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True crime books that explain why you should choose the bear

To find horror it seems we need look no further than our fellow human beings. All these true crime books have themes ranging from the detriment of patriarchal norms in institutions and family dynamics, systemic racism, corporate and personal greed, homophobia, failures in the justice system and/or stigma of mental health and substance abuse treatment.

true crime and true crime adjacent.

When you hate joking but absolutely desire detail. Where every witness/ victim’s living family is long gone/ approved of the story attention themselves. When you’ve run out of cases in the 1900s. Humans don’t change the world does.

True crime and related nonfiction picks that make you rethink everything.