POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2018 - hosted by anndahlquist

True crime
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American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American Csi by Kate Winkler Dawson

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American Csi

Kate Winkler Dawson

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history science true crime informative medium-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California by Frances Dinkelspiel

Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California

Frances Dinkelspiel

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative slow-paced
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

Mindhunter #1

John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

384 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology true crime dark informative medium-paced
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

If You Tell

Gregg Olsen

428 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark emotional sad medium-paced
Conviction: The Untold Story of Putting Jodi Arias Behind Bars by Lisa Pulitzer, Juan Martinez

Conviction: The Untold Story of Putting Jodi Arias Behind Bars

Lisa Pulitzer, Juan Martinez

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction crime true crime challenging dark medium-paced
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

343 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

nonfiction classics true crime dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Histoire du 36 Quai des Orfèvres by Claude Cancès

Histoire du 36 Quai des Orfèvres

Claude Cancès

585 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction true crime slow-paced
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Kirk Wallace Johnson

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced
The Texas Tower Sniper: The Terrifying True Story of Charles Whitman by Ryan Green

The Texas Tower Sniper: The Terrifying True Story of Charles Whitman

Ryan Green

166 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction sociology true crime dark emotional informative slow-paced