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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (ebook)
by (shelved 14 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.11 — 272,752 ratings — published 2018
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.09 — 757,820 ratings — published 1966
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.13 — 115,725 ratings — published 1980
Small Sacrifices (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.26 — 33,263 ratings — published 1987
Green River, Running Red (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.00 — 21,287 ratings — published 2004
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.14 — 472,457 ratings — published 2017
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.00 — 784,499 ratings — published 2003
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.06 — 156,847 ratings — published 1974
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.97 — 375,877 ratings — published 2019
The I-5 Killer (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.99 — 12,725 ratings — published 1984
Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.09 — 86,951 ratings — published 1995
Zodiac (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.91 — 28,596 ratings — published 1986
Lying in Wait and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #17)
by (shelved 4 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,338 ratings — published 2014
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #16)
by (shelved 4 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,271 ratings — published 2012
The Want-Ad Killer (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,419 ratings — published 1983
For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.32 — 5,195 ratings — published 2005
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.07 — 52,295 ratings — published 2019
People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo—and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.79 — 24,404 ratings — published 2010
The Monster of Florence (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.76 — 37,663 ratings — published 2008
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.91 — 306,702 ratings — published 1994
Columbine (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.29 — 105,933 ratings — published 2009
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.86 — 28,764 ratings — published 2013
The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,273 ratings — published
If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.32 — 13,589 ratings — published 2006
The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,830 ratings — published 2003
Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #9)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,582 ratings — published 2004
Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,763 ratings — published 2007
And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,493 ratings — published 1999
Bitter Harvest (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.10 — 11,430 ratings — published 1997
Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,100 ratings — published 2000
Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer? (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,417 ratings — published 1995
If You Really Loved Me (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.13 — 13,185 ratings — published 1991
A Deadly Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,166 ratings — published 2005
Witness: For the Prosecution of Scott Peterson (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.65 — 2,546 ratings — published 2005
The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.47 — 3,216 ratings — published 2025
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.49 — 130,683 ratings — published 2025
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.91 — 126,032 ratings — published 2023
L'Avversario (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.99 — 55,937 ratings — published 2000
Gardez l'oeil ouvert, Tome 1: 15 histoires de disparitions mystérieuses (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,066 ratings — published
3,096 Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.97 — 16,628 ratings — published 2010
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.99 — 91,489 ratings — published 1973
Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.08 — 30,926 ratings — published 2022
Practice to Deceive (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.55 — 5,632 ratings — published 2013
Schindler’s List (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.34 — 167,766 ratings — published 1982
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.98 — 20,047 ratings — published 2001
Killer Cop: The Deviant Deputy Who Kidnapped, Raped and Killed (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.88 — 254 ratings — published 2018
Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.68 — 3,108 ratings — published 2020
Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.93 — 10,498 ratings — published 1989
The Michigan Murders: The True Story of the Ypsilanti Ripper's Reign of Terror (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 3.83 — 4,280 ratings — published 1976
Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as true-crimes)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,839 ratings — published 2007
“We don't read true crime to condone it, we read it to understand it.”
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“When told he was being arrested for murder, Donnie's reply was simple and chilling.
"WHICH ONE?”
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"WHICH ONE?”
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