Nonfiction true crime books I feel are well researched and respectful of their victims.
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last updated April, 2025
There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
Anna Akbari
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
Monica Hesse
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
Wright Thompson
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Michelle McNamara
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel
18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
Bruce Goldfarb
Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
Paul Holes
Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Andrea Lankford
The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
Valerie Bauerlein
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