crime murder (nonfiction)

Explore gripping true crime stories with our list of the best nonfiction murder books. Dive into chilling cases, forensic insights, and real-life mysteries that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for …
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The Innocent Man

by John Grisham

Presents the real-life case of Ron Williamson, a mentally ill former baseball player who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the 1982 murder …
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The Innocent Man

by John Grisham

John Grisham's first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major …
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The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the …
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Thunderstruck

by Erik Larson

A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.” In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley …
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