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

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 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Life (Dashka Slater)
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Life (Dashka Slater)
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Adnan's Story (Rabia Chaudry)
Adnan's Story (Rabia Chaudry)
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After the Eclipse (Sarah Perry)
After the Eclipse (Sarah Perry)
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All the President's Men
All the President's Men
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American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land (Monica Hesse)
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land (Monica Hesse)
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American Heiress (Jeffrey Toobin)
American Heiress (Jeffrey Toobin)
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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 (Maureen Callahan)
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Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
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Beneath a Ruthless Sun (Gilbert King)
Beneath a Ruthless Sun (Gilbert King)
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Billion Dollar Whale (Tom Wright and Bradley Hope)
Billion Dollar Whale (Tom Wright and Bradley Hope)
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Black Dahlia, Red Rose (Piu Eatwell)
Black Dahlia, Red Rose (Piu Eatwell)
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Black Edge (Kolhatkar)
Black Edge (Kolhatkar)
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Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigations of a Lifetime (Ron Stallworth)
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigations of a Lifetime (Ron Stallworth)
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Blood and Money: The Classic True Story of Murder, Passion, and Power (Thomas Thompson)
Blood and Money: The Classic True Story of Murder, Passion, and Power (Thomas Thompson)
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The Blood of Emmitt Till (Timothy B. Tyson)
The Blood of Emmitt Till (Timothy B. Tyson)
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Broken Faith (Mitch Weiss)
Broken Faith (Mitch Weiss)
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The Brothers (Masha Gessen)
The Brothers (Masha Gessen)
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Buried Dreams: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer (Tim Cahill)
Buried Dreams: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer (Tim Cahill)
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Burned (Edward Humes)
Burned (Edward Humes)
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Case Closed
Case Closed
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A Cast of Killers (Kirkpatrick)
A Cast of Killers (Kirkpatrick)
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Catch and Kill (Ronan Farrow)
Catch and Kill (Ronan Farrow)
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Chasing Cosby: The Downfall of America's Dad (Nicole Weisensee Egan)
Chasing Cosby: The Downfall of America's Dad (Nicole Weisensee Egan)
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Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
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The Dead Girl (Melanie Thernstrom)
The Dead Girl (Melanie Thernstrom)
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Death in the Air (Kate Winkler Dawson)
Death in the Air (Kate Winkler Dawson)
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Destiny of the Republic (Candace Millard)
Destiny of the Republic (Candace Millard)
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The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
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Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
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Down City (Leah Carroll)
Down City (Leah Carroll)
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Echoes in the Darkness (Joseph Wambaugh)
Echoes in the Darkness (Joseph Wambaugh)
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
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Evidence of Love (John Bloom & Jim Atkinson)
Evidence of Love (John Bloom & Jim Atkinson)
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The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song
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The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir (Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich)
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir (Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich)
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Fatal Vision (Joe McGinnis)
Fatal Vision (Joe McGinnis)
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The Feather Thief (Kirk W. Johnson)
The Feather Thief (Kirk W. Johnson)
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The Five (Hallie Rubenhold)
The Five (Hallie Rubenhold)
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Furious Hours (Casey Cep)
Furious Hours (Casey Cep)
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Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America (Jill Leovy)
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America (Jill Leovy)
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