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The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson,

Tony Goldwyn (Narrator)

Start date: January 1, 2017

Finish date: January 31, 2017

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Why we're reading this: January's voted on book theme/topic is True Crime. …more
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Jan 27, 2025 Alisha Marie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: three-star-books, unhauling, read-in-2025, non-fiction, books-i-own-that-i-ve-read, historical

I've had Devil in the White City on my TBR for years because of my interest in true crime and history. Now, I'm slightly more interested in history than in true crime which ended up being a good thing considering how very little of H.H. Holmes you get in here.

The Devil in the White City is primarily about the 1893 Chicago Fair...of which I knew very little prior to picking up this book. And honestly? I was riveted by the fair! I thought I'd prefer the H.H. Holmes chapters more than the fair chap ...more

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Mar 05, 2007 Heather rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: bookclubpicks

Book club selection. Suspenseful tale of the Chicago Worlds Fair - a serial killer and the architects of the fair.

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Jun 07, 2009 Janice rated it really liked it

Certainly well researched and that's a good thing because if it hadn't been it would have seemed impossible that these events and the building of a world's fair with so many restrictions and bad breaks could have occurred. Truth is stranger than fiction! ...more

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Nov 15, 2011 eHawk added it · review of another edition

Shelves: nonfiction

I really appreciated the examination of Daniel Burnham, but the switches to HH Holmes, while great early in the book, become too wordy to be suspense building as the book goes on. the two histories become more and more disjointed, but I still thoroughly enjoyed this examination of the World's Fair and the people that made it happen. ...more

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Jul 30, 2008 Lynn L rated it it was amazing

Shelves: non-fiction

two stories intertwined...loved the book. The story of the construction of the worlds fair and a serial killer. The serial killer parts were fascinating to read.

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