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100 True Crime Books That Prove Fact Is Stranger Than Fiction

Do you think "true crime" refers just to the work of serial killers? Think again. Whether you're fascinated by robbers, kidnappers, gunslingers, fugitives, outlaws, white-collar criminals, gang members, Mafia dons, assassins, or cold-blooded murders, true crime covers it all. We've rounded up some of the best true crime books of all time — including memoirs, journalistic investigations, and real-life stories so crazy, they read like fiction — and we bet even the biggest true crime fans haven't heard of them all. Check out the gallery to see the wildest tales of deception, corruption, and destruction that have ever been published.
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Hell's Princess (Harold Schecter)
Hell's Princess
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Harold Schecter
Gosnell (Ann McElhinney)
Gosnell
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Ann McElhinney
The Monster of Florence
The Monster of Florence
3
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
4
Erik Larson
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
5
Michelle McNamara
A Serial Killer's Daughter (Kerri Rawson)
A Serial Killer's Daughter
6
Kerri Rawson
The Stranger Beside Me (Ann Rule)
The Stranger Beside Me
7
Ann Rule
Killer Clown (Terry Sullivan)
Killer Clown
8
Terry Sullivan
You Think You Know Me (Ryan Green)
You Think You Know Me
9
Ryan Green
Blind Eye (James Stewart)
Blind Eye
10
James Stewart
The Innocent Man (John Grisham)
The Innocent Man
11
John Grisham
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
12
Truman Capote
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
13
Dave Cullen
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
14
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
15
Norman Mailer
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
16
Vincent Bugliosi
People Who Eat Darkness
People Who Eat Darkness
17
Raven (Tim Reiterman)
Raven
18
Tim Reiterman
Party Monster (James St. James)
Party Monster
19
James St. James
My Dark Places
My Dark Places
20
Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent Into Darkness (Alfredo Corchado)
Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent Into Darkness
21
Alfredo Corchado
Killers of the Flower Moon (Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
22
Grann
Lost Girls (Robert Kolker)
Lost Girls
23
Robert Kolker
The Grim Sleeper (Christine Pelisek)
The Grim Sleeper
24
Christine Pelisek
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
25
Bryan Stevenson
Missoula (Jon Krakauer)
Missoula
26
Jon Krakauer
Evidence of Love (John Bloom & Jim Atkinson)
Evidence of Love
27
John Bloom & Jim Atkinson
The Dead Girl (Melanie Thernstrom)
The Dead Girl
28
Melanie Thernstrom
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigations of a Lifetime (Ron Stallworth)
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigations of a Lifetime
29
Ron Stallworth
Suspicions of Mr. Whicher (Kate Somerscale)
Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
30
Kate Somerscale
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land (Monica Hesse)
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land
31
Monica Hesse
Shot in the Heart (Mikal Gilmore)
Shot in the Heart
32
Mikal Gilmore
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade (Walter Kirn)
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade
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Walter Kirn
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir (Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich)
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
34
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
35
The Brothers (Masha Gessen)
The Brothers
36
Masha Gessen
Blood of Emmett Till (Tyson)
Blood of Emmett Till
37
Tyson
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial (Maggie Nelson)
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial
38
Maggie Nelson
The Manson Women and Me (Nikki Meredith)
The Manson Women and Me
39
Nikki Meredith
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist (Radley Balko)
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist
40
Radley Balko
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