The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge discussion

True Crime Genre

"True crime is a nonfiction literary genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people associated with and affected by criminal events."


Which True Crime book will you be reading?


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I read A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury, 4 Stars

I'm planning to read Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

I'm leaning towards The Devil's Rooming House: The True Story of America's Deadliest Female Serial Killer by M. William Phelps. It's sitting on the pile of books I own.

I've just started The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
so far I am enjoying it.

I just finished The Devil in a the White City. I now have an answer to the question-“What is your favorite book?”

I read Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA by Bridget Heos for this prompt. It pairs advancements in forensics with the real cases they were first used in. It's YA, so it doesn't expect you to have any sort of advanced knowledge of the science behind the forensics, but it doesn't dumb anything down either.

In cold Blood by Truman Capote