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Books like The Innocent Man

Loved The Innocent Man by John Grisham? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from true crime, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

  1. 1

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    David Grann · 2017 · True Crime

    The murders of wealthy Osage people and the birth of the FBI; a riveting, important investigation.

  2. 2

    In Cold Blood

    Truman Capote · 1966 · True Crime

    A Kansas farm-family murder reconstructed in novelistic detail; the book that created the true-crime genre.

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    Beyond the Body Farm

    William M. Bass · 2007 · True Crime

    There is no scientist in the world like Dr. Bill Bass. A pioneer in forensic anthropology, Bass created the world's first laboratory dedicated to the study of human decomposition—three acres of land o

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    Die, My Love

    Kathryn Casey · 2007 · True Crime

    The day before Halloween 2004 was the last day on Earth for respected, well-liked college professor Fred Jablin. That morning, a neighbor discovered his body lying in a pool of blood in the driveway o

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    Never Enough

    Joe McGinniss · 2007 · True Crime

    At thirty-nine, Nancy Kissel had it all: glamour, gusto, garishly flaunted wealth, and the royal lifestyle of the expatriate wife. Not to mention three young children and what a friend described as "t

  6. 6

    Syndromes of Corruption

    Michael Johnston · 2005 · True Crime

    A sophisticated analysis of four main types of corruption in developed and developing countries.

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    The Best American Crime Writing 2005

    Thomas H. Cook · 2005 · True Crime

    The 2005 edition of The Best American Crime Writing offers the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, including Peter Landesman's article about female sex slaves

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    The Nuclear Jihadist

    Douglas Frantz · 2007 · True Crime

    The world has entered a second nuclear age. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear annihilation is on the rise. Should such an assault occur, there is a strong likelih

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    Cosa Nostra

    John Dickie · 2004 · True Crime

    From the mafia's origins in the 1860s to its current tense relationship with the Berlusconi government, this is a vivid and gripping history of the Sicilian Mafia's inner sanctum.

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    Human Trafficking and Human Security

    Anna Jonsson · 2008 · True Crime

    This text examines human trafficking from post-Soviet countries, exploring the full extent of the problem and discussing countermeasures, both local and at the global level, and considering the proble

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