Best Books on True Crime

Real cases, real people, and the long road to the truth. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the true crime documentaries.

1. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
3. Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
4. I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
5. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
6. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
7. Mindhunter by John E. Douglas (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
8. Whoever Fights Monsters by Robert K. Ressler - View on Amazon
9. The Anatomy of Motive by John E. Douglas (4.8/5) - View on Amazon
10. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
11. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
12. The Golden State Killer by Paul Holes - View on Amazon
13. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
14. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
15. Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino - View on Amazon
16. The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton - View on Amazon
17. Lost Girls by Robert Kolker - View on Amazon
18. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Lee Dugard (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
19. Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi (4/5) - View on Amazon
20. Five Families by Selwyn Raab - View on Amazon
21. Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano - View on Amazon
22. Donnie Brasco by Joseph D. Pistone - View on Amazon
23. Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden (4.7/5) - View on Amazon
24. Narconomics by Tom Wainwright - View on Amazon

Best Books on Serial Killers

1. Mindhunter by John E. Douglas (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
2. I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
4. Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
5. Whoever Fights Monsters by Robert K. Ressler - View on Amazon
6. The Anatomy of Motive by John E. Douglas (4.8/5) - View on Amazon
7. American Predator by Maureen Callahan (4.3/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Murder & Cold Cases

1. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
3. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
4. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
5. I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
6. The Golden State Killer by Paul Holes - View on Amazon
7. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
8. The Innocent Man by John Grisham (4.3/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Mobsters, Cartels & Gangs

1. Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi (4/5) - View on Amazon
2. Five Families by Selwyn Raab - View on Amazon
3. Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano - View on Amazon
4. Donnie Brasco by Joseph D. Pistone - View on Amazon
5. Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden (4.7/5) - View on Amazon
6. Narconomics by Tom Wainwright - View on Amazon
7. El Narco by Ioan Grillo - View on Amazon
8. Dreamland by Sam Quinones (4/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Heists, Scams & Fraud

1. The Art of the Heist by Myles J Connor Jr. - View on Amazon
2. Flawless by Scott Andrew Selby - View on Amazon
3. The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson - View on Amazon
4. The Art Thief by Michael Finkel - View on Amazon
5. The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser - View on Amazon
6. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
7. Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale - View on Amazon
8. The Wizard of Lies by Diana B. Henriques - View on Amazon

Best Books on Prisons & Justice

1. Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - View on Amazon
2. American Prison by Shane Bauer - View on Amazon
3. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
4. Papillon by Henri Charrière (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
5. Gideon's Trumpet by Anthony Lewis - View on Amazon
6. A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr - View on Amazon
7. The Brethren by Bob Woodward - View on Amazon
8. Homicide by David Simon - View on Amazon