True crime and related nonfiction picks that make you rethink everything.
created by crowsnestreads
last updated June, 2026
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York
Elon Green
Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
Jerry Bledsoe
Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door
Roy Wenzl
True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
James Renner
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
Gregg Olsen
Lost Girls: The Unsolved American Mystery of the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Murders
Robert Kolker
I Know My First Name is Steven: The True Story of the Steven Stayner Abduction Case
Mike Echols
Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs
John Bloom
Final Vision: The Last Word on Jeffrey MacDonald
Joe McGinniss
If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer
O.J. Simpson
Devils Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
Mara Leveritt
The Moors Murderers: The Full Story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley
Chris Cook
Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders
Kathryn Miles
The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice
Vanessa Brown
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
John Grisham
The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity
Axton Betz-Hamilton
Fatal Vision
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
Ann Rule
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara
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