20 best-selling true crime books like Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth by Scott James

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Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth

By: Scott James

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In only 90 seconds, a fire in the Station nightclub killed 100 people and injured hundreds more. It…

If you liked the true crime plot in Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth by Scott James , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

By: Stephen Puleo

4.01

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

This edition is no longer in print. Please check  9780807078006 for the most recent edition. Aro… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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2. 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

By: Kevin Flynn , Jim Dwyer

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morni… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Too Pretty To Live: The Catfishing Murders of East Tennessee

By: Dennis Brooks

4.48

Format: 448 pages,

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

4. Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

By: William M. Bass , Jon Jefferson

3.66

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Dr. Bill Bass, one of the world's leading forensic anthropologists, gained international attention … read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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5. Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice

By: None , Mark Olshaker

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

From law enforcement legend John Douglas, the FBI's pioneer of criminal profiling and the model for… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Esperanza Fire: Arson, Murder, and the Agony of Engine 57

By: John N. Maclean

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When a jury returns to a packed courtroom to announce its verdict in a capital murder case every no… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
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7. Blood in the Snow: The True Story of a Stay-at-Home Dad, his High-Powered Wife, and the Jealousy that Drove him to Murder

By: Tom Henderson

3.64

Format: 24 pages,

Washington Township, Michigan: Valentine's Day, 2007. Stephen Grant filed a missing person's report… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods

By: Cary J. Griffith

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

In the wilderness, one false step can make the difference between a delightful respite and a brush … read more

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  • nonfiction

9. Shattered

By: Kathryn Casey

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

"Kathryn Casey is one of the best true crime writers today." --Ann Rule With true crime classics li… read more

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10. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America

By: David von Drehle

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Paperback

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11. Fire Lover: A True Story

By: Joseph Wambaugh

4.37

Format: None pages,

From master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh, the acclaimed author of such classics as The Onion Field … read more

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12. Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series

By: Stephen Jay Gould , None

3.56

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigan… read more

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Cover of If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer by Dominick Dunne, O.J. Simpson, The Goldman Family, Pablo F. Fenjves

13. If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

By: Dominick Dunne , O.J. Simpson , The Goldman Family , Pablo F. Fenjves

3.30

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In 1994, Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were brutally murdered at her home in Brentwood, Cali… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Jesus Christ, O.J.—what have you done?"

-Dominick Dunne, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

"You don`t get mood swings from eating cornflakes"

-Dominick Dunne, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

"Still, I've heard it said that all stories are basically love stories, and my story is no exception. This is a love story, too. And, like a lot of love stories, it doesn't have a happy ending."

-Dominick Dunne, If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

14. Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert

By: None

3.91

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

On February 20, 2003, the deadliest rock concert in U.S. history took place at a roadhouse called T… read more

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15. Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth

By: Scott James

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In only 90 seconds, a fire in the Station nightclub killed 100 people and injured hundreds more. It… read more

Similar categories in Scott James's Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth book and Scott James's Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth

  • music
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • adult
  • research
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

By: M. William Phelps

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author, television personality, and host of the #1 podcast "Paper Ghosts… read more

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  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent

17. Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man

By: Lynn Vincent

4.45

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A human drama unlike any other—the riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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18. While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

By: J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “Univers… read more

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  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

By: D. Dauphinee

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Geraldine “Gerry” Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
"She was simple in her intentions; she embraced the challenge of seeing the thing through."

-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

"The young surveyor peered closer. Inside the bag were some bones. They were unmistakably human."

-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

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20. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)

By: John E. Douglas

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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22. Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

By: Ken Auletta

4.12

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Twenty years ago, Ken Auletta wrote one of the iconic New Yorker profiles for which he is famous, o… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
" Harvey Weinstein took pride in not paying bills ,"

-Ken Auletta, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

"By suing his former lawyer, Baez’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, said Harvey had waived attorney-client privilege, allowing Tacopina on Baez’s behalf to denounce Harvey as ' a vile fiend ' and a ' rapist ."

-Ken Auletta, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

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23. Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer

By: Holly Marie

3.41

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Holly Marie was forty-two years old the day she found out she was missing.   At ten months old, H… read more

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  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child by Kim Cross

24. In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child

By: Kim Cross

4.30

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Paced like a thriller and full of insider information on the history and science of Crime Scene Inv… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator by Barbara  Butcher

25. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

By: Barbara Butcher

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more

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  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."

-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

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26. In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators

By: Jeffrey L. Rinek

4.16

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

"The voice that narrates In the Name of the An F.B.I. Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's W… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Twisted: The Story of Larry Nassar and the Women Who Took Him Down by Mary Pilon

27. Twisted: The Story of Larry Nassar and the Women Who Took Him Down

By: Mary Pilon

4.47

Format: None pages, Audiobook

America’s top gymnasts have been show stoppers at the Summer Olympics for decades - the women’s art… read more

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

28. 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

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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29. The Stolen Child

By: Ann Hood

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate in this mo… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton by Kevin Grange

30. Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton

By: Kevin Grange

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Wild Rescues is a fast-paced, firsthand glimpse into the exciting lives of paramedics who work with… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Have at It, Sister by Bill Griffeth

31. Have at It, Sister

By: Bill Griffeth

3.76

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Gloria Burtzlaff feared for her life one day back in April of 1991 when her abusive husband, Larry,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook

9 Top adult books like Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth by Scott James

Transform Your Habits

If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer

Dominick Dunne , O.J. Simpson , The Goldman Family , Pablo F. Fenjves

3.30

Transform Your Habits

Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth

Scott James

4.26

Transform Your Habits

We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

M. William Phelps

4.10

Transform Your Habits

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

J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

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American Black Widow

Gregg Olsen

3.75

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

John Glatt

3.94

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We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

M. William Phelps

4.10

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The Murder of Kelsey Berreth: A Shocking True Crime Story

Rod Kackley

3.79

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