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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
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

448 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology true crime dark informative medium-paced
American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood, and the Cyanide Poisonings that Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood, and the Cyanide Poisonings that Shook the World

Gregg Olsen

496 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark mysterious tense slow-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Michelle McNamara

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders by John Glatt

Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders

John Glatt

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative medium-paced
If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children by Gregg Olsen

If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children

Gregg Olsen

336 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham

The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

John Grisham

12 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century by Harold Schechter

The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century

Harold Schechter

494 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark mysterious slow-paced
Journey Into Darkness by John E. Douglas

Journey Into Darkness

Mindhunter #2

John E. Douglas

400 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction psychology true crime dark informative medium-paced
A Casebook of Murder by Colin Wilson

A Casebook of Murder

Colin Wilson

256 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction crime true crime challenging dark informative medium-paced