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17 Best Crime Books

Goal: Find the best Crime books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best crime books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

17 Best Crime Books

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1

In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

Also recommended by:

Ben Shapiro, Sam Harris, Tim Draper

2

Killers of the Flower Moon

The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

by David Grann

3

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

by Michelle McNamara

4

The Devil in the White City

Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

by Erik Larson

5

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

by Kate Summerscale

6

Just Mercy

A Story of Justice and Redemption

by Bryan Stevenson

7

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

Also recommended by:

Charles Koch, James Clear

8

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

Also recommended by:

Stephen King

9

Columbine

by Dave Cullen

10

Helter Skelter

The True Story of the Manson Murders

by Vincent Bugliosi

11

Lost Girls

An Unsolved American Mystery

by Robert Kolker

12

My Dark Places

by James Ellroy

13

Party Monster

A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

by James St. James

14

Presumed Innocent

A Novel

by Scott Turow

15

Strangers on a Train

by Patricia Highsmith

16

The Poisoner's Handbook

Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

by Deborah Blum

17

The Stranger Beside Me

by Ann Rule

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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