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Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 421 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.00 — 710,586 ratings — published 2023
The Risk (Mindf*ck, #1)
by (shelved 286 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.24 — 454,145 ratings — published 2016
There Are No Saints (Sinners, #1)
by (shelved 227 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.78 — 124,623 ratings — published 2021
Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2)
by (shelved 222 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.35 — 396,099 ratings — published 2016
Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3)
by (shelved 217 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.37 — 374,933 ratings — published 2016
Paint It All Red (Mindf*ck, #5)
by (shelved 212 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.54 — 368,925 ratings — published 2016
All the Lies (Mindf*ck, #4)
by (shelved 212 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.50 — 358,464 ratings — published 2016
Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 172 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.00 — 352,216 ratings — published 2024
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 160 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.26 — 606,398 ratings — published 1988
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
by (shelved 138 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.90 — 227,287 ratings — published 2004
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
by (shelved 129 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.07 — 387,624 ratings — published 1981
A Flicker in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.96 — 658,569 ratings — published 2022
There Is No Devil (Sinners, #2)
by (shelved 112 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.83 — 82,455 ratings — published 2021
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 112 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.00 — 787,897 ratings — published 2003
Marrow (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 110 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.92 — 17,192 ratings — published 2023
Scythe & Sparrow (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 101 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.07 — 235,468 ratings — published 2025
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.63 — 387,519 ratings — published 2018
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (ebook)
by (shelved 94 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.11 — 274,605 ratings — published 2018
The Mindf*ck Series (Mindf*ck, #1-5)
by (shelved 93 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.61 — 127,371 ratings — published 2016
Black Sheep (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 92 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.95 — 18,255 ratings — published 2022
Born, Darkly (Darkly, Madly, #1)
by (shelved 92 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.63 — 28,356 ratings — published 2017
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,543,949 ratings — published 2005
The Whisper Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.00 — 226,121 ratings — published 2019
Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1)
by (shelved 76 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.10 — 207,292 ratings — published 2017
Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2)
by (shelved 76 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.87 — 58,080 ratings — published 2005
Tourist Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.10 — 132,326 ratings — published 2025
The Butterfly Garden (The Collector, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.08 — 329,824 ratings — published 2016
Under Your Scars (Under Your Scars, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.31 — 112,785 ratings — published 2023
The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.24 — 106,131 ratings — published 2017
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.80 — 386,186 ratings — published 1991
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.93 — 998,356 ratings — published 2021
The Crucifix Killer (Robert Hunter, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.28 — 46,665 ratings — published 2009
Heartsick (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.93 — 44,363 ratings — published 2007
Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)
by (shelved 67 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.82 — 121,797 ratings — published 1999
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.13 — 116,273 ratings — published 1980
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,293,268 ratings — published 2006
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.02 — 271,737 ratings — published 1990
The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7)
by (shelved 63 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.03 — 157,997 ratings — published 2007
I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.79 — 43,200 ratings — published 2009
The Doomsday Butcher (Cole Chambers FBI Profiler Thrillers #1)
by (shelved 60 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.30 — 7,255 ratings — published
Too Old for This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.77 — 64,519 ratings — published 2025
Lovely Bad Things (Hollow's Row, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.64 — 27,129 ratings — published 2022
I Hunt Killers (I Hunt Killers, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.01 — 44,037 ratings — published 2012
Jar of Hearts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.12 — 258,559 ratings — published 2018
All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.19 — 154,953 ratings — published 2023
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.10 — 182,953 ratings — published 2001
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.06 — 185,790 ratings — published 1994
Bright Young Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.98 — 251,685 ratings — published 2023
Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3)
by (shelved 57 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.57 — 41,933 ratings — published 2006
The Quiet Tenant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.81 — 161,472 ratings — published 2023
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“One day you will be mine.”
― One of His
― One of His
“The knife didn’t tremble. It knew what it wanted. Same as the car. Same as me.”
― Ghoul Car II: The Midnight Run
― Ghoul Car II: The Midnight Run
