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Reading Murder Books Tryin' to Stay Hip: The Broken Token's True Crime Book Hit Parade...

The following is a bibliography, based on books I've read, to use as a guide to case studies, articles and general histories on crime, serial murder, and the nature of homicide. It is suggestive rather than definitive, a list for the interested reader to begin with and from which to examine the historical and political contexts of the works, as well as their authors. Book titles noted are available at academic and public libraries.
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Drug Lord: The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin: A True Story (Terrence E. Poppa)
Drug Lord: The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin: A True Story
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Terrence E. Poppa
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw (Mark Bowden)
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
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Mark Bowden
Memory of Pablo Escobar (James Mollison)
Memory of Pablo Escobar
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James Mollison
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide, and the Criminal Mind (Roy Hazelwood)
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide, and the Criminal Mind
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Roy Hazelwood
Lustmord: The Writings and Artifacts of Murderers (Brian King (Editor))
Lustmord: The Writings and Artifacts of Murderers
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Brian King (Editor)
The Bizarre and the Bloody; a Clutch of Weird Crimes--Each Shockingly True! (Charles Eric Maine)
The Bizarre and the Bloody; a Clutch of Weird Crimes--Each Shockingly True!
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Charles Eric Maine
Education of a Felon: A Memoir (Edward Bunker)
Education of a Felon: A Memoir
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Edward Bunker
Mickey Cohen, in My Own Words: The Underworld Autobiography of Michael Mickey Cohen, as Told to John (Michael Mickey Cohen & John Peer Nugent)
Mickey Cohen, in My Own Words: The Underworld Autobiography of Michael Mickey Cohen, as Told to John
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Michael Mickey Cohen & John Peer Nugent
Thunderstruck (Erik Larson)
Thunderstruck
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Erik Larson
The Black Hand: The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer (Chris Blatchford)
The Black Hand: The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer
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Chris Blatchford
Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders (Linda Sillitoe)
Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders
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Linda Sillitoe
Joey the Hitman: The Autobiography of a Mafia Killer (Joey)
Joey the Hitman: The Autobiography of a Mafia Killer
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Joey
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
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Erik Larson
A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders (Gary M. Lavergne)
A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders
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Gary M. Lavergne
The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes (Daniel Cohen)
The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes
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Daniel Cohen
Giant Book of Unsolved Crimes (Roger Wilkes (Editor))
Giant Book of Unsolved Crimes
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Roger Wilkes (Editor)
Hit Man (Rex Feral)
Hit Man
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Rex Feral
Killer Cults: Murderous Messiahs and Their Fanatical Followers (Brian Lane)
Killer Cults: Murderous Messiahs and Their Fanatical Followers
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Brian Lane
I Have Lived in the Monster (Robert K. Ressler & Tom Shachtman)
I Have Lived in the Monster
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Robert K. Ressler & Tom Shachtman
Anyone You Want Me to Be: A True Story of Sex and Death on the Internet (John E. Douglas & Stephen Singular)
Anyone You Want Me to Be: A True Story of Sex and Death on the Internet
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John E. Douglas & Stephen Singular
Whoever Fights Monsters (Robert H. Ressler)
Whoever Fights Monsters
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Robert H. Ressler
"This Is the Zodiac Speaking": Into the Mind of a Serial Killer (Michael D. Kelleher & David Van Nuys)
"This Is the Zodiac Speaking": Into the Mind of a Serial Killer
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Michael D. Kelleher & David Van Nuys
Death for Dinner: The Benders of (Old) Kansas (Phyllis De La Garza)
Death for Dinner: The Benders of (Old) Kansas
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Phyllis De La Garza
The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer (Robert D. Keppel & William J. Birnes)
The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer
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Robert D. Keppel & William J. Birnes
Killer on Campus (James Fox & Jack Levin)
Killer on Campus
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James Fox & Jack Levin
Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties (Michael Lesy)
Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties
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Michael Lesy
In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland's Torso Murders (James Jessen Badal)
In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland's Torso Murders
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James Jessen Badal
Though Murder Has No Tongue: The Lost Victim of Cleveland's Mad Butcher (James Jessen Badal)
Though Murder Has No Tongue: The Lost Victim of Cleveland's Mad Butcher
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James Jessen Badal
Justice Waits: The UC Davis Sweetheart Murders (Joel Davis)
Justice Waits: The UC Davis Sweetheart Murders
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Joel Davis
Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder (Steve Hodel)
Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder
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Steve Hodel
The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles (Donald H. Wolfe)
The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles
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Donald H. Wolfe
Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder (John Gilmore)
Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder
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John Gilmore
Death Scenes: A Homicide Detective's Scrapbook (Jack Huddleston)
Death Scenes: A Homicide Detective's Scrapbook
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Jack Huddleston
The Cases That Haunt Us: From Jack the Ripper to Jonbenet Ramsey, the FBI's Legendary Mindhunter... (John E Douglas & Mark Olshaker)
The Cases That Haunt Us: From Jack the Ripper to Jonbenet Ramsey, the FBI's Legendary Mindhunter...
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John E Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker)
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
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John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Journey Into Darkness: Follow the FBI's Premier Investigative Profiler as He Penetrates the Minds an (John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker)
Journey Into Darkness: Follow the FBI's Premier Investigative Profiler as He Penetrates the Minds An
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John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Obsession: The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes, the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, and Stalkers and Th (John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker)
Obsession: The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes, the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, and Stalkers and Th
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John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker
The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching (John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker)
The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching
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John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Signature Killers (Robert D. Keppel & William J. Birnes)
Signature Killers
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Robert D. Keppel & William J. Birnes
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (Jeff Jensen)
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story
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Jeff Jensen
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