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Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 415 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.00 — 697,703 ratings — published 2023
The Risk (Mindf*ck, #1)
by (shelved 284 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.24 — 441,994 ratings — published 2016
There Are No Saints (Sinners, #1)
by (shelved 228 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.78 — 123,984 ratings — published 2021
Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2)
by (shelved 221 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.35 — 385,852 ratings — published 2016
Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3)
by (shelved 217 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.38 — 365,319 ratings — published 2016
Paint It All Red (Mindf*ck, #5)
by (shelved 213 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.54 — 359,927 ratings — published 2016
All the Lies (Mindf*ck, #4)
by (shelved 213 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.50 — 348,365 ratings — published 2016
Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 171 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.00 — 345,758 ratings — published 2024
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 160 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.26 — 602,518 ratings — published 1988
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
by (shelved 138 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.90 — 226,396 ratings — published 2004
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
by (shelved 129 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.07 — 385,110 ratings — published 1981
A Flicker in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 113 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.96 — 649,950 ratings — published 2022
There Is No Devil (Sinners, #2)
by (shelved 112 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.83 — 82,023 ratings — published 2021
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.00 — 783,852 ratings — published 2003
Marrow (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 109 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.92 — 17,010 ratings — published 2023
Scythe & Sparrow (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 99 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.07 — 230,247 ratings — published 2025
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.63 — 381,567 ratings — published 2018
Born, Darkly (Darkly, Madly, #1)
by (shelved 94 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.63 — 27,750 ratings — published 2017
Black Sheep (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 93 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.95 — 18,087 ratings — published 2022
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (ebook)
by (shelved 93 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.11 — 272,449 ratings — published 2018
The Mindf*ck Series (Mindf*ck, #1-5)
by (shelved 93 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.61 — 124,339 ratings — published 2016
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,531,012 ratings — published 2005
The Whisper Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.00 — 218,626 ratings — published 2019
Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2)
by (shelved 76 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.87 — 57,753 ratings — published 2005
The Butterfly Garden (The Collector, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.08 — 321,258 ratings — published 2016
Under Your Scars (Under Your Scars, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.31 — 108,481 ratings — published 2023
Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.10 — 205,336 ratings — published 2017
Tourist Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.11 — 124,256 ratings — published 2025
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.80 — 382,778 ratings — published 1991
The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.25 — 102,890 ratings — published 2017
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.94 — 980,826 ratings — published 2021
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.13 — 115,634 ratings — published 1980
The Crucifix Killer (Robert Hunter, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.28 — 45,761 ratings — published 2009
Heartsick (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.93 — 44,247 ratings — published 2007
Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)
by (shelved 67 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.82 — 121,042 ratings — published 1999
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,283,728 ratings — published 2006
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.02 — 270,189 ratings — published 1990
The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7)
by (shelved 62 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.03 — 156,800 ratings — published 2007
I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.79 — 43,022 ratings — published 2009
The Doomsday Butcher (Cole Chambers FBI Profiler Thrillers #1)
by (shelved 60 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.31 — 5,914 ratings — published
Lovely Bad Things (Hollow's Row, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.64 — 26,783 ratings — published 2022
I Hunt Killers (I Hunt Killers, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.01 — 43,886 ratings — published 2012
Too Old for This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.78 — 61,377 ratings — published 2025
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.10 — 181,839 ratings — published 2001
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.06 — 185,202 ratings — published 1994
Bright Young Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.98 — 248,955 ratings — published 2023
Jar of Hearts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.12 — 252,037 ratings — published 2018
All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.19 — 150,751 ratings — published 2023
Still Beating (ebook)
by (shelved 56 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 4.18 — 272,598 ratings — published 2020
Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3)
by (shelved 56 times as serial-killer)
avg rating 3.57 — 41,681 ratings — published 2006
“Born from different parents, they were siblings in death, destroyed by the same hand.”
― Cabal
― Cabal
“Serial killers aren’t born. They’re forged.”
― Visions
― Visions
