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30 Reader-Recommended Dark and Morbid Nonfiction Tales

"We look to the dark side today with this roundup of highly rated nonfiction books that explore topics dangerous, morbid, tragic, and terrible. As the true-crime podcast phenomenon has demonstrated, we seem to have an appetite for this stuff, as a people." - GoodReads
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Midnight in Chernobyl (Adam Higginbotham)
Midnight in Chernobyl
1
Adam Higginbotham
The Radium Girls (Kate Moore)
The Radium Girls
2
Kate Moore
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
3
Mary Roach
From Here to Eternity (Caitlin Doughty)
From Here to Eternity
4
Caitlin Doughty
Ghosts of the Tsunami (Richard Lloyd Parry)
Ghosts of the Tsunami
5
Richard Lloyd Parry
Hidden Valley Road (Robert Kolker)
Hidden Valley Road
6
Robert Kolker
The Great Mortality (John Kelly)
The Great Mortality
7
John Kelly
Tell Me Everything (Erika Krouse)
Tell Me Everything
8
Erika Krouse
In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial (Mona Chollet)
In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
9
Mona Chollet
Sex Cult Nun (Faith Jones)
Sex Cult Nun
10
Faith Jones
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
11
Patrick Radden Keefe
Dead Mountain (Donnie Eichar)
Dead Mountain
12
Donnie Eichar
Unmask Alice (Rick Emerson)
Unmask Alice
13
Rick Emerson
The Cold Vanish (Jon Billman)
The Cold Vanish
14
Jon Billman
Waco (Jeff Guinn)
Waco
15
Jeff Guinn
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood (Gregg Olsen)
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
16
Gregg Olsen
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
17
David Grann
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
18
Michelle McNamara
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood
19
John Carreyrou
Dead Wake (Erik Larson)
Dead Wake
20
Erik Larson
Catch and Kill (Ronan Farrow)
Catch and Kill
21
Ronan Farrow
Dopesick (Beth Macy)
Dopesick
22
Beth Macy
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
23
Patrick Radden Keefe
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century (Maureen Callahan)
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
24
Maureen Callahan
All the Living and the Dead (Hayley Campbell)
All the Living and the Dead
25
Hayley Campbell
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Th (Timothy Egan)
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Th
26
Timothy Egan
A Taste for Poison (Neil Bradbury)
A Taste for Poison
27
Neil Bradbury
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues (Jonathan Kennedy)
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
28
Jonathan Kennedy
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Douglas Preston)
The Lost City of the Monkey God
29
Douglas Preston
The Trauma Cleaner (Sarah Krosnostein)
The Trauma Cleaner
30
Sarah Krosnostein
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