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True Crime Books to Add to Your List

A list of True Crime Books for those who like their mysteries real. I like to read one or two a year.
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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
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Deborah Blum
People Who Eat Darkness
People Who Eat Darkness
2
The Beast (Oscar Martinez)
The Beast
3
Oscar Martinez
The Other Side (Lacy M. Johnson)
The Other Side
4
Lacy M. Johnson
Killers of the Flower Moon (Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
5
Grann
The Road to Jonestown (Jeff Guinn)
The Road to Jonestown
6
Jeff Guinn
Down City (Leah Carroll)
Down City
7
Leah Carroll
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
8
Michelle McNamara
The Real Lolita (Sarah Weinman)
The Real Lolita
9
Sarah Weinman
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
10
Patrick Radden Keefe
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession (David Grann)
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession
11
David Grann
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys by Gilbert K
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys by Gilbert K
12
Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson
Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson
13
Midnight in Peking (Paul French)
Midnight in Peking
14
Paul French
Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent Into Darkness (Alfredo Corchado)
Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent Into Darkness
15
Alfredo Corchado
A Spy Among Friends
A Spy Among Friends
16
Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime That Changed America (Kevin Cook)
Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime That Changed America
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Kevin Cook
Ghettoside (Jill Leovy)
Ghettoside
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Jill Leovy
Dreamland: The True Story of America's Opiate Epidemic (Sam Quinones)
Dreamland: The True Story of America's Opiate Epidemic
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Sam Quinones
The Brothers (Masha Gessen)
The Brothers
20
Masha Gessen
Who Killed These Girls (Beverly Lowry)
Who Killed These Girls
21
Beverly Lowry
The Midnight Assassin (Skip Hollandsworth)
The Midnight Assassin
22
Skip Hollandsworth
Missoula (Jon Krakauer)
Missoula
23
Jon Krakauer
Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully (Allen Kurzweil)
Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully
24
Allen Kurzweil
American Heiress (Toobin)
American Heiress
25
Toobin
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial (Maggie Nelson)
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial
26
Maggie Nelson
A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America (Óscar Martínez)
A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America
27
Óscar Martínez
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir (Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich)
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
28
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
The Stranger in the Woods (Michael Finkel)
The Stranger in the Woods
29
Michael Finkel
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land (Monica Hesse)
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land
30
Monica Hesse
Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the FBI, and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty (Melissa Del Bosque)
Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the FBI, and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty
31
Melissa Del Bosque
The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder (Claudia Rowe)
The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder
32
Claudia Rowe
The Hot One (Carolyn Murnick)
The Hot One
33
Carolyn Murnick
The Man From the Train (Bill James)
The Man From the Train
34
Bill James
Serial Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History (Tori Telfer)
Serial Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
35
Tori Telfer
Tinderbox (Robert W. Fieseler)
Tinderbox
36
Robert W. Fieseler
The Corporation (T J English)
The Corporation
37
T J English
The Feather Thief (Kirk W. Johnson)
The Feather Thief
38
Kirk W. Johnson
Dopesick (Beth Macy)
Dopesick
39
Beth Macy
The Talented Miss Highsmith (Joan Schenkar)
The Talented Miss Highsmith
40
Joan Schenkar
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