7 Top classics books like In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

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In Cold Blood

By: Truman Capote

4.01

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were…

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1. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

By: Erik Larson

4.00

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"I must confess a shameful secret: I love Chicago best in the cold."

-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

"No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck."

-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

"How easy it was to disappear: A thousand trains a day entered or left Chicago."

-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. Daniel H. Burnham"

-Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

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2. On the Road

By: Jack Kerouac

3.61

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more

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  • classics
"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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3. Slaughterhouse-Five

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Format: None pages,

Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Fiveintroduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who beco… read more

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  • classics
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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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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • 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

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5. The Catcher in the Rye

By: J.D. Salinger

3.80

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school... Fleei… read more

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  • classics
"Sleep tight, ya morons!"

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"People never notice anything."

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"Mothers are all slightly insane."

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"But I'm Crazy. I swear to God I am."

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

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6. In Cold Blood

By: Truman Capote

4.01

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were… read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

7. The Great Gatsby

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career… read more

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8. Night (The Night Trilogy #1)

By: Elie Wiesel , Marion Wiesel

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

An autobiographical narrative in which the author describes his experiences in Nazi concentration c… read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction

9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)

By: Stieg Larsson , Reg Keeland

0.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue. A Sensati… read more

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10. To Kill a Mockingbird

By: Harper Lee

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that … read more

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11. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

By: Jon Krakauer

4.38

Format: 234 pages,

A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Kraka… read more

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12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

By: Ken Kesey

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this classic of the 1960s, Ken Kesey's hero is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a boisterous, brawling, … read more

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13. Of Mice and Men

By: John Steinbeck

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The compelling story of two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world. Drifter… read more

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14. The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

By: Mario Puzo , Peter Bart , Robert Thompson

4.39

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The Godfather—the epic tale of crime and betrayal that became a global phenomenon. Almost fifty … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • classics
  • crime
"Life is so beautiful"

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

15. Gone Girl

By: Gillian Flynn

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anni… read more

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16. The Grapes of Wrath

By: John Steinbeck

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles… read more

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17. The Road

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.99

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. A father and … read more

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"Carry the fire."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"If only my heart were stone."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"There is no God and we are his prophets."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"You have my whole heart. You always did."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

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18. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

By: Michelle McNamara

4.12

Format: 352 pages, ebook

A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer—the elusive serial rapist turned murderer… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Every obsession needs a room of its own."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"He loses his power when we know his face."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"Twenty-five years is a long time in cop years."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"I need to see his face. He loses his power when we know his face."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

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19. 밀레니엄 1 상: 여자를 증오한 남자들 (Millennium 1: Phase Millennium: The men hate women)

By: Stieg Larsson

3.85

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

"Men Who Hate Women" is an award-winning crime novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

By: David Grann

4.14

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklaho… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"An Indian Affairs agent said, 'The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?"

-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

"The Osage elders sang the traditional songs for the dead, only now the songs seemed for the living, for those who had to endure this world of killing."

-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

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21. Into the Wild

By: Jon Krakauer

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

Krakauer’s page-turning bestseller explores a famed missing person mystery while unraveling the lar… read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction
"Happiness [is] only real when shared"

-Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

"It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong."

-Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

"The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure."

-Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

"When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you."

-Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

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Erik Larson

4.00

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4.06

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4.01

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4.12

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4.38

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4.00

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Carine McCandless

4.16

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2.74

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