10 Top true crime books like My Son, The Killer: The Untold Story of Luka Magnotta and "1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick" by Brian Whitney

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My Son, The Killer: The Untold Story of Luka Magnotta and "1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick"

By: Brian Whitney

2.60

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2012, the Canadian Press ignited a firestorm of criticism by naming killer Luka Magnotta as its …

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1. Small Sacrifices

By: Ann Rule

4.25

Format: 496 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ann Rule's shocking and powerful account of the destructive forces that drove Diane Downs, a beauti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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2. From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)

By: Ian Fleming

3.91

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Ian Fleming’s fifth James Bond novel. James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet counterintell… read more

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"Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it."

-Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)

"Danger, like a third man, was standing in the room."

-Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)

"The naked man who lay splayed out on his face beside the swimming pool might have been dead."

-Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)

"Follow your fate, and be satisfied with it, and be glad not to be a second-hand motor salesman, or a yellow-press journalist, pickled in gin and nicotine, or a cripple - or dead."

-Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)

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3. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

By: Sue Klebold

4.14

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"A faraway look—I have heard suicidologist Thomas Joiner refer to it as “the thousand-yard stare"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Indeed, I would not achieve the integration I sought until I found two nutrients essential to so many survivors. First, I found community and then I found a way to contribute."

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"People refer to the fog of war, and I am sure something similar applies to my situation. If I hadn't kept a running record of the days, weeks, and years, the fog would have swallowed too much of the …"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

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4. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

By: Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry

4.06

Format: 687 pages, Paperback

Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"Deciding that his own life expectancy was directly proportional to his usefulness to Manson, Crockett made himself very useful, volunteering his truck to haul in supplies, and so forth."

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"Noting that it would be a long trial, with many witnesses, I recall the old Chinese proverb, "The palest ink is better than the best memory," urging the jury to take detailed notes to aid them in the…"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends to focus on the defense attorney and his client the accused, the prosecutor …"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"One day Manson tried with me. I stared right back, holding his gaze until his hands started shaking. During the recess, I slid my chair over next to his and asked, "What are you trembling about, Char…"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

5. Hiroshima

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages,

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book… read more

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6. Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

By: None , Mark Olshaker

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

He has hunted some of the most notorious and sadistic criminals of our time: The Trailside Killer i… read more

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7. The Girl Next Door

By: Jack Ketchum

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Suburbia. Shady, tree-lined streets, well-tended lawns and cozy homes. A nice, quiet place to grow … read more

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8. Scrappy Little Nobody

By: Anna Kendrick

4.03

Format: None pages,

A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of… read more

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9. Down and Out in Paris and London

By: George Orwell

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and oft… read more

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10. Goldfinger (James Bond, #7)

By: Ian Fleming

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his… read more

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11. Doctor No (James Bond, #6)

By: Ian Fleming

3.85

Format: None pages,

James Bond travels to the Caribbean to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a secret service… read more

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12. Brother

By: Ania Ahlborn

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling horror author of Within These Wallsand The Bird Eater comes a brand-new novel … read more

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13. Perfect Victim: The True Story of "The Girl in the Box"

By: Carla Norton , Christine McGuire

4.07

Format: None pages,

Colleen Stan was a sweet-natured, lively twenty-year-old when she set out to hitchhike from her hom… read more

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14. Comfort Me with Apples

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.59

Format: 103 pages, Hardcover

Sophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their ho… read more

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"Why doesn’t He love me like He loves you?"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Comfort Me with Apples

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15. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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16. Before You Knew My Name

By: Jacqueline Bublitz

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This is not just another novel about a dead girl. Two women—one alive, one dead—are brought togethe… read more

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"I know what it's like for the horror to follow you home."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"What happened to her makes me so mad. The entitlement of these fucking men who destroy lives, just because they can."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"The thing is. When the dead speak back, we are seldom loud enough to be heard over the clamour of all that living going on."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"For the first time, I understand it's not only the dead who have lives they don't get to live out. The people left behind have as many versions of themselves unexplored, as many possible paths that c…"

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

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17. The Curfew

By: T.M. Logan

3.98

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

Your son said he was home. WHY DID HE LIE? It's time to preorder the brand new up-all-night thri… read more

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18. Love as Always, Mum xxx

By: Mae West

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of an abused childhood, of shocking brutality and life as the daughter of notorious … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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19. 100% Match (Pocket Nasties)

By: Patrick C. Harrison III

3.11

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

Bart is thirty. He is bald. He is overweight. He wears glasses. He is a fry cook. He hates cats. An… read more

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20. Wild Place

By: Christian White

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1989, a local teen goes missing from the idyllic suburb of Camp Hill in Australia.… read more

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21. When You Are Mine

By: Michael Robotham

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this page-turning psychological thriller a young female police officer faces danger on all fron… read more

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22. The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

By: Jeff Guinn

4.16

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

By the New York Times bestselling author of Manson, the comprehensive, authoritative, and tragic st… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"No one listening [to Jones' sermons], even those who were the most devoted to him, could take it all in. But at some point each follower heard something that reaffirmed his or her personal reason for…"

-Jeff Guinn, The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

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23. Lying Beside You (Cyrus Haven, #3)

By: Michael Robotham

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robotham’s latest page-turning, psychological thriller in thi… read more

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24. Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems

By: Megan Fox

3.76

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Megan Fox showcases her wicked humor throughout a heartbreaking and dark collection of poetry. Over… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Beautifully Cruel

By: M. William Phelps

4.11

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

The New York Times bestselling true crime author investigates a shocking case of a wife, mother, an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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26. The Escape Room

By: Megan Goldin

3.83

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the escape room. Your goal is simple. Get out alive. In the lucrative world of financ… read more

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27. The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue

By: John Glatt

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling true crime author John Glatt comes the devastating story of the Tur… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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28. Lady in the Lake

By: Laura Lippman

3.50

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that comb… read more

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"Again, I have to ask: are you really missing if nobody misses you?"

-Laura Lippman, Lady in the Lake

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29. College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight

By: Shawn Cohen

3.69

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A gripping true crime book about a college girl who disappeared in plain sight When Lauren Spierer―… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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30. You Have A Very Soft Voice, Susan: A Shocking True Story of Internet Stalking

By: Susan Fensten

3.59

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A firsthand look at a notorious Internet stalking campaign that the FBI described as a case "in a c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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31. My Son, The Killer: The Untold Story of Luka Magnotta and "1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick"

By: Brian Whitney

2.60

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2012, the Canadian Press ignited a firestorm of criticism by naming killer Luka Magnotta as its … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • canada

12 must-read nonfiction books like My Son, The Killer: The Untold Story of Luka Magnotta and "1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick" by Brian Whitney

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Ann Rule

4.25

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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Sue Klebold

4.14

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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry

4.06

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Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

4.47

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Come Closer

Sara Gran

3.65

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Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

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This Thing Between Us

Gus Moreno

3.74

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Mona Awad

3.56

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