17 Best Crime Books
Goal: Find the best Crime books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best crime books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
17 Best Crime Books
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Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
Also recommended by:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
by Michelle McNamara
The Devil in the White City
Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
by Kate Summerscale
Just Mercy
A Story of Justice and Redemption
by Bryan Stevenson
Also recommended by:
Howard Schultz, Cory Booker, Richard Branson, Kathryn Minshew
Columbine
by Dave Cullen
Helter Skelter
The True Story of the Manson Murders
by Vincent Bugliosi
Lost Girls
An Unsolved American Mystery
by Robert Kolker
My Dark Places
by James Ellroy
Party Monster
A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland
by James St. James
Presumed Innocent
A Novel
by Scott Turow
Strangers on a Train
by Patricia Highsmith
The Poisoner's Handbook
Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by Deborah Blum
The Stranger Beside Me
by Ann Rule
Sources
- 1
The 16 Best True Crime Books Of All Time | Time
time.com
- 2
25 Best True Crime Books of All Time — Books About Murder
rd.com
- 3
26 Best True Crime Books of All Time - Top Nonfiction Crime Books
esquire.com
- 4
Art801the Best Crime Books Ever Written.Aspx
prowritingaid.com
- 5
100 Best Crime Books of All Time, As Chosen By Readers - Dead Good
deadgoodbooks.co.uk
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