True Crime

True crime is a non-fiction literary genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people. The crimes most commonly include murder, but true crime works have also touched on other legal cases. Still others revisit historic crimes (or alleged crimes) and propose solutions, such as books examining political assassinations, well-known unsolved murders, or the deaths of celebrities.

New Releases Tagged "True Crime"

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
In a Dark Mirror
A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
The Impostor Heiress: Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age
Shadow Men: The Tangled Story of Murder, Media, and Privilege That Scandalized Jazz Age America
Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever
The Book Forger
First Love: Essays on Friendship
College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight
Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life
Look Away: A True Story of Murders, Bombings, and a Far-Right Campaign to Rid Germany of Immigrants
  • You'll Never Believe Me by Kari Ferrell
    You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Other Stuff I Should Only Tell My Therapist
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    Release date: Jan 07, 2025
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    Giveaway dates: Jun 10 - Jul 10, 2024

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  • Carrie Carolyn Coco by Sarah Gerard
    Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable

    Release date: Jul 09, 2024
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  • Gangsters vs. Nazis by Michael Benson
    Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WW2 Era America

    Release date: Jul 23, 2024
    "One of the most rivetingly relevant reads I’ve ever encountered, chock-full of real-life heroes and villains." —Jon Land, The Providence Journal
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    Giveaway dates: Jul 06 - Jul 20, 2024

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  • The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleUnsolved Serial Killings by R.J. ParkerSerial Killers by Peter VronskyGreen River, Running Red by Ann RuleNight Stalker by Philip Carlo
    True Crime--Serial killers
    202 books — 224 voters
    The Whiskey Au Go Go Massacre by Geoff PlunkettDeath Row at Truro by Geoff PlunkettBlood Stain by Peter LalorSnowtown by Jeremy PudneySaltwater by Cathy McLennan
    Australian True Crime
    123 books — 46 voters

    Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede
    9/11 Related
    248 books — 225 voters



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