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The Hoax
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3.59 avg rating — 397 ratings
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The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship & Espionage
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4.07 avg rating — 2,437 ratings
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The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
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3.69 avg rating — 2,026 ratings
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The Defense Never Rests
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3.91 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer
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3.75 avg rating — 2,586 ratings
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| 306 |
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Hell's Angels: Into the Abyss
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3.46 avg rating — 365 ratings
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Did She Kill Him?: A Victorian tale of deception, adultery and arsenic
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3.56 avg rating — 507 ratings
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Murder in Little Rock
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3.40 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 262,
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Without a Trace: The Disappearance of Amy Billig--A Mother's Search for Justice
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Greg Aunapu (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
score: 261,
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| 310 |
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The Misbegotten Son: The True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross
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4.13 avg rating — 1,736 ratings
score: 258,
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Sweeney Todd: The Real Story of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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3.28 avg rating — 277 ratings
score: 258,
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The Maul and the Pear Tree
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3.54 avg rating — 974 ratings
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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
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4.14 avg rating — 44,519 ratings
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The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It
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3.92 avg rating — 558 ratings
score: 254,
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| 314 |
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Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
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Gary Krist (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 4,501 ratings
score: 254,
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| 316 |
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
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Bill Browder (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 105,372 ratings
score: 253,
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| 317 |
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Too Good to Be True: The Rise and Fall of Bernie Madoff
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Erin Arvedlund (Goodreads Author)
3.46 avg rating — 667 ratings
score: 252,
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| 317 |
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Marilyn Monroe: A Case for Murder
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Jay Margolis (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 186 ratings
score: 252,
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| 319 |
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Beyond Belief: The Moors Murderers: The Story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley
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3.81 avg rating — 755 ratings
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Shadow of Doubt: The Trial of Dennis Oland
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4.15 avg rating — 203 ratings
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The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
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Allison Hoover Bartlett (Goodreads Author)
3.44 avg rating — 13,782 ratings
score: 250,
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
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4.01 avg rating — 7,628 ratings
score: 246,
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| 323 |
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The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII
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3.62 avg rating — 2,866 ratings
score: 244,
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| 324 |
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Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer
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3.91 avg rating — 605 ratings
score: 243,
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| 324 |
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If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children
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Gregg Olsen (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 7,214 ratings
score: 243,
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| 326 |
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The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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3.81 avg rating — 627 ratings
score: 238,
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| 326 |
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The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
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4.15 avg rating — 9,508 ratings
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| 328 |
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Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories
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3.50 avg rating — 5,579 ratings
score: 236,
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| 329 |
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Buried Dreams: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer
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3.82 avg rating — 828 ratings
score: 234,
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To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
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Robert Uttaro (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 186 ratings
score: 233,
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| 331 |
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Saltwater
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Cathy McLennan (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 644 ratings
score: 232,
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No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court
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Edward Humes (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 955 ratings
score: 231,
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| 332 |
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But I Trusted You and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #14)
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3.93 avg rating — 2,931 ratings
score: 231,
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Terror by Night: The True Story of the Brutal Texas Murder That Destroyed a Family, Restored One Man’s Faith, and Shocked a Nation
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3.84 avg rating — 1,410 ratings
score: 229,
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| 334 |
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Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade
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Julian Rademeyer (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 220 ratings
score: 229,
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| 334 |
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Lying in Wait and Other True Cases (Crime Files, #17)
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3.77 avg rating — 3,193 ratings
score: 229,
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| 337 |
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Gomorrah
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3.80 avg rating — 22,127 ratings
score: 228,
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| 337 |
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One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
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Tim Weiner (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 1,749 ratings
score: 228,
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| 337 |
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
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4.38 avg rating — 7,054 ratings
score: 228,
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Mississippi Mud: Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia
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Edward Humes (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 980 ratings
score: 226,
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| 340 |
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House of Evil
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3.76 avg rating — 2,642 ratings
score: 226,
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Cop : A True Story
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3.97 avg rating — 198 ratings
score: 224,
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Party Time
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Shaun Attwood (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 828 ratings
score: 223,
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House of Secrets
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3.97 avg rating — 3,608 ratings
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The Pastor's Wife
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Diane Fanning (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 393 ratings
score: 221,
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Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America
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Kevin Cook (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 1,494 ratings
score: 221,
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Serial Killers: Profiles of Today's most Terrifying Criminals
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3.98 avg rating — 497 ratings
score: 219,
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Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, And Justice In A Southern Town
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4.30 avg rating — 209 ratings
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Children Who Kill: Profiles of Pre-Teen and Teenage Killers
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3.73 avg rating — 435 ratings
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American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
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4.15 avg rating — 2,459 ratings
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The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation
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Rich Cohen (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 2,802 ratings
score: 213,
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Murder of Innocence: The Tragic Life and Final Rampage of Laurie Dann
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4.12 avg rating — 787 ratings
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The Jigsaw Man: The Remarkable Career of Britain's Foremost Criminal Psychologist
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4.28 avg rating — 3,582 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
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4.22 avg rating — 145,565 ratings
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
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4.25 avg rating — 79,932 ratings
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Assassination Vacation
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3.93 avg rating — 47,073 ratings
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Echoes in the Darkness
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3.68 avg rating — 1,855 ratings
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The Broken Circle
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3.91 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Assassin: A Terrifying True Story
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3.22 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Notes on a Killing: Love, Lies, and Murder in a Small New Hampshire Town
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Kevin Flynn (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 454 ratings
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Drug War The Smell of Duty
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STOLEN LIVES
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Mary Ellen Lisciandra (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Vegas and the Mob
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Al W. Moe (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 1,077 ratings
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Shadow Play: The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy
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William Klaber (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 120 ratings
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| 358 |
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Sins of the Son (Frank Lucianus Mafia #1)
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Frank Lucianus (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Never Enough: The Carl Katz Story - A Man Hunted by the Nazis Long After the Fall of the Third Reich
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Elise Garibaldi (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings
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| 358 |
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Spy for nobody
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Basel Saneeb (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 65 ratings
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| 358 |
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Quick and Quirky Stories and Photos
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Lorin Lee Cary (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Climate Conundrum - The Agendas and Forces at Play
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Balvinder Ruby (Goodreads Author)
4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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| 358 |
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Windswept: A Digger Doyle Mystery
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Rosalie Rayburn (Goodreads Author)
4.90 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Operación Masacre
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The Bank Holiday Murders: The True Story of the First Whitechapel Murders
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Tom Wescott (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 449 ratings
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American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church
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Alex Beam (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
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Not Without My Daughter
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4.18 avg rating — 38,139 ratings
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The Custer Conspiracy
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Lorin Lee Cary (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Ramraiders
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Stephen Richards (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Feather Thief
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Kirk Wallace Johnson (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 34,023 ratings
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جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات
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Basel Saneeb (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 65 ratings
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The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash
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Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire
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3.90 avg rating — 295 ratings
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A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York
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3.77 avg rating — 481 ratings
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Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder
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3.75 avg rating — 1,759 ratings
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No One Has Time For That (No One's Time Book 1)
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M. von Lindenberg (Goodreads Author)
4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money
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جاسوس من أجل لا أحد: ستة عشر عامًا في المخابرات
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Basel Saneeb (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Joe Dogs: The Life & Crimes of a Mobster
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3.93 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Viv (Graham): Final Chapter v. 3
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Stephen Richards (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Viv Graham and Lee Duffy's Parallel Lives
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Stephen Richards (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence
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Basel Saneeb (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Departures: Book One in the Hard Turn Series
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On the Trail of the Assassins
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Murder in Mississippi
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3.63 avg rating — 3,887 ratings
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The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crime: The Biggest and Best Collection of Unsolved Murder and Mystery Cases
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Roger Wilkes (Editor)
3.62 avg rating — 132 ratings
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One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
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Spilled Milk
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K.L. Randis (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 69,372 ratings
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Pointing From The Grave: A True Story of Murder and DNA
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The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York
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Wow, I really love your list. Helter Skelter, Seductive Poison and The Stranger Beside me were amazing! I actually read them one after another. And I'm currently looking for most of the other books on your list. Great taste!
Ditto with Kelsey's comment. Read about half of the books on the list and your background added to the interest of the post. Great job.
HI Paul, THE BTK killer is also a great read and if you like Harold Schecter, Deviant is a pretty good, yet extremely disturbing book as well. -JR
I just finished Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen. Quite compelling. I don't understand how people could agree to the treatment, and when they could see the impact on their lives, not try to leave. Perhaps they were no longer able. Always wonder about the makeup of those who come up with schemes like this.
Miss M wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Ummmm...what is Cornered Coyote doing on this list?"Huh. Isn't that by that author who got kicked off Goodreads for spamming?
;)"
I thought she sound familiar, but let's talk about author behavior and get ourselves banned :/
Misfit wrote: "Miss M wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Ummmm...what is Cornered Coyote doing on this list?"Huh. Isn't that by that author who got kicked off Goodreads for spamming?
;)"
I thought she soun..."
Hey Guys...enjoying the conversation about something I never heard about.
Get you banned? You think so? I can ask someone who knows...should I or would it just draw unwanted attention? Be banned because we're talking about an author? Interesting. That too is new information!
You're right...I guess there are just 52 clueless list voters with reading comprehension issues. Sad, really.
Miss M wrote: "You're right...I guess there are just 52 clueless list voters with reading comprehension issues. Sad, really."I will remove it as it is a fictional novel and does not meet list criteria.
@ Cathy, apparently so.
Cathy wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Miss M wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Ummmm...what is Cornered Coyote doing on this list?"Huh. Isn't that by that author who got kicked off Goodreads for spamming?
;)"
I t..."
We-elll...difficult to know anything definitively since GR has never had the guts to actually update its TOS, instead relying on commentary in the Feedback Group to inform one very small part of the community that it revised policy towards review content. Reviews based on authors/author behavior are not permitted.
Anyway, within the last few days RUMINT has it that a Goodreads member was banned (without warning) for simply putting a book on a 'Nope' shelf she created--no review, no rating, simply shelved.. I don't know the member, but I've seen her blog on the issue on Booklikes where she posted the msg from Goodreads and she appears credible (to me.) People are now starting to assume that any discussion of author behavior may get one banned.
PS - I deleted my original comment.
Ha- Misfit is much quicker and to the point! :)
Sometimes I wonder if a member is targeted by excessive flags and this happens. I have a no-thank-you shelf, but I mix it up - I'll shelve a book I've decided not to read due to a review I've seen here, or even for the identical book art that I like to keep track of. Since some of those look alike covers are on my read or to-read shelves, I can't make book cover dejavu exclusive, hence them being on the no thank you shelf.
Miss M wrote: "Cathy wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Miss M wrote: "Misfit wrote: "Ummmm...what is Cornered Coyote doing on this list?"Huh. Isn't that by that author who got kicked off Goodreads for spam..."
Thanks for that, Miss M. Makes me want to create a "Nope" shelf and put that book on it! Very interesting.
Miss M wrote: "Ha- Misfit is much quicker and to the point! :)"Prolly a good move.
Misfit wrote: "Miss M wrote: "You're right...I guess there are just 52 clueless list voters with reading comprehension issues. Sad, really."I will remove it as it is a fictional novel and does not meet list cri..."
Thanks for that. Will go back to site when I return but please keep the conversation going. :-)
I actually deleted the one 'negative' shelf I had, on 1 January to make a fresh start - tired of having crappy books by crappy authors mixed in with my lovely book collections, even on an 'exclusive' shelf. :D Probably a good thing, since I did have private notes on why I wanted to avoid those in particular.
Miss M wrote: "I actually deleted the one 'negative' shelf I had, on 1 January to make a fresh start - tired of having crappy books by crappy authors mixed in with my lovely book collections, even on an 'exclusiv..."From the convo I glanced through, it may be the private notes that did some peeps in. I do have a due-to-author shelf, but IIRC only Mein Kamph is on it.
*clicks to take off feeds* (view spoiler)[I really think these come up from heavy flagging. I know I have some shelves that should have ticked buttons during the big purge, but they're still there. I do make a point to block most of those authors first though :)
Really, after incidents like Kathleen Hale, readers should be able to talk about behavior like that and have a way to tick those books in a way to remind oneself years down the road why.
I had an author I loved and highly rated all her books. Then she sided with them and started supporting the use real name petitions. Well, since I don't review under my real name I figured she didn't need my support anymore. Removed my reviews (GR and Zon) and my ratings. I might add that I was a huge supporter of her books before Sourcebooks decided to pick them up for a US reissue. Huge. She had a book on the Norman conquest that would have been the first I'd recommend on that period. No more. I don't go and shout it from the rooftops, but I remain silent when those books are discussed or recommendations requested. (hide spoiler)]
*end rant*
@MisfitIt just keeps getting worse and worse...the fact that it could be Private Notes is really disturbing. I can understand there are reasons for monitoring even private groups,but notes are just for one individual's use.
Meh.
Miss M wrote: "@MisfitIt just keeps getting worse and worse...the fact that it could be Private Notes is really disturbing. I can understand there are reasons for monitoring even private groups,but notes are jus..."
I agree, although that's still just guessing by several members. If GR would just come out and set a policy and stick to it and announce it to all members so they all know...
Did anyone else think of adding "My Story" by Elizabeth Smart? I was surprised it wasn't in this list.
Paul wrote: "Some great picks there.Here are my Top 10 True Crime Books. As a psychotherapist in private practice who deals with all sorts of human behavior, it is the behaviors of serial killers and cult le..."
Nice list. I've read a few of those, think I'll check out some of the others. Thank you for the recommendations.
True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and MurdersPlease don't delete from list. Definitely nonfiction. Recent interview with Mickey Cohen's right hand man. Bugsy Siegel and mob stories. True Hollywood crime from the 20s to Robert Blake in 2001.
Removed for being out of genre: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... f Christian AtheistsAnd Great Britain at War: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Ashes and Blood:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Blood Red Desert Sand:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Viv and Geordie Volume 2
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Removed as fiction: Identity Crisis, #499
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
How did multiple titles of British military history get dumped into this list? It's almost as if someone ran a search for books with the word "blood" in the title and decided to go for it.
The system found and removed 3 duplicates.
If you find a title that doesn't belong on this list and want someone else to remove it, please indicate what page it's on, and it will speed the process. If you want to add a book, just add it. Please don't use this thread to promote your own books, as those comments will be flagged.
This is a really good list except Amity Horror by Jay Anson is fiction.
Although as a librarian I can, I'm not going to remove The Shack (#186) and The Amityville Horror (#98). I don't know either of the books. Sorry... The last one sounds to me like fiction though, but as I said, I don't know either.
Agnieszka wrote: "The Shack by Young is fiction"You're a librarian, why don't you remove the title you mentioned ? If you're sure it is fiction, feel free to do so, as fictional titles do not fit the description ("Nonfiction books about crime") of this Listopia.
Elizabeth wrote: "This is a really good list except Amity Horror by Jay Anson is fiction."I have read the book and know it's fiction.
Elizabeth wrote: "This is a really good list except Amity Horror by Jay Anson is fiction."Elizabeth wrote:
"I have read the book and know it's fiction."
I was a bit loath to do so, but as you've read the book and are certain, it has been removed from the list.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil isn't a true crime book it was never written with the intent to talk about the murder the author was in the middle of writing about Savannah GA when the murder happened just thought i'd clear that up
is this one fictional?60
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Here are my Top 10 True Crime Books. As a psychotherapist in private practice who deals with all sorts of human behavior, it is the behaviors of serial killers and cult leaders that fascinate me most in the realm of abnormal psychology.
Here we go:
1. Seductive Poision - Deborah Layton - It's not your typical true crime, but man is it ever one hell of a read. How did 900 San Franciscans move to the jungles of Jonestown, and why did they drink the Kool-Aid? Layton, who just narrowly defected in time to escape death, really allows us to see straight into the inner workings of Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple. This is one frightening read that you simply can't put down!!
2. Helter Skelter - Vincent Buglosi - First read it when I was 12, and well, let's just say that, as the preface said, the book scared the ever living hell out of me. Probably the most classic book in terms of its effects on how true crime novels were approached and formatted.
3. The Night Stalker - Not particularly well-written, but the horrific Satanic natures of the crimes as well as the sheer number which occurred in the LA area in a most random fashion makes this a much scarier read than it would have been otherwise. Richard Ramirez is just pure evil.
4. The Stranger Beside Me - Ann Rule. Bundy was among the smartest of our serial killers, and his cunning prowess makes his crimes all the more horrific.
5. Killer Clown - John Wayne Gacy kills 30something young boys and stashes them under his house. Because the police have no evidence (all the bodies are underneath Gacy's house): they shadow him for months on in and what develops is a bizarre relationship between killer and the detectives who were around him for months, waiting for a break in the case.
6. Devil In The White City - Erik Larsen - HH Holmes was a real sicko, and his creation of a house of terror is just downright freaky. Also ties in the Chicago's World Fair which is fund to read about as well.
7. The Crime of the Century - Richard Speck kills nine nurses in one night--or did he??? The fact that he was able to kill so many so fast is amazing, and the chase to find him is filled with suspense.
8. Small Sacrifices - Diane Downs kills her kids in her car and then claims that they were gunned down by a madman on the side of the road. Most disturbing that she could do this to her own kids as their mother.
9. Deranged - Albert Fish abducts and eats little kids. Really despicable stuff.
10. The Jeffrey Dahmer Story - Creepy of course, but somehow didn't affect me as strongly as the above 9.
Paul Voorhies
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