Books
FromIn Cold BloodtoSay Nothing, these page-turners will keep you up at night.
Starting with Truman Capotes nonfiction novelIn Cold Bloodin 1966, that fascination birthed a genre: true crime.
The books on this list span historical eras and geographic place.
Some are pulpy, while others deal with serious questions about racial violence and prejudice.
But above all, they tell gripping stories.
Below, 30 true-crime books to add to your reading list.
InSavage Appetites, Texas-based journalist Rachel Monroe explores why women are so drawn to the morbid and violent.
She abandoned it before publishing, but Casey Cep picks up where she left off inFurious Hours.
The crime in question, which Cep thoroughly investigates herself, was the murder of the Rev.
Willie Maxwell in rural Alabama.
The local Ku Klux Klan quickly stormed the town, unleashing terror.
But not long after, legendary civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall arrived to investigate the case.
Corchados interest in the violence that results from drug trafficking wasnt abstract: He was targeted personally in 2007.
The crisis was so severe that the femicides inspired TV shows, movies, and novels.
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This article was originally published onApril 28, 2023