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.

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    Lethal Doses: The Story Behind "The Godfather Of Fentanyl"
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    Release date: Aug 27, 2024
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  • Trains to Treblinka by Charles Causey
    Trains to Treblinka
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    Release date: May 19, 2020
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  • Trackrs by Michael A.  Jacobs
    Trackrs: On the Cold Trail of a Serial Killer
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    Release date: Apr 22, 2022
    " On the Cold Trail of a Serial Killer" is the true account of the modern day pursuit of a serial killer who terrorized Orange County, California in t ...more
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  • John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinWashington by Ron ChernowDestiny of the Republic by Candice MillardThe President and the Assassin by Scott  Miller
    Presidents Reading Project
    78 books — 39 voters

    Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Tudors by G.J. Meyer
    Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
    179 books — 120 voters

    American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyTrainspotting by Irvine WelshFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
    Most Messed Up
    800 books — 613 voters
    In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
    True Crime--Well Written
    384 books — 381 voters


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