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Jim's List of Great ( and a Few Not-So-Great) True Crime Books - Page 3

Here are 125 True Crime books, ranging from the brilliant through the outrageous to the ridiculous, and all demonstrating that the Truth(?) is indeed stranger than fiction. For what it's worth, my favorites are the two distinctly different solutions to the 1922 William Desmond Taylor murder case in Hollywood - "A Cast of Killers" and "Tinseltown".
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The Other Side (Lacy M. Johnson)
The Other Side
81
Lacy M. Johnson
The Palace Guard (Dan Rather and Gary Paul Gates)
The Palace Guard
82
Dan Rather and Gary Paul Gates
Party Monster (James St. James)
Party Monster
83
James St. James
People Who Eat Darkness
People Who Eat Darkness
84
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (Lawrence Schiller)
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
85
Lawrence Schiller
The Phantom Prince: My Life With Ted Bundy, Updated and Expanded Edition (Elizabeth Kendall and Molly Kendall)
The Phantom Prince: My Life With Ted Bundy, Updated and Expanded Edition
86
Elizabeth Kendall and Molly Kendall
The Poison Tree (Alan Prendergast)
The Poison Tree
87
Alan Prendergast
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Deborah Blum)
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
88
Deborah Blum
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed (Patricia Cornwell)
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed
89
Patricia Cornwell
Provenance (Laney Salisbury)
Provenance
90
Laney Salisbury
Rampage (Katherine S Newman)
Rampage
91
Katherine S Newman
The Real Lolita (Sarah Weinman)
The Real Lolita
92
Sarah Weinman
Red Notice (Browder)
Red Notice
93
Browder
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial (Maggie Nelson)
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial
94
Maggie Nelson
The Road to Jonestown (Jeff Guinn)
The Road to Jonestown
95
Jeff Guinn
Room 1219 (Greg Merritt)
Room 1219
96
Greg Merritt
The Run of His Life (Jeffrey Toobin)
The Run of His Life
97
Jeffrey Toobin
Savage Appetites (Rachel Monroe)
Savage Appetites
98
Rachel Monroe
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
99
Patrick Radden Keefe
Scoundrel (Sarah Weinman)
Scoundrel
100
Sarah Weinman
Secrets of a Marine's Wife: A True Story of Marriage, Obsession, and Murder (Shanna Hogan)
Secrets of a Marine's Wife: A True Story of Marriage, Obsession, and Murder
101
Shanna Hogan
Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder (John Gilmore)
Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder
102
John Gilmore
She Said (Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey)
She Said
103
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
104
Shot in the Heart (Mikal Gilmore)
Shot in the Heart
105
Mikal Gilmore
The Skies Belong to Us
The Skies Belong to Us
106
Small Sacrifices (Ann Rule)
Small Sacrifices
107
Ann Rule
Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son (Gordon Burn)
Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son
108
Gordon Burn
The Spy Who Couldn't Spell (Yudhijit Bhattacharjee)
The Spy Who Couldn't Spell
109
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
The Stranger Beside Me (Ann Rule)
The Stranger Beside Me
110
Ann Rule
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Kate Summerscale)
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
111
Kate Summerscale
Testimony of a Death (Croddy)
Testimony of a Death
112
Croddy
There Are No Dead Here (Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno)
There Are No Dead Here
113
Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno
Thunderstruck (Erik Larson)
Thunderstruck
114
Erik Larson
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood (William J. Mann)
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
115
William J. Mann
The Trial of Lizzie Borden (Cara Robertson)
The Trial of Lizzie Borden
116
Cara Robertson
Unbelievable (T Christian Miller)
Unbelievable
117
T Christian Miller
Under the Banner of Heaven (Jon Krakauer)
Under the Banner of Heaven
118
Jon Krakauer
Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered (Amber Hunt & Emily Thompson)
Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered
119
Amber Hunt & Emily Thompson
Until the Twelfth of Never (Bella Stumbo)
Until the Twelfth of Never
120
Bella Stumbo
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