True Crime Garage Recommended Reading Pt. 1
1. 
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are
by:
Libby Copeland
4.01 avg rating — 3,112 ratings 
3. 
We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder 4.09 avg rating — 3,782 ratings
4. 
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
by:
Maureen Callahan
4.08 avg rating — 45,978 ratings 5. 
The Darkest Night: The Murder of Innocence in a Small Town
by:
Ron Franscell
3.95 avg rating — 2,555 ratings 6. 
Ruse: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street
by:
Robert Kerbeck
4.02 avg rating — 200 ratings 7. 
Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate
by:
Ginger Strand
3.76 avg rating — 445 ratings 8. 
I: The Creation of a Serial Killer: The Creation of a Serial Killer
by:
Jack Olsen
3.92 avg rating — 2,693 ratings 
9. 
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three (Justice Knot, #1)
by:
Mara Leveritt
4.16 avg rating — 12,417 ratings 
12. 
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
by:
Gregg Olsen
3.98 avg rating — 336,750 ratings 
15. 
Monster: The life and Crimes of Wayne Chapman and the Machine he Fed: Remastered
by:
David McGrath
4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings 
21. 
The Escape of Jack the Ripper: The Full Truth About the Cover-up and His Flight from Justice 3.01 avg rating — 71 ratings
22. 
When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)
by:
John E. Douglas
4.04 avg rating — 6,017 ratings 23. 
The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer
by:
John E. Douglas
3.78 avg rating — 3,826 ratings 24. 
The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
by:
John E. Douglas
4.15 avg rating — 22,683 ratings 25. 
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by:
Ben Macintyre
4.52 avg rating — 83,067 ratings 
27. 
A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind 4.20 avg rating — 3,371 ratings
28. 
Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders
by:
Beverly Lowry
3.41 avg rating — 2,639 ratings 
30. 
Amy: My Search for Her Killer: Secrets and Suspects in the Unsolved Murder of Amy Mihaljevic
by:
James Renner
4.04 avg rating — 1,379 ratings 31. 
Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"
by:
Harold Schechter
3.92 avg rating — 9,197 ratings 
34. 
Death on the Devil's Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey
by:
Jesse P. Pollack
3.47 avg rating — 642 ratings 35. 
Losing Jon: A Teen's Tragic Death, a Police Cover-Up, a Community's Fight for Justice
by:
David Parrish
3.98 avg rating — 1,637 ratings 36. 
37. 
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by:
Erik Larson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,793 ratings 
39. 
Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth
by:
Scott James
4.25 avg rating — 845 ratings 40. 
'The Son of Sam' and Me: The Truth About Why I Wasn’t Shot By David Berkowitz
by:
Carl Denaro
4.05 avg rating — 60 ratings 41. 
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South
by:
Radley Balko
4.03 avg rating — 5,038 ratings 
43. 
Every Last Tie: The Story of the Unabomber and His Family
by:
David Kaczynski
3.69 avg rating — 642 ratings 
45. 
Murder in Amish Ohio, A: The Martyrdom of Paul Coblentz
by:
David Meyers
3.37 avg rating — 59 ratings 46. 
Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer
by:
Harold Schechter
3.76 avg rating — 3,456 ratings 
48. 
Darker than Night: The True Story of a Brutal Double Homicide and an 18-Year-Long Quest for Justice
by:
Tom Henderson
3.89 avg rating — 1,222 ratings 49. 
American Justice: Great Crimes & Trials of Twentieth Century really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
50. 
The Lowcountry Murder of Gwendolyn Elaine Fogle: A Cold Case Solved
by:
Rita Y. Shuler
3.22 avg rating — 32 ratings 51. 
Playing With Fire: The True Story of a Nurse, Her Husband, and a Marriage Turned Fatal
by:
John Glatt
3.89 avg rating — 457 ratings 52. 
The Snow Killings: Inside the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation 3.81 avg rating — 870 ratings
53. 
Spies on Trial: True Tales of Espionage in the Courtroom
by:
Cecil C. Kuhne
3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings 54. 
55. 
Railroaded: The Homophobic Prosecution of Brandon Woodruff for His Parents' Murders 3.77 avg rating — 62 ratings
56. 
To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer
by:
John Coston
3.95 avg rating — 2,115 ratings 
58. 
Tantamount: The Pursuit of the Freeway Phantom Serial Killer
by:
Blaine L. Pardoe
3.75 avg rating — 44 ratings 59. 
The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice
by:
Vanessa Brown
3.62 avg rating — 1,371 ratings 60. 
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
by:
Hampton Sides
4.33 avg rating — 13,982 ratings 61. 
The Politics Of Murder: The Power and Ambition Behind "The Altar Boy Murder Case"
by:
Margo Nash
3.81 avg rating — 110 ratings 
65. 
Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer 3.74 avg rating — 1,545 ratings
66. 
The Evil That Men Do: FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood's Journey into the Minds of Sexual Predators 4.04 avg rating — 2,858 ratings
67. 
Without a Prayer: The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult
by:
Susan Ashline
3.77 avg rating — 576 ratings 
69. 
Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder, and the Trial that Changed America
by:
Chris DeRose
3.63 avg rating — 379 ratings 70. 
Gone at Midnight: The Tragic True Story Behind the Unsolved Internet Sensation
by:
Jake Anderson
3.19 avg rating — 1,592 ratings 
72. 
The "Supreme Gentleman" Killer: The True Story Of An Incel Mass Murderer
by:
Brian Whitney
3.39 avg rating — 104 ratings 73. 
In the Name of the Children: An FBI Agent's Relentless Pursuit of the Nation's Worst Predators
by:
Jeffrey L. Rinek
4.18 avg rating — 1,756 ratings 74. 
Saving Stacy: The Untold Story of the Moody Massacre
by:
Rob St. Clair
3.93 avg rating — 341 ratings 
76. 
The Beverly Hills Supper Club: The Untold Story Behind Kentucky's Worst Tragedy 4.31 avg rating — 205 ratings
79. 
Call Me God: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper Investigation
by:
Jim Clemente
4.29 avg rating — 2,634 ratings 
81. 
The Devil's Right-Hand Man: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert Charles Browne 3.43 avg rating — 146 ratings
82. 
Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
by:
Harold Schechter
3.47 avg rating — 14,869 ratings 
84. 
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
by:
Billy Jensen
4.08 avg rating — 16,699 ratings 85. 
Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk
by:
Rebecca Godfrey
3.82 avg rating — 9,144 ratings 86. 
Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind Thirty-Year of Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer
by:
John E. Douglas
3.95 avg rating — 5,103 ratings 87. 
Kentucky Bloodbath: Ten Bizarre Tales of Murder from the Bluegrass State 3.65 avg rating — 216 ratings
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91. 
Love and Death in the Sunshine State: The Story of a Crime
by:
Cutter Wood
2.67 avg rating — 642 ratings 92. 
Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer
by:
Maureen Boyle
3.71 avg rating — 738 ratings 93. 
76 Minutes: My Search for Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton
by:
Lynn Thompson
3.57 avg rating — 37 ratings 94. 
95. 
Woman at the Devil's Door: The Untold True Story of the Hampstead Murderess 3.42 avg rating — 557 ratings
96. 
My Son, The Killer: The Untold Story of Luka Magnotta and "1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick"
by:
Brian Whitney
2.60 avg rating — 283 ratings 97. 
Operation Devil Horns: The Takedown of MS-13 in San Francisco
by:
Michael Santini
3.97 avg rating — 70 ratings 98. 
The Allure of Premeditated Murder: Why Some People Plan to Kill
by:
Jack Levin
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 11 ratings 99. 
Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present
by:
Peter Vronsky
3.82 avg rating — 2,289 ratings 100. 
Love and Greed in the Heartland: The Richmond Hill Murders
by:
Robert L. Snow
3.45 avg rating — 58 ratings