Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force's Most Infamous Murder Cases
By: Simon Read
3.96
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A riveting true-crime history of London's first modern police force as told through its most notori…
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1. A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
By: Lawrence Ingrassia
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
2. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
By: David Gibbins
3.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
3. The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn
By: Josh Young
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A riveting tell-all biography that delves into the extraordinary life of Hollywood’s most infamous … read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
4. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
By: Dean Jobb
4.02
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
“A master of narrative nonfiction … in this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jo… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
5. The Resurrectionist
By: A. Rae Dunlap
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Alienist and A Love Story, a decadently macabre, dark and twisty gothic de… read more
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6. The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever
By: Lydia Reeder
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
How Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but mothe… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens
By: Nicola Clark
4.18
Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition
Who taught Catherine of Aragon English, helped Anne Boleyn get dressed in the morning, discussed se… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
8. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
By: Margalit Fox
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
9. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida
By: Mikita Brottman
3.54
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
10. Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime
By: Leonie Swann
3.83
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
This highly anticipated follow-up to The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp finds Agnes and her octogenari… read more
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- audiobook
- crime
- british literature
11. Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
By: Katherine Rundell
4.69
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a “rare and magical book” (Bill Bryson) recko… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
12. The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer
By: Rick Jervis
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking true-crime story of a Texas border patrol agent turned serial killer, the four sex wor… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
13. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
By: Valerie Bauerlein
4.56
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s viol… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
14. The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
By: Pagan Kennedy
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling, novelistic work of journalism that uncovers the remarkable and hidden story of Marty G… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- true crime
15. Guide Me Home (Highway 59, #3)
By: Attica Locke
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the final novel in the "timely and evocative" (NPR) Highway 59 trilogy, from Edgar Award-winning… read more
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- audiobook
16. The Drowned
By: John Banville
3.82
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the renowned Booker Prize winner and nationally bestselling author of Snow comes a richly atmo… read more
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- crime
17. Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force's Most Infamous Murder Cases
By: Simon Read
3.96
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A riveting true-crime history of London's first modern police force as told through its most notori… read more
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- history
- true crime
- british literature
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
18. Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II
By: Abbott Kahler
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An incredible true story of murder in a utopian community established on a remote Galápagos island … read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
19. Children of Darkness and Light: Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell: A Story of Murderous Faith
By: Lori Hellis
3.84
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
In this gripping work of true crime, a criminal lawyer takes readers inside the notorious Lori Vall… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
20. How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?
By: Anna Montague
3.50
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Less and Remarkably Bright Creatures comes a funny and moving novel about love, loss, a… read more
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- audiobook
21. Away (Alone)
By: Megan E. Freeman
4.47
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A group of children investigate the threat that prompted large-scale evacuations in this powerful a… read more
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22. Exposure (Rita Todacheene #2)
By: Ramona Emerson
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the follow-up to the National Book Award–longlisted Shutter, Navajo forensic photographer Rita T… read more
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- audiobook
23. Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
By: Elyse Graham
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, untold story of the scholars, librarians, and university professors who were recruite… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"She was also a woman, which for him was a plus."-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
"... because knowledge is, itself, a kind of magic, regardless of whether you get it from the stars or from the sublunary hermeneutics of the human fields of learning."-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
"The historical record often neglects certain kinds of stories. For example, in the Library of Congress, OSS veterans helped catalogue the OSS records; this was a good service to the country, but they…"-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
24. What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
By: Sy Montgomery
3.94
Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition
A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from… read more
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- audiobook
25. The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
By: Dava Sobel
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo’s Daughte… read more
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- history
- audiobook
26. Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist
By: Richard Munson
4.45
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of an ingenious man who explained nature and created a country. Benjamin Fran… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
27. The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed
By: Brad Meltzer
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes… read more
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- history
- true crime
- audiobook
28. The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne
By: Kate Winkler Dawson
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed journalist, podcaster, andcrime historian Kate Winkler Dawson tells the chilling true sto… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
29. Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop
By: Otto Penzler
3.54
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
Thirteen festive crime stories set in New York City’s beloved mystery bookstore The oldest myste… read more
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- crime
- audiobook
