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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.

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Unnatural Causes

Unnatural Causes

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Fake Law
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Fake Law

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In Cold Blood
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In Cold Blood

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The Mammoth Book of New CSI

The Mammoth Book of New CSI

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Bad Blood

Bad Blood

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The Secret Barrister

The Secret Barrister

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Murder at Roaringwater

Murder at Roaringwater

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Burial Rites
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Burial Rites

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Trejo
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Trejo

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Cult Following

Cult Following

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Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels

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The Witness

The Witness

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Mindhunter

Mindhunter

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With My Little Eye

With My Little Eye

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Five Families

Five Families

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A Woman of No Importance
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A Woman of No Importance

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The Witness

The Witness

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High: My Prison Journey as One of the Infamous Peru Two - NOW A MAJOR BBC THREE DOCUMENTARY
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High: My Prison Journey as One of the Infamous Peru Two - NOW A MAJOR BBC THREE DOCUMENTARY

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Pimp: The Story Of My Life

Pimp: The Story Of My Life

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The Journalist And The Murderer
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The Journalist And The Murderer

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The Five

The Five

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Beyond the Tape

Beyond the Tape

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The Sleep of Reason

The Sleep of Reason

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Bombshell

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The Baby Snatchers

The Baby Snatchers

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I Let Him Go
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I Let Him Go

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Empire of Pain

Empire of Pain

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The Ratline

The Ratline

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A Rip in Heaven

A Rip in Heaven

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Black Edge

Black Edge

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I'll Be Gone in the Dark

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

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In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

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Billion Dollar Whale

Billion Dollar Whale

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The Biggest Secret

The Biggest Secret

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Catch and Kill
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Catch and Kill

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The Mafia
Psychopaths

True Crime Classics

Columbine

Columbine

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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
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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

The Orchid Thief

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People Who Eat Darkness

People Who Eat Darkness

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A Death in Belmont
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A Death in Belmont

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Homicide

Homicide

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The Executioner's Song

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

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
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Jaws

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Room
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Room

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The Black Dahlia

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

Hangsaman

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Jack the ripper

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

The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper

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The Complete History of Jack the Ripper

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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Jack the Ripper: The Casebook

Jack the Ripper: The Casebook

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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

A Grim Almanac of Jack the Ripper's London

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Jack the Ripper: The Terrible Legacy

Jack the Ripper: The Terrible Legacy

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Gangsters

Our Story
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Our Story

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Big Shots
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Big Shots

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Freddie Foreman

Freddie Foreman

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Gang Wars of the North

Gang Wars of the North

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Hitmen

Hitmen

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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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Underbelly

Underbelly

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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.