True Crime

True crime is a non-fiction literary genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people. The crimes most commonly include murder, but true crime works have also touched on other legal cases. Still others revisit historic crimes (or alleged crimes) and propose solutions, such as books examining political assassinations, well-known unsolved murders, or the deaths of celebrities.

New Releases Tagged "True Crime"

Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
50 True Stories That Will Scare You to Death: True Crime, Hauntings, Aliens, and More
Blizzard of Lies: Karen Read, John O'Keefe, and the Shocking Unsolved Murder in Cop Town, USA
The Yahoo Boys: Real Life with the Love Scammers of Lagos
Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution
Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage
God’s Not Here, Only Devils: Revelations from the Toolbox Killers
  • The Best Kind of American by Kim Ghattas
    The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East
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    Release date: Oct 13, 2026
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    Availability: 50 copies available, 2375 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jul 18 - Aug 13, 2026

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  • The State Rests by J. Caleb Cunningham
    The State Rests: Crime and Punishment at Lake of the Ozarks
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    Release date: Jul 01, 2026
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    Availability: 3 copies available, 2285 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jul 15 - Aug 14, 2026

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  • Discovering the Club by Cynthia Clack
    Discovering the Club: Piecing Together the Puzzling Network of Parental Pimping, Ritualistic Abuse, and Sex Trafficking

    Release date: Aug 28, 2026
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 500 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jul 31 - Aug 14, 2026

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  • London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
    Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
    The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
    A Hymn to Life
    The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
    The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
    Such Quiet Girls
    All Good People Here
    Bright Young Women
    The Butcher and the Wren (Dr. Wren Muller, #1)
    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
    The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy (James Patterson True Crime, 3)
    Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
    Wrong Place Wrong Time by David P. PerlmutterNo Time for Goodbye by Linwood BarclayBlood Wounds by Susan Beth PfefferAm I Free To Go? by Kathryn CramerEvery Parent's Nightmare by Belinda Hawkins
    Wrong Place Wrong Time
    38 books — 21 voters
    Death, Taxes, and Turduckens by Jens Kurt HeyckeCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleThe Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollBallad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian RubinsteinBad Blood by John Carreyrou
    True-Crime: Lost, Stolen, or Conned
    116 books — 49 voters

    In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
    True Crime--Well Written
    406 books — 419 voters

    The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Night Stalker by Philip CarloGreen River, Running Red by Ann RuleThe Serial Killer Files by Harold SchechterMind Hunter by John E. Douglas
    Non-fiction books about Serial Killers
    156 books — 168 voters
    The Whiskey Au Go Go Massacre by Geoff PlunkettDeath Row at Truro by Geoff PlunkettThe Burning Desire by Geoff PlunkettSnowtown by Jeremy PudneyBlood Stain by Peter Lalor
    Australian True Crime
    139 books — 55 voters

    I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
    In Cold Blood
    The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
    Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
    Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
    Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
    Columbine
    American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
    If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
    Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
    Green River, Running Red
    Small Sacrifices
    Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

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