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True Crime Nonfiction

There are many authors who write true crime nonfiction. Here is a list of books based on real crimes, criminals, and the pursuit of justice. Your reading choices are not limited to just those on this page. 

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True Crime Nonfiction Books to Explore

Check out these true crime nonfiction titles.

 The Art Thief (Michael Finkel)

If You Tell (Gregg Olsen)

Confessions of an American Black Widow (Gregg Olsen)

American Mother (Gregg Olsen)

The Devil and Sherlock Holmes (David Grann)

Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)

I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)

In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (John E. Douglas)

Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)

The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)

The Stranger Beside Me (Ann Rule)

Zodiac (Robert Graysmith) 

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)

The Orchid Thief (Susan Orlean)

The innocent Man (John Grisham)

Columbine (Dave Cullen)

Catch and Kill (Ronan Farrow)​​​

 

 

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Best Sellers in True Crime Nonfiction

Have you read any of these best-sellers in the true crime nonfiction genre?

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