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Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1) Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 200 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.00 — 659,413 ratings — published 2023
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The Silence of the Lambs  (Hannibal Lecter, #2) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 160 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.26 — 594,714 ratings — published 1988
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.00 — 771,256 ratings — published 2003
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Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
by (shelved 138 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.07 — 378,869 ratings — published 1981
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The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.14 — 113,764 ratings — published 1980
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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 (ebook)
by (shelved 123 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.11 — 268,089 ratings — published 2018
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1) Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
by (shelved 122 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.90 — 223,552 ratings — published 2004
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.80 — 372,319 ratings — published 1991
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Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.09 — 84,672 ratings — published 1995
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I Hunt Killers (I Hunt Killers, #1) I Hunt Killers (I Hunt Killers, #1)
by (shelved 94 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.01 — 43,468 ratings — published 2012
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My Sister, the Serial Killer My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.63 — 366,176 ratings — published 2018
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Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 84 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.00 — 324,859 ratings — published 2024
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Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3) Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)
by (shelved 83 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.82 — 119,052 ratings — published 1999
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Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2) Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2)
by (shelved 78 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.87 — 56,975 ratings — published 2005
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The Risk (Mindf*ck, #1) The Risk (Mindf*ck, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.25 — 402,523 ratings — published 2016
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I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1) I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.79 — 42,514 ratings — published 2009
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My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.91 — 34,121 ratings — published 2012
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.06 — 155,414 ratings — published 1974
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American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.07 — 50,538 ratings — published 2019
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Heartsick (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #1) Heartsick (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.93 — 43,829 ratings — published 2007
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The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,113 ratings — published
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,488,989 ratings — published 2005
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Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2) Sidetracked (Mindf*ck, #2)
by (shelved 57 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.36 — 351,871 ratings — published 2016
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A Flicker in the Dark A Flicker in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.97 — 627,010 ratings — published 2022
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Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3) Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3)
by (shelved 53 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.38 — 334,286 ratings — published 2016
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Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.93 — 10,299 ratings — published 1989
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Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,028 ratings — published 2004
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Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3) Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3)
by (shelved 53 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.57 — 41,063 ratings — published 2006
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Scythe & Sparrow (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #3) Scythe & Sparrow (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 52 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.07 — 212,557 ratings — published 2025
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The Butterfly Garden  (The Collector, #1) The Butterfly Garden (The Collector, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.08 — 301,381 ratings — published 2016
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Paint It All Red (Mindf*ck, #5) Paint It All Red (Mindf*ck, #5)
by (shelved 49 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.55 — 331,772 ratings — published 2016
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Zodiac Zodiac (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.91 — 28,089 ratings — published 1986
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Green River, Running Red Green River, Running Red (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.00 — 20,832 ratings — published 2004
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Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,257 ratings — published 1992
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The Whisper Man The Whisper Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.01 — 200,625 ratings — published 2019
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The Manson File: Myth and Reality of an Outlaw Shaman The Manson File: Myth and Reality of an Outlaw Shaman (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.29 — 278 ratings — published 1988
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The Shining Girls The Shining Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.55 — 54,858 ratings — published 2013
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Exquisite Corpse Exquisite Corpse (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,268 ratings — published 1996
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The Naturals (The Naturals, #1) The Naturals (The Naturals, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.22 — 376,653 ratings — published 2013
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Game (I Hunt Killers, #2) Game (I Hunt Killers, #2)
by (shelved 45 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.22 — 14,895 ratings — published 2013
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All the Lies (Mindf*ck, #4) All the Lies (Mindf*ck, #4)
by (shelved 44 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.51 — 321,055 ratings — published 2016
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Dexter by Design (Dexter, #4) Dexter by Design (Dexter, #4)
by (shelved 43 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.76 — 30,252 ratings — published 2008
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Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,665 ratings — published 2007
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Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter, #4) Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter, #4)
by (shelved 42 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.56 — 54,835 ratings — published 2006
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The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,800 ratings — published 2003
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The Final Girl Support Group The Final Girl Support Group (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.50 — 192,952 ratings — published 2021
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.04 — 570,267 ratings — published 1985
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.06 — 182,885 ratings — published 1994
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There Are No Saints (Sinners, #1) There Are No Saints (Sinners, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 3.78 — 121,596 ratings — published 2021
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Blood of My Blood (I Hunt Killers, #3) Blood of My Blood (I Hunt Killers, #3)
by (shelved 38 times as serial-killers)
avg rating 4.31 — 10,399 ratings — published 2014
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Barry Lyga
“Psychologist: "This, ah, is a new sort of, ah, psychopathology that we're only now beginning to, ah, understand. These, ah, super-serial killers have no, ah, 'type' but, ah, rather consider everyone to be their 'type.'"
Gramma: "Did you hear that? Your daddy's a superhero!”
Barry Lyga, I Hunt Killers - Free Preview (The First 10 Chapters): with Bonus Prequel Short Story "Career Day"

Christopher Hitchens
“So, whenever the subject of Iraq came up, as it did keep on doing through the Clinton years, I had no excuse for not knowing the following things: I knew that its one-party, one-leader state machine was modeled on the precedents of both National Socialism and Stalinism, to say nothing of Al Capone. I knew that its police force was searching for psychopathic killers and sadistic serial murderers, not in order to arrest them but to employ them. I knew that its vast patrimony of oil wealth, far from being 'nationalized,' had been privatized for the use of one family, and was being squandered on hideous ostentation at home and militarism abroad. (Post-Kuwait inspections by the United Nations had uncovered a huge nuclear-reactor site that had not even been known about by the international community.) I had seen with my own eyes the evidence of a serious breach of the Genocide Convention on Iraqi soil, and I had also seen with my own eyes the evidence that it had been carried out in part with the use of weapons of mass destruction. I was, if you like, the prisoner of this knowledge. I certainly did not have the option of un-knowing it.”
Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir

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