All my favourite true crime books
1. 
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
by:
Ann Rule
4.14 avg rating — 109,000 ratings 
3. 
Helter Skelter: The True Story Of The Manson Murders
by:
Vincent Bugliosi
4.06 avg rating — 152,006 ratings 4. 
The Whiskey Au Go Go Massacre: Murder, Arson and the Crime of the Century
by:
Geoff Plunkett
4.39 avg rating — 66 ratings 
13. 
Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest
by:
Gregg Olsen
3.68 avg rating — 9,951 ratings 14. 
The Only Living Witness: The True Story of Serial Sex Killer Ted Bundy 4.14 avg rating — 5,024 ratings
15. 
The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder
by:
John Glatt
3.90 avg rating — 9,396 ratings 16. 
At Any Cost: A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice 4.15 avg rating — 1,294 ratings
18. 
Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez
by:
Philip Carlo
4.02 avg rating — 14,619 ratings 
19. 
No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine
by:
Brooks Brown
4.03 avg rating — 3,198 ratings 21. 
Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story: A Beautiful Photographer, Her Mormon Lover, and a Brutal Murder
by:
Shanna Hogan
3.96 avg rating — 1,881 ratings 
26. 
Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK, the Serial Killer Next Door
by:
Roy Wenzl
4.04 avg rating — 9,103 ratings 28. 
The Man With The Candy: The Story of The Houston Mass Murders
by:
Jack Olsen
3.81 avg rating — 1,116 ratings 28. 
An Invisible Man: The Hunt for a Serial Killer Who Got Away With a Decade of Murder 3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings
28. 
Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
by:
Ann Rule
4.06 avg rating — 8,047 ratings 
31. 
Playing With Fire: The True Story of a Nurse, Her Husband, and a Marriage Turned Fatal
by:
John Glatt
3.89 avg rating — 456 ratings 31. 
A Reason To Live: The True Story of One Woman's Love, Courage and Determination to Survive
by:
Billy Hills
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings 
36. 
The Stranger She Loved: A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and an Almost Perfect Murder
by:
Shanna Hogan
3.89 avg rating — 1,719 ratings 36. 
Anyone You Want Me to Be : A True Story of Sex and Death on the Internet (Lisa Drew Books)
by:
John E. Douglas
3.79 avg rating — 1,253 ratings 39. 
39. 
At Mother's Request: A True Story of Money, Murder and Betrayal
by:
Jonathan Coleman
3.87 avg rating — 131 ratings 39. 
The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder
by:
John Glatt
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,096 ratings 39. 
Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"
by:
Harold Schechter
3.92 avg rating — 9,197 ratings 
44. 
The Misbegotten Son: The True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross
by:
Jack Olsen
4.13 avg rating — 1,731 ratings 44. 
When Nashville Bled: The untold stories of serial killer Paul Dennis Reid
by:
Judith A. Yates
4.02 avg rating — 159 ratings 
47. 
Die, My Love: a True Story of Revenge, Murder, and Two Texas Sisters
by:
Kathryn Casey
4.04 avg rating — 1,539 ratings 
51. 
Abandoned Prayers: The Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession and Amish Secrets
by:
Gregg Olsen
3.65 avg rating — 5,535 ratings 51. 
Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk
by:
Rebecca Godfrey
3.82 avg rating — 9,142 ratings 
53. 
Final Truth: The Autobiography of Mass Murderer/Serial Killer Donald 'Pee Wee' Gaskins
by:
Donald Gaskins
4.11 avg rating — 712 ratings 
57. 
Bitter Almonds : The True Story of Mothers, Daughters, and the Seattle Cyanide Murders
by:
Gregg Olsen
3.53 avg rating — 5,712 ratings 57. 
Death of Innocence: The True Story of an Unspeakable Teenage Crime
by:
Peter Meyer
4.04 avg rating — 185 ratings 57. 
Deadly Secrets: From High School to High Crime--the True Story of Two Teen Killers
by:
Putsata Reang
3.63 avg rating — 57 ratings 57. 
A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #1)
by:
Ann Rule
4.14 avg rating — 7,082 ratings 57. 
The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science
by:
Douglas Starr
3.86 avg rating — 5,269 ratings 
57. 
Dancing with Death: The True Story of a Glamorous Showgirl, her Wealthy Husband, and a Horrifying Murder
by:
Shanna Hogan
4.18 avg rating — 864 ratings 
57. 
The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders
by:
Anthony Flacco
4.12 avg rating — 3,170 ratings 57. 
Parents Who Kill - Shocking True Stories of The World's Most Evil Parents
by:
Carol Anne Davis
3.80 avg rating — 413 ratings 57. 
Cannibal: The True Story Behind the Maneater of Rotenburg
by:
Lois Jones
3.87 avg rating — 1,021 ratings 
75. 
Precious Angels: A True Story of Two Slain Children and a Mother Convicted of Murder
by:
Barbara Davis
3.92 avg rating — 147 ratings 76. 
In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #4)
by:
Ann Rule
4.18 avg rating — 3,759 ratings 77. 
You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases (Crime Files, #2)
by:
Ann Rule
4.14 avg rating — 5,466 ratings 
78. 
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by:
Hallie Rubenhold
4.09 avg rating — 64,215 ratings 78. 
The Hands That Held Me: One Survivor's True Story - Abuse, Child Trafficking, Addiction, and Overdose
by:
Lisa Jo Symonds
4.48 avg rating — 80 ratings 78. 
The Best New True Crime Stories: Well-Mannered Crooks, Rogues & Criminals:
by:
Mitzi Szereto
3.58 avg rating — 38 ratings 
82. 
Without a Trace: The Disappearance of Amy Billig--A Mother's Search for Justice
by:
Greg Aunapu
3.97 avg rating — 1,079 ratings 
82. 
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 82. 
87. 
Whatever Mother Says...: A True Story of a Mother, Madness and Murder
by:
Wensley Clarkson
3.86 avg rating — 2,809 ratings 87. 
A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan
by:
Laura Thompson
3.33 avg rating — 571 ratings 87. 
The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Passion, Obsession & Revenge
by:
Mitzi Szereto
3.70 avg rating — 46 ratings 
90. 
Did She Kill Him?: A Victorian tale of deception, adultery and arsenic
by:
Kate Colquhoun
3.56 avg rating — 504 ratings 
94. 
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America 4.44 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
94. 
Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders
by:
John Glatt
3.93 avg rating — 3,491 ratings 
98. 
Murder at Dusk: How US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne
by:
Ian W. Shaw
3.89 avg rating — 62 ratings 98. 
A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever
by:
Kim Mager
3.80 avg rating — 1,530 ratings