When the Allen brothers sold Houston's first lots, the city became a magnet for enterprising tycoon… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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31. Hidden Demons: Evil Visits A Small New England Town

By: Margery B. Metzger

3.86

Format: 259 pages, ebook

Evil Visits A Small New England Town, a True Crime On January 7, 1994, residents of the Berkshir… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

14 best-selling history books like Murder and Mayhem in Houston: Historic Bayou City Crime by Mike Vance

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The Lost City of the Monkey God

Douglas Preston

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

Transform Your Habits

American Black Widow

Gregg Olsen

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story

Max Marshall

3.50

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High on Arrival

Mackenzie Phillips

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

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Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?

Ann Rule

4.11

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Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

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