True Crime-Read
6. 
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
by:
Ann Rule
4.14 avg rating — 109,018 ratings 7. 
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities 3.99 avg rating — 90,424 ratings
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Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
by:
Tony Horwitz
4.10 avg rating — 24,894 ratings 
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The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family
by:
John Glatt
3.78 avg rating — 3,446 ratings 12. 
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer 4.12 avg rating — 257,807 ratings
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
by:
Iris Chang
4.24 avg rating — 50,760 ratings 
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by:
Jon Krakauer
4.01 avg rating — 220,462 ratings 17. 
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
by:
Vincent Bugliosi
4.06 avg rating — 152,022 ratings 
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American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century
by:
Paula Uruburu
3.74 avg rating — 3,062 ratings 23. 
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town : The Uncensored Story of the JonBenet Murder and the Grand Jury's Search for the Final Truth 3.67 avg rating — 3,685 ratings
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The Lady in the Cellar: Murder, Scandal and Insanity in Victorian Bloomsbury
by:
Sinclair McKay
3.52 avg rating — 467 ratings 
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The Death of an Heir: Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty
by:
Philip Jett
3.73 avg rating — 451 ratings 24. 
The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women
by:
Hallie Rubenhold
4.09 avg rating — 64,243 ratings 24. 
The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Passion, Obsession & Revenge
by:
Mitzi Szereto
3.70 avg rating — 46 ratings 24. 
Lethal Doses: The Story Behind "The Godfather Of Fentanyl"
by:
John Madinger
4.65 avg rating — 49 ratings 32. 
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
by:
Gregg Olsen
3.98 avg rating — 336,895 ratings 32. 
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Madman in the Woods: Life Next Door to the Unabomber
by:
Jamie Gehring
3.90 avg rating — 564 ratings 35. 
Who Killed Bobby?: The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy
by:
Shane O'Sullivan
4.14 avg rating — 131 ratings 35. 
People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo - and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up 3.79 avg rating — 22,909 ratings
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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
by:
Gilbert King
4.40 avg rating — 15,754 ratings 
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The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy
by:
Andrea Dunlop
4.15 avg rating — 4,489 ratings 40. 
A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan
by:
Laura Thompson
3.33 avg rating — 571 ratings 
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Internal Combustion: The True Story of a Marriage and a Murder in the Motor City
by:
Joyce Maynard
3.50 avg rating — 226 ratings 42. 
Murder at Dusk: How US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne
by:
Ian W. Shaw
3.89 avg rating — 62 ratings 42. 
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America 4.44 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
by:
John Vaillant
4.12 avg rating — 12,029 ratings 
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
by:
David Sheff
4.17 avg rating — 102,418 ratings 50. 
The Whiskey Au Go Go Massacre: Murder, Arson and the Crime of the Century
by:
Geoff Plunkett
4.39 avg rating — 66 ratings 52. 
Shark Arm: A Shark, A Tattooed Arm and Two Unsolved Murders
by:
Phillip Roope
3.68 avg rating — 122 ratings 53. 
Someone's Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe
by:
Silvia Pettem
3.76 avg rating — 467 ratings 
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Angels of Death: A True Story of Murder and Innocence Lost
by:
Gary C. King
3.67 avg rating — 94 ratings 
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by:
Candice Millard
4.22 avg rating — 81,283 ratings 59. 
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
by:
Ronan Farrow
4.40 avg rating — 101,067 ratings 60. 
What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics 4.61 avg rating — 6,757 ratings
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Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder
by:
Ann Rule
4.04 avg rating — 8,636 ratings 62. 
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
by:
Jon Krakauer
4.12 avg rating — 57,735 ratings 64. 
Everything She Ever Wanted: A True Story of Obsessive Love, Murder, and Betrayal
by:
Ann Rule
4.08 avg rating — 9,692 ratings 64. 
The Woman Who Could Not Forget: Iris Chang Before and Beyond The Rape of Nanking: A Memoir
by:
Ying-Ying Chang
3.87 avg rating — 375 ratings 
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Black Dahlia - The Whole Story: The Murder of Elizabeth Short
by:
Charles Scott
2.86 avg rating — 22 ratings 68. 
And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer
by:
Ann Rule
4.12 avg rating — 9,038 ratings 68. 
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
by:
Jeffrey Toobin
3.87 avg rating — 12,108 ratings 70. 
The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America
by:
David Stout
3.48 avg rating — 528 ratings 71. 
Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
by:
Ann Rule
4.06 avg rating — 8,048 ratings 71. 
The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria
by:
Helon Habila
3.71 avg rating — 426 ratings 73. 
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Hauptmann's Ladder: A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping 4.16 avg rating — 119 ratings
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Three Minutes to Doomsday: An Agent, a Traitor, and the Worst Espionage Breach in U.S. History
by:
Joe Navarro
4.01 avg rating — 959 ratings 79. 
Worth More Dead and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #10)
by:
Ann Rule
4.04 avg rating — 2,312 ratings 79. 
Cartel Wives Lib/E: A True Story of Deadly Decisions, Steadfast Love, and Bringing Down El Chapo
by:
Mia Flores
3.81 avg rating — 726 ratings 81. 
A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #1)
by:
Ann Rule
4.14 avg rating — 7,082 ratings 82. 
Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #9)
by:
Ann Rule
3.94 avg rating — 3,430 ratings 
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Last Dance, Last Chance and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #8)
by:
Ann Rule
4.02 avg rating — 3,158 ratings 
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If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation
by:
Janine Latus
3.51 avg rating — 7,829 ratings 
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Perfect Victim: The True Story of "The Girl in the Box" by the D.A. Who Prosecuted Her Captor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,518 ratings
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Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
by:
Jerry Bledsoe
4.04 avg rating — 10,138 ratings 91. 
Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"
by:
Harold Schechter
3.92 avg rating — 9,199 ratings 
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You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases (Crime Files, #2)
by:
Ann Rule
4.14 avg rating — 5,467 ratings 
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Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder
by:
Vincent Bugliosi
3.88 avg rating — 2,678 ratings 
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Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia
by:
Peter Maas
3.85 avg rating — 3,967 ratings