Modern True Crime
1. 
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
by:
Ronan Farrow
4.40 avg rating — 101,061 ratings 2. 
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating — 149,037 ratings
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American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
by:
Maureen Callahan
4.08 avg rating — 45,977 ratings 
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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 — 22,904 ratings
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Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #12)
by:
Ann Rule
3.93 avg rating — 2,780 ratings 
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer 4.12 avg rating — 257,772 ratings
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Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
by:
Mara Leveritt
4.16 avg rating — 12,417 ratings 13. 
And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer
by:
Ann Rule
4.12 avg rating — 9,037 ratings 13. 
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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 
17. 
The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money 4.08 avg rating — 4,350 ratings
18. 
The Spider Network: How a Math Genius and a Gang of Scheming Bankers Pulled Off One of the Greatest Scams in History
by:
David Enrich
4.07 avg rating — 6,285 ratings 
19. 
Secrets Never Lie: The Death of Sara Tokars--A Southern Tragedy of Money, Murder, and Innocence Betrayed
by:
R.R. McDonald
3.20 avg rating — 44 ratings 19. 
The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Passion, Obsession & Revenge
by:
Mitzi Szereto
3.70 avg rating — 46 ratings 
22. 
The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy
by:
Andrea Dunlop
4.15 avg rating — 4,457 ratings 
24. 
Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad
by:
Michela Wrong
4.42 avg rating — 1,276 ratings 26. 
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: The Bridgestone/Firestone Conspiracy of Death & Destruction a True Story 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Killing the Story: Journalists Risking Their Lives to Uncover the Truth in Mexico
by:
Témoris Grecko
3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings 28. 
The Memorandum: A True Story of Justice Forged from Fire
by:
Robert W. Kelley
4.37 avg rating — 27 ratings 28. 
A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
by:
Lisa Pease
4.27 avg rating — 334 ratings 30. 
Death in Mud Lick: A True Story of Corporate Pill Pushers in Small Town America
by:
Eric Eyre
4.07 avg rating — 2,283 ratings 30. 
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
by:
Nick Bilton
4.41 avg rating — 50,875 ratings 32. 
A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder, and a Small Town's Struggle for Redemption 3.84 avg rating — 268 ratings
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by:
John Carreyrou
4.41 avg rating — 276,370 ratings 34. 
The NYPD Tapes: A Shocking Story of Cops, Cover-ups, and Courage
by:
Graham A. Rayman
3.59 avg rating — 92 ratings 35. 
The Price of Justice: A True Story of Greed and Corruption
by:
Laurence Leamer
4.18 avg rating — 422 ratings 36. 
Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It
by:
Lisa Bloom
4.10 avg rating — 324 ratings 37. 
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by:
Malala Yousafzai
4.16 avg rating — 612,700 ratings 38. 
Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting
by:
John Shiffman
3.90 avg rating — 324 ratings 39. 
A Death on Diamond Mountain: A True Story of Obsession, Madness, and the Path to Enlightenment
by:
Scott Carney
3.61 avg rating — 530 ratings 40. 
La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico
by:
Jon Sack
4.04 avg rating — 141 ratings 
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One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway -- and Its Aftermath
by:
Åsne Seierstad
4.42 avg rating — 12,700 ratings 43. 
The Hunting Ground: The Inside Story of Sexual Assault on American College Campuses
by:
Kirby Dick
4.05 avg rating — 146 ratings 44. 
Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World
by:
Roger Atwood
3.84 avg rating — 348 ratings 45. 
Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial
by:
Rabia Chaudry
4.12 avg rating — 10,806 ratings 46. 
The Story Of Dan Bright: Crime, Corruption, and Injustice in the Crescent City
by:
Justin Nobel
4.13 avg rating — 82 ratings 47. 
The Daughters of Juárez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border
by:
Teresa Rodríguez
3.84 avg rating — 1,258 ratings 
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Stand Your Ground: A History of America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense 3.97 avg rating — 102 ratings
50. 
The Serpent And The Spirit: Glenn Summerford'S Story
by:
Thomas G. Burton
3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings 51. 
Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime
by:
Ben Blum
3.65 avg rating — 1,214 ratings 52. 
The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
by:
T.J. English
4.15 avg rating — 776 ratings 53. 
A Deal with the Devil: The Dark and Twisted True Story of One of the Biggest Cons in History
by:
Blake Ellis
3.31 avg rating — 378 ratings 54. 
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by:
Bill Browder
4.44 avg rating — 104,275 ratings 55. 
Burned: A Story of a Murder and the Crime that Wasn't
by:
Edward Humes
3.37 avg rating — 956 ratings 56. 
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Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
by:
Annie Jacobsen
4.32 avg rating — 6,436 ratings 58. 
Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World
by:
Oliver Bullough
4.19 avg rating — 6,772 ratings 59. 
Love and Death in the Sunshine State: The Story of a Murder
by:
Cutter Wood
2.67 avg rating — 642 ratings 60. 
Dead Wrong: The Continuing Story of City of Lies, Corruption and Cover-Up in the Notorious B.I.G. Murder Investigation
by:
Randall Sullivan
4.13 avg rating — 122 ratings 61. 
North of Havana: The Untold Story of Dirty Politics, Secret Diplomacy, and the Trial of the Cuban Five
by:
Martin Garbus
3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings 62. 
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Mapping Humanity: How Modern Genetics Is Changing Criminal Justice, Personalized Medicine, and Our Identities 3.89 avg rating — 37 ratings
64. 
Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy
by:
John Bowe
3.93 avg rating — 317 ratings 65. 
Slavery in the Land of the Free: A Student's Guide to Modern Day Slavery 3.44 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World
by:
Kevin Bales
4.11 avg rating — 372 ratings 67. 
Cyber Crisis: Protecting Your Business from Real Threats in the Virtual World
by:
Eric Cole
4.14 avg rating — 130 ratings 68. 
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Redeeming Justice: From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System
by:
Jarrett Adams
4.77 avg rating — 643 ratings 72. 
The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers
by:
Scott Carney
3.83 avg rating — 3,435 ratings 73. 
Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East
by:
Daniel Levin
4.31 avg rating — 435 ratings 74. 
Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair
by:
Danielle Sered
4.45 avg rating — 1,017 ratings 75. 
Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
by:
Aviva Chomsky
4.10 avg rating — 458 ratings 76. 
Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following 3.33 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
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The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul
by:
James Carroll
4.17 avg rating — 280 ratings 
79. 
Blindfold: A Memoir of Capture, Torture, and Enlightenment
by:
Theo Padnos
3.51 avg rating — 188 ratings 80. 
Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation
by:
Andrew Weissmann
4.38 avg rating — 1,182 ratings 81. 
Dirty Gold: The Rise and Fall of an International Smuggling Ring
by:
Jay Weaver
3.86 avg rating — 296 ratings 82. 
Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls
by:
Drew Hinshaw
4.28 avg rating — 375 ratings 83. 
True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump
by:
Jeffrey Toobin
4.17 avg rating — 1,178 ratings 
85. 
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
by:
Talia Lavin
3.87 avg rating — 5,879 ratings 86. 
Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
by:
Bradley Hope
4.25 avg rating — 9,597 ratings 87. 
The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
by:
Tom Burgis
4.05 avg rating — 2,733 ratings 88. 
Smoke but No Fire: Convicting the Innocent of Crimes that Never Happened
by:
Jessica S. Henry
4.33 avg rating — 64 ratings 89. 
Don't Be a Victim: Fighting Back Against America's Crime Wave
by:
Nancy Grace
3.90 avg rating — 205 ratings 
91. 
Travesty in Haiti: A True Account of Christian Missions, Orphanages, Fraud, Food Aid and Drug Trafficking 4.01 avg rating — 342 ratings
92. 
I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad
by:
Baynard Woods
3.89 avg rating — 1,596 ratings 93. 
Faster, Higher, Farther: How One of the World's Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud: The Volkswagen Scandal
by:
Jack Ewing
4.04 avg rating — 747 ratings 94. 
Sacrifice Zones: The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States
by:
Steve Lerner
3.84 avg rating — 64 ratings 95. 
The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family
by:
Sylvia A. Harvey
4.25 avg rating — 81 ratings 96. 
Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State
by:
Barton Gellman
4.04 avg rating — 1,139 ratings 97. 
Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege
by:
Michael Signer
3.93 avg rating — 42 ratings 98. 
Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls
by:
Jax Miller
3.69 avg rating — 2,878 ratings 99. 
Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession
by:
Sarah Weinman
3.58 avg rating — 3,187 ratings 100. 
The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church's Complicity in Sexual Abuse and Misconduct
by:
Ruth Everhart
4.42 avg rating — 210 ratings