33 True Crime Books About the World’s Most Notorious Serial Killers
From the never-caught Zodiac Killer to charming-but-deadly Ted Bundy, there’s always more to the story.
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Sarah Mangiola | Updated May 21, 2019 | Published Nov 9, 2017
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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
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Colombian Killers: The True Stories of the Three Most Prolific Serial Killers on Earth
By Ryan Green
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
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