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True Crime Books Everyone Should Read

Esquire says these are the 26 true crime books that everyone should read. How many have you read? Do you agree with their list? There are some good ones not included!
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Scoundrel (Sarah Weinman)
Scoundrel
1
Sarah Weinman
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
2
Patrick Radden Keefe
We Keep the Dead Close (Becky Cooper)
We Keep the Dead Close
3
Becky Cooper
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee (Casey Cep)
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
4
Casey Cep
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood
5
John Carreyrou
Last Call (Elon Green)
Last Call
6
Elon Green
Savage Appetites (Rachel Monroe)
Savage Appetites
7
Rachel Monroe
Party Monster (James St. James)
Party Monster
8
James St. James
American Fire (Monica Hesse)
American Fire
9
Monica Hesse
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
10
Michelle McNamara
Shot in the Heart (Mikal Gilmore)
Shot in the Heart
11
Mikal Gilmore
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Kate Summerscale)
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
12
Kate Summerscale
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
13
Dave Cullen
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir (Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich)
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
14
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
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
15
Deborah Blum
Justice (Dunne)
Justice
16
Dunne
My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir (James Ellroy)
My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir
17
James Ellroy
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
18
John Berendt
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
19
David Grann
The Brothers (Masha Gessen)
The Brothers
20
Masha Gessen
The Blood of Emmitt Till (Timothy B. Tyson)
The Blood of Emmitt Till
21
Timothy B. Tyson
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
22
Erik Larson
People Who Eat Darkness (Richard Lloyd Parry)
People Who Eat Darkness
23
Richard Lloyd Parry
The Red Parts (Maggie Nelson)
The Red Parts
24
Maggie Nelson
The Journalist and the Murderer (Janet Malcolm)
The Journalist and the Murderer
25
Janet Malcolm
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
26
Truman Capote
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