8 must-read nonfiction books like The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by

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The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

By: None

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

This guide examines the realities of serial murder versus popular myths depicted in film and televi…

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1. Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger, #5)

By: V.C. Andrews

4.53

Format: 376 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Olivia dreamed of a sun-filled love, a happy life. Then she entered Foxworth Hall... V.C. Andrew… read more

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  • horror
"You don’t hate me?"

-V.C. Andrews, Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger, #5)

"Her life was no longer her own."

-V.C. Andrews, Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger, #5)

"What a trusting young fool she was."

-V.C. Andrews, Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger, #5)

"I had known such little love in my life."

-V.C. Andrews, Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger, #5)

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2. Suffer the Children

By: Craig DiLouie

3.96

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

From an acclaimed horror writer, a chilling tale of blood-hungry children who rise from the dead in… read more

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  • horror
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3. The Killer Book of Serial Killers: Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Serial Killers (History, Biographies, and Famous Murders for True Crime Buffs) (The Killer Books)

By: Tom Philbin , Michael Philbin

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Terrifying tales of the ultimate evil among us! One of the best serial killer books for fans of tru… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • reference
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4. Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

3.51

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

An investigative criminologist, Christopher Berry-Dee is a man who talks to serial killers. In this… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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5. The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

By: Harold Schechter

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY’S MOST HEINOUS! Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Fre… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • horror
  • crime
"It makes perfect sense that if human beings are raised in warm, loving households; if they are brought up to believe that the world is a secure and decent place, then they will grow up with a healthy…"

-Harold Schechter, The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

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6. The Complete Fiction

By: H.P. Lovecraft , S.T. Joshi

4.34

Format: 1098 pages, Leather Bound

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three … read more

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  • horror
"But of these things I must not now speak. I will tell only of the lone tomb in the darkest of the hillside thickets."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Complete Fiction

"Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Complete Fiction

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7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories

By: Lewis Carroll , John Tenniel

4.26

Format: 1165 pages, Hardcover

Table of Contents Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass Sylvie and Bruno … read more

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"Only the insane equate pain with success." "The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die." _Cheshire Cat"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories

"She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box …"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories

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8. The Deep

By: Peter Benchley

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A young couple go to Bermuda on their honeymoon. They dive on the reefs offshore, looking for the w… read more

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  • horror
"Life's full of chances to hurt yourself or someone else."

-Peter Benchley, The Deep

"Any weapon's only as good as the man using it, and a good man can make a good weapon out of most anything."

-Peter Benchley, The Deep

"paper-pushers can't figure me out. all they understand is bullshit and politics, which amounts to the same thing."

-Peter Benchley, The Deep

"You could start now, and spend another forty years learning about the sea without running out of new things to know."

-Peter Benchley, The Deep

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9. Nightmares and Dreamscapes

By: Stephen King

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Many people who write about horror literature maintain that mood is its most important element. Kin… read more

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  • horror
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10. Hamilton: The Revolution

By: Lin-Manuel Miranda , Jeremy McCarter

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamiltonis as revolutionary as its subject, the poor ki… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. Spoon River Anthology

By: Edgar Lee Masters

4.05

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more

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"Act well your part, there all the honor lies."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"Remember the acorn; It does not devour other acorns."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

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12. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

By: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm , Joseph Campbell , James Stern , Padraic Colum , Josef Scharl , Margaret Raine Hunt

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been pa… read more

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13. The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

By: None

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

This guide examines the realities of serial murder versus popular myths depicted in film and televi… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • horror
  • crime

14. Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (Scary Stories, #3)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Storytellers know -- just as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years -- that everyone enjoys a… read more

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15. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story

By: Ann Rule

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Ann Rule was a writer working on the biggest story of her life, tracking down a brutal mass-murdere… read more

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16. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

By: Ilan Pappé

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more

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17. Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft

By: Raymond Buckland

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

One of the modern Wicca's most recommended books, this comprehensive text features a step-by-step c… read more

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18. 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

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19. Zodiac

By: Robert Graysmith

4.43

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Who was Zodiac? A serial killer who claimed 37 dead. A sexual sadist who taunted police with anonym… read more

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20. I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent, #1)

By: Barry Lyga

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

What if the world's worst serial killer...was your dad? Jasper "Jazz" Dent is a likable teenager. A… read more

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21. Special Agent: My Life On the Front Lines as a Woman in the FBI

By: None , None

4.32

Format: 210 pages,

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22. Talking with Psychopaths and Savages: A Journey into the Evil Mind

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

4.07

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee takes readers deep inside the dark minds of some of the most pi… read more

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23. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

4.28

Format: None pages,

This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of… read more

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24. Full Brutal

By: Kristopher Triana

4.04

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Kim White is a very popular cheerleader. She’s pretty, healthy, and comes from a well-off family. S… read more

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  • crime
  • horror
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25. Dirty Little Secret (Heaven Hill, #5)

By: Laramie Briscoe

4.18

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

The Protector & The Girl With The Past Travis Steele Travis Steele has been on the periphery of t… read more

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26. Frankenstein

By: Junji Ito

4.01

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the a… read more

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  • horror
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27. Scary Stories to Tell if You Dare

By: Joe Oliveto

4.45

Format: 67 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you always wish there was another book like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? Then this book i… read more

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  • horror
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28. Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

By: Billy Jensen

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked? Put together the pi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
"The thought makes my teeth gnash and my lip snarl and my jaw fill with a scream. A scream that always has the same chorus. What they took away, seemingly so easily, was a person. "This was a person!"…"

-Billy Jensen, Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

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29. Serial Killers and Psychopaths: True-Life Stories that Shocked the World

By: Charlotte Greig

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"Serial Killers and Psychopaths" provides a concise yet detailed look at some of the most dangerous… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • crime

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The Killer Book of Serial Killers: Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Serial Killers (History, Biographies, and Famous Murders for True Crime Buffs) (The Killer Books)

Tom Philbin , Michael Philbin

3.84

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Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories

Christopher Berry-Dee

3.51

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The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

Harold Schechter

4.09

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Hamilton: The Revolution

Lin-Manuel Miranda , Jeremy McCarter

4.27

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True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray

James Renner

3.66

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

None , Johnny Dodd

4.25

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

Michelle McNamara

4.12

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Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

Karen Kilgariff

4.07

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