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True Crime
11 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
11 posts
Where to Start with John Carreyrou: A Reading Guide
Where to start with John Carreyrou — how to approach Bad Blood, his essential investigative account of the Theranos fraud. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Michelle McNamara: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Michelle McNamara — how to approach I'll Be Gone in the Dark, her posthumous masterpiece of the Golden State Killer investigation and one of the finest books in true crime. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Patrick Radden Keefe: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Patrick Radden Keefe — whether to begin with Say Nothing, Empire of Pain, or Rogues. A complete reading guide to the narrative non-fiction journalist.
Jon Krakauer Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Jon Krakauer's complete bibliography in order — from Into the Wild and Into Thin Air to Under the Banner of Heaven. Best starting points for new readers.
Where to Start with David Grann: A Reading Guide
Where to start with David Grann — whether to begin with Killers of the Flower Moon, The Lost City of Z, or The Wager. A complete reading guide to the narrative non-fiction writer.
Where to Start with Erik Larson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Erik Larson — whether to begin with The Devil in the White City, Dead Wake, or In the Garden of Beasts. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Holly Jackson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Holly Jackson — whether to begin with A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Good Girl Bad Blood, or As Good As Dead. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Jon Krakauer: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Jon Krakauer — whether to begin with Into Thin Air, Into the Wild, or Under the Banner of Heaven. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Truman Capote: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Truman Capote — whether to begin with In Cold Blood, Breakfast at Tiffany's, or Other Voices, Other Rooms. A complete reading guide.
Books Like In Cold Blood: True Crime, Narrative Journalism, and the Criminal Mind
Truman Capote's account of the 1959 Clutter family murders in Kansas — and the killers who committed them — invented the true crime genre and the narrative nonfiction form. These books share its intimacy with violence, its literary ambition, and the moral problem of making art from real suffering.
Best True Crime Books: 10 Essential Reads That Defined the Genre
True crime is one of publishing's fastest-growing genres. These 10 books — from serial killers to corporate fraud to political murder — are the ones that defined it.
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