14 Top true crime books like John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster by Vincent Bugliosi, Sam L. Amirante, Danny Broderick

Cover of John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster by Vincent Bugliosi, Sam L. Amirante, Danny Broderick

John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

By: Vincent Bugliosi , Sam L. Amirante , Danny Broderick

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Sam, could you do me a favor?"Thus begins a story that has now become part of America's true crime…

If you liked the true crime plot in John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster by Vincent Bugliosi, Sam L. Amirante, Danny Broderick , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik by Ken Englade

1. Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik

By: Ken Englade

3.77

Format: 277 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Serial killer Gary Heidnik's name will live on in infamy, and his home, 3520 North Marshall Street … read more

Similar categories in Ken Englade's Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez by Philip Carlo

2. Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

By: Philip Carlo

4.02

Format: 592 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The shocking true story behind the serial killer case that inspired the hit Netflix series! Pain… read more

Similar categories in Philip Carlo's Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders by Terry Sullivan, Peter T. Maiken, Peter Maiken

3. Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders

By: Terry Sullivan , Peter T. Maiken , Peter Maiken

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The state prosecutor at the Gacy trial recounts the police investigation that led to Gacy's arrest … read more

Similar categories in Terry Sullivan's Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door by Roy Wenzl, L. Kelly, Tim Potter, Hurst Laviana

4. Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door

By: Roy Wenzl , L. Kelly , Tim Potter , Hurst Laviana

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For thirty-one years, a monster terrorized the residents of Wichita, Kansas. A bloodthirsty serial … read more

Similar categories in Roy Wenzl's Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer by None, Johnny Dodd

5. Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer

By: None , Johnny Dodd

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A dramatic and compelling true-crime psychological thrillerThis incredible story shows how John Dou… read more

Similar categories in None's Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster by Vincent Bugliosi, Sam L. Amirante, Danny Broderick

6. John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

By: Vincent Bugliosi , Sam L. Amirante , Danny Broderick

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Sam, could you do me a favor?"Thus begins a story that has now become part of America's true crime… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree by Dennis McDougal

7. Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree

By: Dennis McDougal

3.64

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Dennis McDougal's Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books) by None, Mark Olshaker

8. The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books)

By: None , Mark Olshaker

4.00

Format: 256 pages,

America's foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of… read more

Similar categories in None's The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books) book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Search for the Green River Killer by Carlton Smith, Tomás Guillén

9. The Search for the Green River Killer

By: Carlton Smith , Tomás Guillén

3.50

Format: 296 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The true story of America's most notorious serial killer case ever. read more

Similar categories in Carlton Smith's The Search for the Green River Killer book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

10. Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer

By: Katherine Ramsland

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1974, Dennis Lynn Rader stalked and murdered a family of four in Wichita, Kansas. Since adolesce… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Ramsland's Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

11. Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"

By: Harold Schechter

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

Murder Was the Least of His Crimes... The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films P… read more

Similar categories in Harold Schechter's Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

12. The Ultimate Evil: The Truth about the Cult Murders: Son of Sam and Beyond

By: Maury Terry

3.75

Format: None pages,

On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz for the "Son of Sam" murders that had terrori… read more

Similar categories in Maury Terry's The Ultimate Evil: The Truth about the Cult Murders: Son of Sam and Beyond book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

13. A Killer in the Family

By: Peter Ross Range

4.25

Format: None pages,

read more

Similar categories in Peter Ross Range's A Killer in the Family book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

14. The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer

By: Anthony Bruno

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

A mob contract killer known as "The Iceman" for hiding a body in an ice-cream truck freezer, Richar… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Bruno's The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

15. On the Farm

By: Stevie Cameron

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Now that the publication bans are lifted, you need Stevie Cameron to get the whole story, which inc… read more

Similar categories in Stevie Cameron's On the Farm book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

16. Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony

By: Jeff Ashton

3.83

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Filled with explosive new information, this is the definitive inside story of the case that captiva… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Ashton's Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

Cover of The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation by Robert        Rand

17. The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation

By: Robert Rand

4.13

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the definitive book on the Menendez case—and the primary source material for NBC's Law and… read more

Similar categories in Robert Rand's The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Demon Next Door by Bryan Burrough

18. The Demon Next Door

By: Bryan Burrough

3.33

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Best-selling author Bryan Burrough (Barbarians at the Gate, Public Enemies, Big Rich) recently made… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Burrough's The Demon Next Door book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings by William H. Reid

19. 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

Similar categories in William H. Reid's A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Monster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders by Anne E. Schwartz

20. Monster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders

By: Anne E. Schwartz

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The real story of the shocking Jeffrey Dahmer murders, as told by the Milwaukee Journal reporter wh… read more

Similar categories in Anne E. Schwartz's Monster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer by John Coston

21. 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

Similar categories in John Coston's To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer book and Vincent Bugliosi's John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

14 best-selling audiobook books like John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster by Vincent Bugliosi, Sam L. Amirante, Danny Broderick

Transform Your Habits

Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik

Ken Englade

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

Philip Carlo

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders

Terry Sullivan , Peter T. Maiken , Peter Maiken

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door

Roy Wenzl , L. Kelly , Tim Potter , Hurst Laviana

4.04

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6 must-read adult books like Monster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders by Anne E. Schwartz

Transform Your Habits

Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders

Terry Sullivan , Peter T. Maiken , Peter Maiken

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen

Brian Masters

3.94

Transform Your Habits

While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

John Glatt

3.91

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