Best True Crime
202. 
The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina Dejesus
by:
John Glatt
4.08 avg rating — 7,275 ratings 203. 
A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald
by:
Errol Morris
3.64 avg rating — 1,668 ratings 204. 
Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier
by:
Tom Kizzia
3.78 avg rating — 7,535 ratings 
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Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
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Hampton Sides
4.33 avg rating — 13,985 ratings 208. 
Why Do We Kill?: The Pathology of Murder in Baltimore
by:
Stephen Janis
3.88 avg rating — 88 ratings 208. 
Laughing All the Way to the Bank (Robbery): My Education at Con College 4.33 avg rating — 61 ratings
213. 
The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV
by:
Anne Somerset
3.69 avg rating — 773 ratings 214. 
Body of Proof: Tainted Evidence In The Murder Of Jessica O'Grady?
by:
John Ferak
3.72 avg rating — 432 ratings 215. 
Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde
by:
Jeff Guinn
4.20 avg rating — 5,169 ratings 216. 
Kentucky Bloodbath: Ten Bizarre Tales of Murder from the Bluegrass State 3.65 avg rating — 216 ratings
217. 
The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History
by:
Stephan Talty
3.63 avg rating — 2,361 ratings 218. 
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Man Overboard: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne
by:
Burl Barer
3.71 avg rating — 104 ratings 222. 
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by:
John Carreyrou
4.41 avg rating — 276,400 ratings 223. 
Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family
by:
John H. Davis
3.91 avg rating — 896 ratings 224. 
Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert
by:
John Barylick
4.37 avg rating — 1,221 ratings 225. 
227. 
The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation
by:
Robert Rand
4.18 avg rating — 2,614 ratings 
229. 
The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals
by:
John E. Douglas
4.18 avg rating — 6,818 ratings 229. 
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster 4.37 avg rating — 61,026 ratings
232. 
Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs
by:
John Bloom
4.08 avg rating — 6,961 ratings 233. 
Grit: The Banter and Brutality of the Late-Night Cab
by:
Karl Wiggins
3.76 avg rating — 1,100 ratings 233. 
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
by:
Sam Quinones
4.23 avg rating — 31,642 ratings 
237. 
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
by:
Becky Cooper
3.73 avg rating — 12,820 ratings 238. 
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The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders
by:
Anthony Flacco
4.12 avg rating — 3,171 ratings 243. 
Until the Twelfth of Never: The Deadly Divorce of Dan & Betty Broderick
by:
Bella Stumbo
4.25 avg rating — 1,371 ratings 
245. 
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor
by:
Mark Seal
3.85 avg rating — 5,754 ratings 246. 
The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer
by:
Robert D. Keppel
3.92 avg rating — 3,652 ratings 247. 
The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London
by:
Sarah Wise
3.71 avg rating — 795 ratings 
247. 
The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases
by:
Michael Capuzzo
3.63 avg rating — 4,664 ratings 250. 
Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
by:
Eric Jager
3.82 avg rating — 1,690 ratings 251. 
Give a Boy a Gun: A True Story of Law and Disorder in the American West
by:
Jack Olsen
4.06 avg rating — 326 ratings 
254. 
Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire
by:
Mark Bowden
4.09 avg rating — 1,920 ratings 254. 
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Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
by:
Tim Reiterman
4.32 avg rating — 2,616 ratings 
262. 
The Evil That Men Do: FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood's Journey into the Minds of Sexual Predators 4.04 avg rating — 2,858 ratings
266. 
Are You There Alone?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates
by:
Suzanne O'Malley
3.78 avg rating — 1,763 ratings 266. 
A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders
by:
Gary M. Lavergne
4.07 avg rating — 519 ratings 
270. 
A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #3)
by:
Ann Rule
4.08 avg rating — 5,244 ratings 
272. 
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
by:
Laney Salisbury
3.92 avg rating — 6,615 ratings 
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The Confessions of an American Black Widow : A True Story of Greed, Lust and a Murderous Wife
by:
Gregg Olsen
3.76 avg rating — 6,407 ratings 280. 
Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History
by:
Peter Houlahan
3.93 avg rating — 2,638 ratings 281. 
The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City's Cold Case Squad
by:
Stacy Horn
3.51 avg rating — 480 ratings 
285. 
Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of
by:
Harold Schechter
3.75 avg rating — 1,441 ratings 
287. 
Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion
by:
Janet Reitman
3.87 avg rating — 9,538 ratings 
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Evil Has a Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation
by:
Paul Holes
4.44 avg rating — 8,576 ratings 294. 
Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
by:
Michael Bilton
4.29 avg rating — 1,496 ratings 294. 
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer 3.63 avg rating — 6,733 ratings
299. 
Remembering Satan: A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory
by:
Lawrence Wright
3.64 avg rating — 2,526 ratings