14 must-read crime books like 100 Most Infamous Criminals: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (True Criminals, 2) by Jo Durden Smith

Cover of 100 Most Infamous Criminals: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (True Criminals, 2) by Jo Durden Smith

100 Most Infamous Criminals: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (True Criminals, 2)

By: Jo Durden Smith

3.47

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

An indispensable introduction to the darker side of life, revealing the often strange and grisly st…

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1. Talking with Psychopaths and Savages: A Journey into the Evil Mind

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

4.07

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee takes readers deep inside the dark minds of some of the most pi… read more

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2. The Trial

By: Rob Rinder

4.24

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder. ONE MURDE… read more

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"Luckily,Mum,there aren't any nice young ladies in my life so that's not really a problem."

-Rob Rinder, The Trial

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3. Profile K

By: Helen Sarah Fields

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

He’s going to kill you. He just doesn’t know it yet. There’s something wrong with me. For years I’v… read more

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4. Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat, #1)

By: Jeremy Clarkson

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Jeremy's farm. It's an idyllic spot, offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bu… read more

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5. Death of a Bookseller

By: Alice Slater

3.48

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A disaffected, true crime-obsessed bookseller develops a dangerous obsession with a colleague. R… read more

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6. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

By: Richard Shepherd

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more

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"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

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7. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

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8. The Convent

By: Marie Hargreaves

4.21

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in 1959, her dad tells her she is going… read more

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9. Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television

By: Louis Theroux

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation, pr… read more

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10. Murder Beyond the Grave (ID True Crime, 3)

By: James Patterson

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A wealthy kidnapped man fights for his life and a real estate deal turns deadly in these two true c… read more

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11. Me vs Brain: An Overthinker’s Guide to Life

By: Hayley Morris

3.97

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Brain: We left the oven on! Me: No don't say that, I've not got time for this! Brain: The house i… read more

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12. Till Murder Do Us Part (ID True Crime, 6)

By: James Patterson

3.90

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

From the world's #1 bestselling author comes a collection of Discovery ID true crime stories where … read more

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13. Home Sweet Murder

By: James Patterson

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Two true-crime thrillers as seen on Discovery's Murder is Forever TV seriesHOME SWEET MURDER: Lawye… read more

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14. A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever

By: Cathy Glass

4.30

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Angie, 6, and her sister, Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive at Cathy’s house, havin… read more

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15. Do No Harm

By: Jack Jordan

3.88

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

‘Probably the fastest thriller and most unrelentingly tense thriller I've read since The Chain’ 4 s… read more

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16. Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

By: Cathy Glass

4.33

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way … Damian is just seven when he is taken in by… read more

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17. Faces of Evil: Unmasking the World’s Most Horrific Serial Killers

By: Dominic Utton

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Uncover the chilling true stories behind some of history's most monstrous murderers.Ian Brady and M… read more

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18. Eighteen Seconds

By: Louise Beech

4.48

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

My mother once said to me, ‘I wish you could feel the way I do for eighteen seconds. Just eighteen … read more

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19. The Boys: Dear Becky

By: Garth Ennis

3.35

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Twelve years after the events of The Boys, Hughie finds himself back home in Scotland where he inte… read more

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20. Talking with Female Serial Killers: A Chilling Study of the Most Evil Women in the World

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

2.78

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Christopher Berry-Dee, criminologist and bestselling author of books about the serial killers Ailee… read more

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21. Captain Tom's Life Lessons

By: Tom Moore

4.32

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Start your year with the uplifting and heartwarming life lessons from a truly inspirational man, Ca… read more

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22. Talking with Serial Killers: A Chilling Study of the World's Most Evil People

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

3.55

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

The Man Who Talks to Serial Killers World-renowned investigative criminologist Christopher Berry-De… read more

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23. True Crime Stories: The World's Most Monstrous Murderers

By: Al Cimino

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

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24. Abandoned

By: Monica Allan

4.51

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Monica was just five years old when her mother tried to kill her by forcing her head under running … read more

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25. The Rebel Pianist of Majdanek: A Holocaust Story of Music and Survival in a Nazi Death Camp

By: Nicola Pittam

3.65

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

'A moving and uplifting story of one woman’s fight against the Nazis through her love of music. It … read more

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Cover of Monsters Who Murder: True Stories of the World's Most Evil Serial Killers by Al Cimino

26. Monsters Who Murder: True Stories of the World's Most Evil Serial Killers

By: Al Cimino

3.67

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Hidden among us live some of the most depraved and dangerous individuals one could ever imagine. Th… read more

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Cover of Inside Wakefield Prison: Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion by Jonathan Levi and Emma French

27. Inside Wakefield Prison: Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion

By: Jonathan Levi and Emma French

3.59

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

HMP Wakefield. 'Monster Mansion'. Hell to be inside. Almost impossible to escape. This prison has s… read more

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28. 100 Most Infamous Criminals: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (True Criminals, 2)

By: Jo Durden Smith

3.47

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

An indispensable introduction to the darker side of life, revealing the often strange and grisly st… read more

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29. The Mind Manual: Mental Fitness Tools for Everyone (Dr Alex George)

By: Alex George

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Mental health matters! Learn how to assess your mental health today - a… read more

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Cover of Please Save Me: One Woman's Battle for Love and Hope After Horrific Abuse by Her Father (Surviving Trauma Book, Child Abuse) by Mandy Yousaf

30. Please Save Me: One Woman's Battle for Love and Hope After Horrific Abuse by Her Father (Surviving Trauma Book, Child Abuse)

By: Mandy Yousaf

4.35

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

One of the most harrowing child abuse memoirs you'll ever read . . .Please Save Me is a story of th… read more

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Cover of The Dog Who Followed the Moon: An Inspirational Story with Meditations on Life, Perfect for Fall 2024, Experience the Power of Love and Sacrifice by James Norbury

31. The Dog Who Followed the Moon: An Inspirational Story with Meditations on Life, Perfect for Fall 2024, Experience the Power of Love and Sacrifice

By: James Norbury

4.69

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Following the Moon has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. read more

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12 Top true crime books like 100 Most Infamous Criminals: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (True Criminals, 2) by Jo Durden Smith

Transform Your Habits

Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

Richard Shepherd

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Convent

Marie Hargreaves

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Murder Beyond the Grave (ID True Crime, 3)

James Patterson

3.83

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Till Murder Do Us Part (ID True Crime, 6)

James Patterson

3.90

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The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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Eliza Clark

3.90

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Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors

4.21

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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

Janice Hallett

3.95

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