33 True Crime Books About the World’s Most Notorious Serial Killers

Beast

By S. R. Schwalb and Gustavo Sánchez Romero

The Truth about Belle Gunness

By Lillian de la Torre

The Devil in the White City

By Erik Larson

The Unspeakable Crimes of Dr. Petiot

By Thomas Maeder

John Christie of Rillington Place

By Jonathan Oates

Deviant

By Harold Schechter

Zodiac

By Robert Graysmith

The Boston Strangler

By Gerold Frank

Serpentine

By Thomas Thompson

Brady and Hindley

By Fred Harrison

Edmund Kemper: The True Story of The Co-ed Killer

By Jack Rosewood

The Michigan Murders

By Edward Keyes

Fred & Rose

Colombian Killers: The True Stories of the Three Most Prolific Serial Killers on Earth

By Ryan Green

Buried Dreams

The Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims

By Jack Olsen

The Casanova Killer: The Life of Serial Killer Paul John Knowles

By Jack Smith

The Stranger Beside Me

By Ann Rule

Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK, the Serial Killer Next Door

By Roy Wenzi, Tim Potter, Hurst Laviana, and L. Kelly

Harold Shipman: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Serial Killer

By Ryan Green

A Thirst for Blood

By Lt. Ray Biondi and Walt Hecox

The Hillside Stranglers

By Darcy O'Brien

The Shadow of Death

By Philip E. Ginsburg

The Red Ripper

By Peter Conradi

My Friend Dahmer

By Derf Backderf

Through the Window: The Terrifying Story of the Cross-Country Killer Tommy Lynn Sells

By Diane Fanning

The Search for the Green River Killer

By Carlton Smith and Tomas Guillen

Die for Me

By Don Lasseter

The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

By Philip Carlo

Dead Ends

By Joseph Michael Reynolds

The Bayou Strangler

By Fred Rosen

Love Me to Death

By Steve Jackson

Nobody's Women: The Crimes and Victims of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Serial Killer

By Steve Miller