20 Best true crime books like The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5) by Ann Rule

Cover of The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5) by Ann Rule

The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

By: Ann Rule

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

AS SEEN ON 48 HOURS -- AN EXPLOSIVE ACCOUNT OF LETHAL GREED AND TWISTED DESIRE, FROM THE FILES OF A…

If you liked the true crime plot in The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5) by Ann Rule , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder by Jerry Bledsoe

1. Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder

By: Jerry Bledsoe

3.54

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Barbara Stager appeared to be a devoted mother, loving wife, and dedicated church leader in her Nor… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Bledsoe's Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
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2. The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

By: Ann Rule

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

AS SEEN ON 48 HOURS -- AN EXPLOSIVE ACCOUNT OF LETHAL GREED AND TWISTED DESIRE, FROM THE FILES OF A… read more

Similar categories in Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5) book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • essays
  • mystery
  • crime

3. Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder

By: Jerry Bledsoe

3.37

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this powerful and riveting tale of three families connected by marriage and murder, of obsessive… read more

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Cover of American Black Widow by Gregg Olsen

4. American Black Widow

By: Gregg Olsen

3.75

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal by Aphrodite Jones

5. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

Similar categories in Aphrodite Jones's LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe by John Glatt

6. Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe

By: John Glatt

3.94

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

He Had A Successful Career, A Selfless Wife, And Three Loving Children. When high school sweetheart… read more

Similar categories in John Glatt's Twisted: The Secret Desires and Bizarre Double Life of Dr. Richard Sharpe book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

7. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

Similar categories in Gregg Olsen's American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Deadly Goals: The True Story of an All-American Football Hero Who Stalked and Murdered by Wilt Browning

8. Deadly Goals: The True Story of an All-American Football Hero Who Stalked and Murdered

By: Wilt Browning

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping true story of a small town football hero and the murder he almost got away with. A st… read more

Similar categories in Wilt Browning's Deadly Goals: The True Story of an All-American Football Hero Who Stalked and Murdered book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park by John Leake

9. The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park

By: John Leake

3.99

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandra Bridewell was a beautiful socialite in the affluent Dallas suburb of Highland Park in 1978-8… read more

Similar categories in John Leake's The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb

10. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs

By: Amanda Lamb

4.01

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

A perfect life. A perfect lie. When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina with he… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lamb's Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Beautifully Cruel by M. William Phelps

11. 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

Similar categories in M. William Phelps's Beautifully Cruel book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story by Jeremy L Luberts

12. Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story

By: Jeremy L Luberts

3.96

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Falls, MinnesotaThanksgiving 2012 When two teenage cousins break into a residence on Elm St… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy L Luberts's Murder on Elm Street: A True-Life Crime Story book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • true crime
Cover of Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder by Ken Englade

13. Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder

By: Ken Englade

4.09

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

The She was a beautiful, gifted descendant of Lady Astor. But Elizabeth Haysom was also a spoiled,… read more

Similar categories in Ken Englade's Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Murder of Katherine Brown: A Shocking True Crime Story by Rod Kackley

14. The Murder of Katherine Brown: A Shocking True Crime Story

By: Rod Kackley

3.44

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Step into the heart-pounding world of The Murder of Katherine A Shocking True Crime Story, where f… read more

Similar categories in Rod Kackley's The Murder of Katherine Brown: A Shocking True Crime Story book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of Blood Games by Jerry Bledsoe

15. Blood Games

By: Jerry Bledsoe

4.03

Format: 607 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Blood comes the story of a greed so powerful i… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Bledsoe's Blood Games book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind The Kit Martin Murder Trial by Emilio Corsetti III

16. I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind The Kit Martin Murder Trial

By: Emilio Corsetti III

4.30

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

Lb>Did the State of Kentucky convict an innocent man? Moments before boarding a passenger flight… read more

Similar categories in Emilio Corsetti III's I Will Ruin You: The Twisted Truth Behind The Kit Martin Murder Trial book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder by John Glatt

17. The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder

By: John Glatt

4.01

Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition

Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau ho… read more

Similar categories in John Glatt's The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder on Birchleaf Drive: The True Story of the Michelle Young Murder Case by Steven B. Epstein

18. Murder on Birchleaf Drive: The True Story of the Michelle Young Murder Case

By: Steven B. Epstein

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Was Jason the monster who bludgeoned his beautiful wife to death, leaving his toddler alone for hou… read more

Similar categories in Steven B. Epstein's Murder on Birchleaf Drive: The True Story of the Michelle Young Murder Case book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota by C.J. Wynn

19. Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota

By: C.J. Wynn

4.23

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

ANGILA WAS STABBED 44 TIMES. THIS WAS PERSONAL. On a November morning in 2015, Christopher Jack… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Wynn's Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom by McCracken Poston Jr.

20. Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom

By: McCracken Poston Jr.

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Like a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman, Just Mercy, and a captivating small… read more

Similar categories in McCracken Poston Jr.'s Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of If Looks Could Kill by M. William Phelps

21. If Looks Could Kill

By: M. William Phelps

4.00

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

On a day like any other in Akron, Ohio, in a parking lot like so many across America, a black-clad … read more

Similar categories in M. William Phelps's If Looks Could Kill book and Ann Rule's The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up (Crime Files, #5)

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime

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3.75

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LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

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Susan J. Eischeid

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