My Favorite Murder Books

1.
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating — 3,202,598 ratings
2.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer 4.12 avg rating — 257,776 ratings
3.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,374 ratings
4.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,497 ratings
5.
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
by: Ann Rule
4.14 avg rating — 109,006 ratings
6.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,217 ratings
7.
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir 3.80 avg rating — 21,837 ratings
8.
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York 4.01 avg rating — 36,514 ratings
9.
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders 4.06 avg rating — 152,014 ratings
10.
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 4.12 avg rating — 57,733 ratings
11.
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,803 ratings
12.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,213 ratings
12.
Spy... for Nobody!: Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence
Spy... for Nobody!: Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence 4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings
14.
No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators
No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators 4.22 avg rating — 4,024 ratings
14.
Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI 4.06 avg rating — 12,541 ratings
16.
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood 3.63 avg rating — 5,109 ratings
17.
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir 3.80 avg rating — 21,837 ratings
18.
جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات
جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات 4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings
19.
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago 3.64 avg rating — 4,945 ratings
20.
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes 3.29 avg rating — 6,814 ratings
21.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating — 207,218 ratings
22.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 4.14 avg rating — 425,990 ratings
23.
Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America
Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America 3.91 avg rating — 5,467 ratings
24.
True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray 3.66 avg rating — 8,376 ratings
25.
Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery 3.61 avg rating — 26,198 ratings
26.
The Whiskey Au Go Go Massacre: Murder, Arson and the Crime of the Century
The Whiskey Au Go Go Massacre: Murder, Arson and the Crime of the Century 4.39 avg rating — 66 ratings
27.
Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder
Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder 3.50 avg rating — 541 ratings
28.
Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders
Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders 3.41 avg rating — 2,639 ratings
28.
My Sweet Audrina (Audrina, #1)
My Sweet Audrina (Audrina, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,686 ratings
28.
جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات
جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات 4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings
31.
The Spider and the Fly: A Writer, a Murderer and a Story of Obsession
The Spider and the Fly: A Writer, a Murderer and a Story of Obsession 3.21 avg rating — 2,976 ratings
32.
Who Killed My Daughter?: The True Story of a Mother's Search for Her Daughter's Murderer
Who Killed My Daughter?: The True Story of a Mother's Search for Her Daughter's Murderer 3.77 avg rating — 2,732 ratings
33.
Fatal Vision: A True Crime Classic
Fatal Vision: A True Crime Classic 4.12 avg rating — 24,564 ratings
34.
Small Sacrifices
Small Sacrifices
by: Ann Rule
4.26 avg rating — 31,787 ratings
35.
After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search
After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search 4.15 avg rating — 5,238 ratings
35.
The Monster of Florence
The Monster of Florence 3.76 avg rating — 36,068 ratings
37.
Devil's Knot
Devil's Knot 4.16 avg rating — 12,417 ratings
38.
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst 3.87 avg rating — 12,108 ratings
39.
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America 4.07 avg rating — 19,296 ratings
39.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,493 ratings
41.
Alligator Candy: A Memoir
Alligator Candy: A Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 2,378 ratings
42.
The Red Parts
The Red Parts 4.04 avg rating — 9,593 ratings
43.
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives 4.25 avg rating — 4,974 ratings
44.
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 179,477 ratings
45.
Serial Murderers and their Victims
Serial Murderers and their Victims 4.16 avg rating — 384 ratings
45.
December Park
December Park 4.26 avg rating — 3,149 ratings
45.
Unwanted: A Murder Mystery of the Gilded Age
Unwanted: A Murder Mystery of the Gilded Age 3.44 avg rating — 87 ratings
45.
Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean
Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean 3.71 avg rating — 3,634 ratings
45.
Reelfoot Killins'
Reelfoot Killins' 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
45.
Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB
Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB 3.97 avg rating — 541 ratings
45.
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land 3.79 avg rating — 16,446 ratings
45.
Fire Lover: A True Story
Fire Lover: A True Story 3.74 avg rating — 2,533 ratings
45.
Author - A Murder With A Twist
Author - A Murder With A Twist 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
45.
Death of the Cosset
Death of the Cosset 4.14 avg rating — 43 ratings
45.
The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers
The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers 3.41 avg rating — 548 ratings
45.
Missing Clarissa
Missing Clarissa 3.48 avg rating — 5,180 ratings
57.
Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind 3.82 avg rating — 4,687 ratings
57.
The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case Of America's Unknown Child
The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case Of America's Unknown Child 3.96 avg rating — 325 ratings
57.
Anatomy of Evil (Barker & Llewelyn, #7)
Anatomy of Evil (Barker & Llewelyn, #7) 4.09 avg rating — 2,325 ratings
57.
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South 4.03 avg rating — 5,038 ratings
57.
Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders
Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders 3.93 avg rating — 3,493 ratings
62.
Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"
Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" 3.92 avg rating — 9,197 ratings
62.
The Sociopath Next Door
The Sociopath Next Door 3.77 avg rating — 38,194 ratings
62.
Spy for nobody
Spy for nobody 4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings
65.
The Westing Game
The Westing Game 3.99 avg rating — 230,242 ratings
65.
Columbine
Columbine 4.29 avg rating — 99,738 ratings
67.
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman 3.79 avg rating — 22,905 ratings
67.
Murder at Dusk: How US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne
Murder at Dusk: How US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne 3.89 avg rating — 62 ratings
69.
Shark Arm: A Shark, A Tattooed Arm and Two Unsolved Murders
Shark Arm: A Shark, A Tattooed Arm and Two Unsolved Murders 3.68 avg rating — 122 ratings
70.
Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses are Linked to Lee Harvey ... Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics
Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses are Linked to Lee Harvey ... Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics 3.97 avg rating — 2,104 ratings
70.
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town 3.86 avg rating — 82,844 ratings
72.
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer 3.48 avg rating — 6,558 ratings
73.
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood & the Crime of the Century
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood & the Crime of the Century 3.51 avg rating — 3,046 ratings
73.
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple 4.16 avg rating — 18,738 ratings
75.
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars 3.58 avg rating — 8,674 ratings
75.
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road 4.41 avg rating — 50,879 ratings
77.
Seven Million: A Cop, a Priest, a Soldier for the IRA, and the Still-Unsolved Rochester Brink's Heist
Seven Million: A Cop, a Priest, a Soldier for the IRA, and the Still-Unsolved Rochester Brink's Heist 3.91 avg rating — 180 ratings
78.
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness 3.98 avg rating — 3,611 ratings
79.
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy 4.45 avg rating — 4,804 ratings
80.
A Murder Over a Girl: Justice, Gender, Junior High
A Murder Over a Girl: Justice, Gender, Junior High 3.70 avg rating — 519 ratings
81.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,446 ratings
82.
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris 3.54 avg rating — 8,101 ratings