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The Man Who Loved Books Too Much Summary
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
by Allison Hoover Bartlett 2009 274 pages
3.45
14k+ ratings
Books About Books
True Crime
Biography
The Secret History of the Rape Kit Summary
The Secret History of the Rape Kit
A True Crime Story
by Pagan Kennedy 2025 237 pages
3.88
9k+ ratings
True Crime
History
Feminism
Four Shots in the Night Summary
Four Shots in the Night
A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland
by Henry Hemming 2024 368 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
History
Ireland
True Crime
The Missing Cryptoqueen Summary
The Missing Cryptoqueen
The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away with It
by Jamie Bartlett 2022 320 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Business
Russian Roulette Summary
Russian Roulette
The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
by Michael Isikoff 2018
4.20
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Russia
Hype Summary
Hype
How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following
by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021 352 pages
3.32
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Sociology
Life Of Crime Summary
Life Of Crime
by Harry Ognall 2018 160 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Law
Biography
True Crime
Zero Fail Summary
Zero Fail
The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
by Carol Leonnig 2021 526 pages
4.23
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Midnight in Mexico Summary
Midnight in Mexico
A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
by Alfredo Corchado 2013 304 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Education of a Felon Summary
Education of a Felon
by Edward Bunker 1999 320 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Biography
Crime
True Crime
Stealing Your Life Summary
Stealing Your Life
by Frank W. Abagnale 2007 256 pages
3.67
293 ratings
Business
Crime
True Crime
The Violence Project Summary
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
by Jillian Peterson 2021 242 pages
4.45
1k+ ratings
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
Blood on the Moon Summary
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
by Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
History
Civil War
American History
American Brutus Summary
American Brutus
John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
by Michael W. Kauffman 2004 544 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
History
Civil War
Biography
Provenance Summary
Provenance
How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
by Laney Salisbury 2009 327 pages
3.93
6k+ ratings
Art
True Crime
History
Assassination Generation Summary
Assassination Generation
Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
by Dave Grossman 2016 224 pages
3.71
351 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
The Best New True Crime Stories Summary
The Best New True Crime Stories
Small Towns: Small Towns
by Mitzi Szereto 2020 256 pages
3.29
340 ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Black Mass Summary
Black Mass
Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil's Deal
by Dick Lehr 2000 448 pages
3.82
8k+ ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
Notes on a Silencing Summary
Notes on a Silencing
A Memoir
by Lacy Crawford 2020 400 pages
4.24
9k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Feminism
Los señores del narco Summary
Los señores del narco
by Anabel Hernández 2010 592 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Crime
The Fort Bragg Cartel Summary
The Fort Bragg Cartel
Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
by Seth Harp 2025 357 pages
4.06
9k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Walk the Blue Line Summary
Walk the Blue Line
Real Cops, True Stories
by James Patterson 2023 353 pages
4.19
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Biography
Crime
Raiders and Rebels Summary
Raiders and Rebels
The Golden Age of Piracy
by Frank Sherry 1986 399 pages
4.24
282 ratings
History
Pirates
True Crime
The Prosecutor Summary
The Prosecutor
by Nazir Afzal 2020 304 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
Law
Memoir
Biography
While the City Slept Summary
While the City Slept
A Love Lost to Violence and a Wake-Up Call for Mental Health Care in America
by Eli Sanders 2016 322 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mental Health
The Grim Sleeper Summary
The Grim Sleeper
The Lost Women of South Central
by Christine Pelisek 2016 325 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Written in Blood Summary
Written in Blood
A History of Forensic Detection
by Colin Wilson 1989 544 pages
3.92
233 ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
Days of Rage Summary
Days of Rage
America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
by Bryan Burrough 2015 608 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Bad City Summary
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
by Paul Pringle 2022 305 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Shot All to Hell Summary
Shot All to Hell
Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape
by Mark Lee Gardner 2013 320 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
History
True Crime
American History
The Hate Next Door Summary
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
by Matson Browning 2023 368 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Forensics Summary
Forensics
A Guide for Writers
by D.P. Lyle 2008 448 pages
4.34
375 ratings
Writing
Reference
Science
Killing the Dream Summary
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Gerald Posner 1998 448 pages
4.09
220 ratings
History
American History
True Crime
To Hell on a Fast Horse Summary
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
by Mark Lee Gardner 2010 518 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Westerns
Fear Is Just a Word Summary
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
by Azam Ahmed 2023 384 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
V13 Summary
V13
Cronaca giudiziaria
by Emmanuel Carrère 2022 267 pages
4.45
13k+ ratings
True Crime
France
History
Hauptmann's Ladder Summary
Hauptmann's Ladder
A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
by Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014 416 pages
4.17
125 ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
Manifest Injustice Summary
Manifest Injustice
The True Story of a Convicted Murderer and the Lawyers Who Fought for His Freedom
by Barry Siegel 2013 400 pages
4.10
178 ratings
True Crime
Crime
Justice
You'll Never Believe Me Summary
You'll Never Believe Me
A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist
by Kari Ferrell 2025 288 pages
3.34
2k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
The Art of Political Murder Summary
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
by Francisco Goldman 2007 396 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
The Gates of Janus Summary
The Gates of Janus
Serial Killing and Its Analysis
by Ian Brady 2001 311 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Psychology
The Case That Never Dies Summary
The Case That Never Dies
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
by Lloyd C. Gardner 2004 480 pages
3.47
118 ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
World Famous Cults and Fanatics Summary
World Famous Cults and Fanatics
by Colin Wilson 2004
3.00
104 ratings
True Crime
History
Cults
Blood Money Summary
Blood Money
Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans
by Peter Schweizer 2024 316 pages
4.36
1k+ ratings
Politics
China
History
The Desert and the Sea Summary
The Desert and the Sea
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
by Michael Scott Moore 2018 480 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Africa
Biography
The Infernal Machine Summary
The Infernal Machine
A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
by Steven Johnson 2024 368 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Order of Assassins Summary
Order of Assassins
The Psychology of Murder
by Colin Wilson 1972 326 pages
3.69
64 ratings
True Crime
Crime
The Best Minds Summary
The Best Minds
A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
by Jonathan Rosen 2023 576 pages
4.03
18k+ ratings
Memoir
Psychology
True Crime
Scam Goddess Summary
Scam Goddess
Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes
by Laci Mosley 2024 256 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Essays
Confessions Of A Cannibal Summary
Confessions Of A Cannibal
The Shocking True Story of Depraved Child-Killer Albert Fish
by Robert Keller 2015 117 pages
3.99
374 ratings
True Crime
Crime
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