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Books like Homicide
Loved Homicide by David Simon? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from true crime, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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1
In Cold Blood
A Kansas farm-family murder reconstructed in novelistic detail; the book that created the true-crime genre.
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Killers of the Flower Moon
The murders of wealthy Osage people and the birth of the FBI; a riveting, important investigation.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
A killing and the eccentric world of Savannah, Georgia; atmospheric and richly told.
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4
Dead by Sunset
The first 464 pages of this book are standard Ann Rule. A beautiful, brilliant attorney marries a psychopath and suffers dreadfully for her choice of mate. She bears him three beautiful, brilliant lit
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Mindhunter
Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of th
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The rapist's wife
Several months into her idyllic marriage, Linda Bergstrom notices a change in her husband, he becomes rough and demanding. Soon after, he is accused of being a local serial rapist, but the case is dro
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The Monster of Florence
Marshal Guarnaccia feels out of his league when he is assigned to help track down a serial killer, especially when he assigned to work under Simonetti, a man so dedicated to achieving a conviction tha
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8
Understanding Violence
"In this book, Elizabeth Kandel Englander sorts, structures, and evaluates violence hypotheses. She draws on contemporary research and theory in varied fields - clinical and social psychology, sociolo
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Destination
Collection of crime stories, some fiction, some nonfiction.
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10
The blooding
Fifteen-year-old Lynda Mann's savagely raped and strangled body is found along a shady footpath near the English village of Narborough. Though a massive 150-man dragnet is launched, the case remains u