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Blind Injustice Summary
Blind Injustice
A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions
by Mark Godsey 2017 265 pages
4.39
345 ratings
True Crime
Law
Crime
Hit Men Summary
Hit Men
Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
by Fredric Dannen 1990 432 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Music
History
Business
The Lazarus Heist Summary
The Lazarus Heist
From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War
by Geoff White 2022 304 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
Dreamland Summary
Dreamland
The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
by Sam Quinones 2015 384 pages
4.23
32k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
Butler Summary
Butler
The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland
by Salena Zito 2025 238 pages
4.34
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Crime
Some People Need Killing Summary
Some People Need Killing
A Memoir of Murder in My Country
by Patricia Evangelista 2023 428 pages
4.20
10k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Politics
Criminology For Dummies Summary
Criminology For Dummies
by Steven Briggs 2009 384 pages
3.89
248 ratings
Science
Reference
Psychology
The Book of Murder Summary
The Book of Murder
A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death
by Matt Murphy 2024 320 pages
4.44
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
The Secret Barrister Summary
The Secret Barrister
Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
by The Secret Barrister 2018 385 pages
3.88
22k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
Public Enemies Summary
Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
by Bryan Burrough 2004 640 pages
3.98
6k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Punishment Without Crime Summary
Punishment Without Crime
How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
by Alexandra Natapoff 2018 352 pages
4.16
441 ratings
Law
Politics
Social Justice
Exploding the Phone Summary
Exploding the Phone
The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell
by Phil Lapsley 2013 431 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
History
Technology
True Crime
The Idaho Four Summary
The Idaho Four
An American Tragedy
by James Patterson 2025 448 pages
4.16
26k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Thriller
The Spider Network Summary
The Spider Network
The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
by David Enrich 2017 528 pages
4.07
6k+ ratings
Business
Finance
History
A House in Gross Disorder Summary
A House in Gross Disorder
Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven
by Cynthia B. Herrup 1999 232 pages
3.54
119 ratings
History
17th Century
School
The Profiler Summary
The Profiler
My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths
by Pat Brown 2010 285 pages
3.08
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Manifesting Justice Summary
Manifesting Justice
Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
by Valena E. Beety 2022 402 pages
4.33
126 ratings
History
Politics
Feminism
The Black Hand Summary
The Black Hand
The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer
by Chris Blatchford 2008 352 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Arrest-Proof Yourself Summary
Arrest-Proof Yourself
by Dale C. Carson 2007 384 pages
3.77
320 ratings
Self Help
Law
Survival
Wilmington's Lie Summary
Wilmington's Lie
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
by David Zucchino 2020 426 pages
4.43
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
Cops' True Stories of the Paranormal Summary
Cops' True Stories of the Paranormal
Ghosts, UFOs, and Other Shivers
by Loren W. Christensen 2016 208 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Paranormal
True Crime
Ghosts
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective
by Robert Mann 2006
3.91
500+ ratings
True Crime
Science
Crime
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas
Inside the New Global Sex Trade
by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
True Crime
Feminism
Sociology
Boundless Summary
Boundless
The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn – The Apple TV+ True Crime Business Story from WSJ Reporters
by Nick Kostov 2022 320 pages
4.38
500+ ratings
Business
Biography
History
The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries Summary
The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries
by Colin Wilson 1984 320 pages
3.67
257 ratings
Paranormal
Mystery
History
Nowhere Girl Summary
Nowhere Girl
A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
by Cheryl Diamond 2021 309 pages
4.04
8k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Book Club
A Criminal History of Mankind Summary
A Criminal History of Mankind
by Colin Wilson 1985 815 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
History
Psychology
True Crime
Predators Summary
Predators
Who They Are and How to Stop Them
by Gregory M. Cooper 2007 318 pages
4.20
46 ratings
True Crime
The Zorg Summary
The Zorg
A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
by Siddharth Kara 2025 304 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
History
Africa
Race
The JFK Conspiracy Summary
The JFK Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why it Failed
by Brad Meltzer 2025 292 pages
4.12
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Silent No More Summary
Silent No More
Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky
by Aaron Fisher 2012 242 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
Five Days at Memorial Summary
Five Days at Memorial
Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by Sheri Fink 2013 558 pages
3.93
41k+ ratings
History
Medicine
Medical
The Betrayal of Anne Frank Summary
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
A Cold Case Investigation
by Rosemary Sullivan 2022 400 pages
3.83
15k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Holocaust
Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief Summary
Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
by Bill Mason 2004 384 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Biography
True Crime
Crime
Wyatt Earp Summary
Wyatt Earp
The Life Behind the Legend
by Casey Tefertiller 1997 416 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Westerns
Under the Trestle Summary
Under the Trestle
The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial.
by Ron Peterson Jr. 2018 334 pages
4.30
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
Breaking the Silence Summary
Breaking the Silence
Two little boys, lost and unloved. One foster carer determined to make a difference.
by Casey Watson 2013 289 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
Fostering
Memoir
Abuse
The Other Side of Prospect Summary
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022 464 pages
4.43
462 ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Traces Summary
Traces
The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator
by Patricia Wiltshire 2019 312 pages
3.60
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Science
Memoir
Behind the Door Summary
Behind the Door
The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel – A Memoir of Life, Death, and America's Most Enigmatic Address
by Amy Price 2023 240 pages
3.48
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
History
Enemy of All Mankind Summary
Enemy of All Mankind
A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
by Steven Johnson 2020 286 pages
3.89
4k+ ratings
History
Pirates
True Crime
The Girl in the Green Dress Summary
The Girl in the Green Dress
by Mariah Fredericks 2025 336 pages
3.54
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Prophet's Prey Summary
Prophet's Prey
My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints
by Sam Brower 2011 336 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
True Crime
Religion
Cults
Forensics for Dummies Summary
Forensics for Dummies
by D.P. Lyle 2004 400 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
True Crime
Reference
Crime
The Ultimate Evil Summary
The Ultimate Evil
by Maury Terry 1987 538 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Plane That Wasn't There Summary
The Plane That Wasn't There
Why We Haven't Found Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
by Jeff Wise 2015 95 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Aviation
How to Solve a Crime Summary
How to Solve a Crime
Stories from the Cutting Edge of Forensics
by Professor Angela Gallop 2022 284 pages
3.59
277 ratings
Science
True Crime
Crime
The Devil's Playbook Summary
The Devil's Playbook
Big Tobacco, Juul, and the Addiction of a New Generation
by Lauren Etter 2021 495 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Business
Health
History
When a Killer Calls Summary
When a Killer Calls
by John E. Douglas 2022 336 pages
4.04
6k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Secret History of the Rape Kit Summary
The Secret History of the Rape Kit
A True Crime Story
by Pagan Kennedy 2025 237 pages
3.88
9k+ ratings
True Crime
History
Feminism
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