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True crime books will shock and amaze you. Fascinating and terrifying in equal measure, there’s something grizzly here for the true crime buff. Explore topics from gangsters to the mafia, and from psychopaths to hard men in our selection of thousands of true crime classics and the latest bestsellers in the genre.

True Crime bestsellers

Empire of Pain

Empire of Pain

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Unnatural Causes
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Unnatural Causes

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Fruit from a Poisonous Tree
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Fruit from a Poisonous Tree

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Say Nothing

Say Nothing

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A Beautiful Child

A Beautiful Child

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A History of Water

A History of Water

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One Nation Under Blackmail
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One Nation Under Blackmail

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Billion Dollar Whale

Billion Dollar Whale

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Red Notice

Red Notice

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The Dark Hours
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The Dark Hours

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Black Bird

Black Bird

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Rogues

Rogues

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The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City

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In with the Devil

In with the Devil

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In Cold Blood
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In Cold Blood

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Girl A

Girl A

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Papillon
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Papillon

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The Betrayer
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The Betrayer

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The Five

The Five

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Bad Blood
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Bad Blood

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The Liar
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The Liar

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A Song for the Dark Times
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A Song for the Dark Times

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The Plea
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The Plea

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Dead in the Water
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Dead in the Water

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My Friend Anna
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My Friend Anna

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Parkland: Birth of a Movement

Parkland: Birth of a Movement

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Mindhunter

Mindhunter

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Chaos

Chaos

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Unmask Alice
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Unmask Alice

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Written In Bone

Written In Bone

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Permanent Record

Permanent Record

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Burial Rites

Burial Rites

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The Chain
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The Chain

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We Own This City

We Own This City

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The Devil In The White City

The Devil In The White City

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The Mafia
Psychopaths

True Crime Classics

Columbine

Columbine

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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Small Sacrifices

Small Sacrifices

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Under The Banner of Heaven

Under The Banner of Heaven

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Fatal Vision

Fatal Vision

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Zodiac

Zodiac

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Zodiac Unmasked

Zodiac Unmasked

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The Devil In The White City

The Devil In The White City

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The Orchid Thief
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The Orchid Thief

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People Who Eat Darkness

People Who Eat Darkness

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A Death in Belmont

A Death in Belmont

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Homicide

Homicide

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The Executioner's Song
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The Executioner's Song

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Michelle McNamara
Truman Capote
David Simon
Masha Gessen

Stories based on true crimes

HHhH
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HHhH

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In Cold Blood
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In Cold Blood

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High Dive

High Dive

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Burial Rites

Burial Rites

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Caleb's Crossing

Caleb's Crossing

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Psycho
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Psycho

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Jaws

Jaws

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Room

Room

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The Black Dahlia
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The Black Dahlia

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We Need To Talk About Kevin

We Need To Talk About Kevin

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Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

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The Night of the Hunter
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The Night of the Hunter

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Hangsaman
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Hangsaman

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Jack the ripper

Ripper

Ripper

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They All Love Jack

They All Love Jack

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Stalking Jack the Ripper
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Stalking Jack the Ripper

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The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper
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The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper

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The Complete History of Jack the Ripper
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The Complete History of Jack the Ripper

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The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories

The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories

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From Hell

From Hell

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The Jack the Ripper Location Photographs
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The Jack the Ripper Location Photographs

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Complete Jack The Ripper
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Complete Jack The Ripper

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A Grim Almanac of Jack the Ripper's London 1870-1900
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A Grim Almanac of Jack the Ripper's London 1870-1900

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Jack the Ripper: The Terrible Legacy
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Jack the Ripper: The Terrible Legacy

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Gangsters

Our Story

Our Story

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Freddie Foreman
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Freddie Foreman

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Gang Wars of the North
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Gang Wars of the North

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The Twins
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The Twins

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The World's Most Evil Gangsters
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The World's Most Evil Gangsters

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The Best of True Crime

Book Depository sells true crime books from the bestselling investigative authors around the world. From celebrated journalist and author of Bad Blood John Carreyrou to authors like Truman Capote (In Cold Blood), Ann Rule (Small Sacrifices) and Roberto Saviano (Gomorrah) who shaped the genre, discover the best reads from authors who have spent countless hours of research to bring these stories of horror to life.

Crime throughout history

As well as modern crime stories, Book Depository’s true crime books search the depths of history to bring some of the darkest moments in humanity’s past into the light. Explore our best selling Jack the Ripper books to learn more about one of the Victorian era’s most notorious killers, or lose yourself in the decades of the 20th century in the works of writers like Robert Graysmith, Jon Krakauer and Janet Malcolm.