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Cut & Run by Madeleine UrbanZero at the Bone by Jane SevilleFair Game by Josh LanyonFatal Shadows / A Dangerous Thing by Josh LanyonAmong the Living by Jordan Castillo Price
Favorite Gay Thrillers
755 books — 423 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
532 books — 378 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisHannibal by Thomas HarrisRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Serial Killer Books
394 books — 355 voters
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleUnsolved Serial Killings by R.J. ParkerSerial Killers by Peter VronskyGreen River, Running Red by Ann RuleNight Stalker by Philip Carlo
True Crime--Serial killers
207 books — 201 voters

The Bad Guy by Celia AaronBlack Lies by Alessandra TorreMy Torin by K. WebsterEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanGrayson by Lisa Eugene
Heroes with mental illness
274 books — 154 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFor the Thrill of It by Simon BaatzThe Girls of Murder City by Douglas PerrySin in the Second City by Karen AbbottUgly Prey by Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, PhD
Chicago Crime (nonfiction)
90 books — 40 voters

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne WeaverHaunting Adeline by H.D. CarltonLeather & Lark by Brynne WeaverHunting Adeline by H.D. CarltonBlack Sheep by Alexa Harlowe
Murderous Lovers
59 books — 35 voters
None Shall Sleep by Ellie MarneyThe Naturals by Jennifer Lynn BarnesThere's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie PerkinsI Hunt Killers by Barry LygaDead by Morning by Kayla Krantz
YA Serial Killers
66 books — 34 voters

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri ManiscalcoThe Name of the Star by Maureen JohnsonRipper by Amy Carol ReevesRipper by Stefan PetruchaA Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby
Jack the Ripper in YA Fiction
16 books — 22 voters
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe HillThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RulePet Sematary by Stephen KingDeviant by Harold SchechterMy Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Last Book on the Left
120 books — 21 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleAt Any Cost by Rebecca RosenbergSerial Killers by Peter VronskyThe Doomsday Mother by John Glatt
Fave True Crime Books
72 books — 17 voters
Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannSpy... for Nobody! by Basel SaneebSpy for nobody by Basel Saneeb
Best FBI Nonfiction
52 books — 17 voters

Profile by C.D. BlizzardPieces of Wood by Kenneth James MooreThe Bone Collector by Jeffery DeaverRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisInstinct by James Patterson
serial killer mysteries
39 books — 16 voters
Murder Red Ink by Mord McGheeFrom Hell by Alan MoorePortrait of a Killer by Patricia CornwellThe Complete Jack the Ripper by Donald RumbelowThe Complete History of Jack the Ripper by Philip Sugden
Jack the Ripper Reads
29 books — 15 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Deadly Sin of Wrath
48 books — 15 voters
Reasonable Doubt by Peter MansoMortal Remains by Henry ScammellIn His Garden by Leo DamoreThe Boston Strangler by Gerold FrankMaximum Harm by Michele R. McPhee
Massachusetts Murders
59 books — 11 voters

Helter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiWicked Beyond Belief by Michael BiltonI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraRose West by Jane Carter WoodrowWhack Job by Rachel McCarthy James
(Real) murder most foul. The true-crime serial killer/murder chart
15 books — 10 voters
The Mother From Hell by Wensley ClarksonA Victim of the Times by Adam Steven PageS is for Serial by D.K. GreeneTop 10 American Serial Killers by Sybil JensenThe New York Ripper by Peter Vronsky
Serial Killer Books
15 books — 9 voters

Red Dragon by Thomas HarrisThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Highway by C.J. BoxHannibal by Thomas Harris
I hate serial killers! I hope there is a hell so they can burn in it
14 books — 9 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Man from the Train by Bill JamesThe American Compendium of British Crimes by William RubyGolden Boy by John GlattWhoever Fights Monsters by Robert K. Ressler
Favorite True Crime Books
42 books — 4 voters

The Dry by Jane HarperFlaggermusmannen by Jo NesbøThe Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Crime Thrillers (TO READ)
28 books — 3 voters
The Delphi murders by Nic EdwardsGrim Paradise by Rod SadlerIn Broad Daylight by Harry N. MacLeanJustified by Louis RomanoSmash, Smash, Smash by Philip Fairbanks
Fall 2023 True Crime Picks
10 books — 2 voters

India's Money Heist by Anirban BhattacharyaThe Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata MasseyThe Deadly Dozen by Anirban BhattacharyaDongri To Dubai by S. Hussain ZaidiMafia Queens of Mumbai by S. Hussain Zaidi
True Crime Books from India
32 books — 2 voters
A Good Day to Pie by Misha PoppA Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. SummersBad Men by Julie Mae CohenSweetpea by C.J. SkuseYou'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace
Women who kill
32 books — 2 voters

Fallet Thomas Quick by Hannes RåstamBara jag vet vem jag är by Sture BergwallMannen som slutade ljuga by Dan JosefssonQuickologi* by Göran Lambertz
Thomas Quick
4 books — 1 voter
Червения дракон by Thomas HarrisМълчанието на агнетата by Thomas HarrisХанибал by Thomas HarrisХанибал Лектър by Thomas HarrisПарфюмът by Patrick Süskind
Романи за серийни убийци с издания на български
100 books — 1 voter

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen KingMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteI Hunt Killers by Barry LygaRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Fictional Serial Killers
6 books — 1 voter
Don't Forget the Girl by Rebecca McKannaBright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Bright Young Women
2 books — 1 voter

Dracula by Dacre StokerRipper by Patricia CornwellThe Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas PrestonDrood by Dan SimmonsThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Victorian Serial Killers
5 books — 1 voter
The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig ClevengerThe Ninja Daughter by Tori EldridgeThe Ninja's Blade by Tori EldridgeThe Ninja Betrayed by Tori EldridgeThe Ninja's Oath by Tori Eldridge
Datura Books 2025 releases
24 books — 1 voter

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