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Walk the Blue Line Summary
Walk the Blue Line
They Walk the Line between Life and Death
by James Patterson 2023 352 pages
4.20
3.5K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
The Violence Project Summary
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
by Jillian Peterson 2021 240 pages
4.46
1.3K ratings
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
Black Mass Summary
Black Mass
by Dick Lehr 2000 424 pages
3.81
8.4K ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
While the City Slept Summary
While the City Slept
A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness
by Eli Sanders 2016 336 pages
3.99
3.6K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mental Illness
Provenance Summary
Provenance
How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
by Laney Salisbury 2009 327 pages
3.92
6.6K ratings
Art
True Crime
History
Notes on a Silencing Summary
Notes on a Silencing
A Memoir
by Lacy Crawford 2020 400 pages
4.25
9.2K ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
Assassination Generation Summary
Assassination Generation
Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
by Dave Grossman 2016 272 pages
3.70
329 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
The Ultimate Evil Summary
The Ultimate Evil
by Maury Terry 1987 538 pages
3.87
2.0K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Blood on the Moon Summary
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
by Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 pages
4.17
694 ratings
History
Civil War
American 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
3.93
2.9K ratings
True Crime
History
Feminism
Education of a Felon Summary
Education of a Felon
by Edward Bunker 1999 320 pages
4.14
1.6K ratings
Biography
Crime
True Crime
Raiders and Rebels Summary
Raiders and Rebels
The Golden Age of Piracy
by Frank Sherry 1986 399 pages
4.21
272 ratings
History
Pirates
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
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
39.7K ratings
History
Medicine
Medical
Bad City Summary
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
by Paul Pringle 2022 304 pages
4.21
3.5K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Shot All to Hell Summary
Shot All to Hell
Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape
by Mark Lee Gardner 2013 320 pages
4.03
1.0K ratings
History
True Crime
American History
Midnight in Mexico Summary
Midnight in Mexico
A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
by Alfredo Corchado 2013 304 pages
3.78
1.7K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
To Hell on a Fast Horse Summary
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
by Mark Lee Gardner 2010 518 pages
3.78
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
Westerns
American Brutus Summary
American Brutus
John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
by Michael W. Kauffman 2004 544 pages
4.15
2.4K ratings
History
Civil War
Biography
Fear Is Just a Word Summary
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
by Azam Ahmed 2023 384 pages
3.94
1.4K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Prosecutor Summary
The Prosecutor
by Nazir Afzal 2020 304 pages
4.43
1.2K ratings
Law
Memoir
Biography
Manifest Injustice Summary
Manifest Injustice
The True Story of a Convicted Murderer and the Lawyers Who Fought for His Freedom
by Barry Siegel 2013 400 pages
4.08
159 ratings
True Crime
Crime
Written in Blood Summary
Written in Blood
A History of Forensic Detection
by Colin Wilson 1989 544 pages
3.93
227 ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
The Hate Next Door Summary
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
by Matson Browning 2023 368 pages
4.13
397 ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Forensics Summary
Forensics
A Guide for Writers
by D.P. Lyle 2008 448 pages
4.34
373 ratings
Writing
Science
True Crime
Killing the Dream Summary
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Gerald Posner 1998 448 pages
4.08
211 ratings
History
American History
True Crime
The Grim Sleeper Summary
The Grim Sleeper
The Lost Women of South Central
by Christine Pelisek 2016 325 pages
3.92
1.1K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Los seΓ±ores del narco Summary
Los seΓ±ores del narco
by Anabel HernΓ‘ndez 2010 592 pages
4.04
2.1K ratings
History
Politics
Crime
Hauptmann's Ladder Summary
Hauptmann's Ladder
A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
by Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014 416 pages
4.15
117 ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
The Case That Never Dies Summary
The Case That Never Dies
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
by Lloyd C. Gardner 2004 480 pages
3.47
112 ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
You'll Never Believe Me Summary
You'll Never Believe Me
A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist
by Kari Ferrell 2025 288 pages
3.35
1.8K ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
World Famous Cults and Fanatics Summary
World Famous Cults and Fanatics
by Colin Wilson 2004
3.00
104 ratings
History
True Crime
Cults
Order of Assassins Summary
Order of Assassins
by Colin Wilson 1972 272 pages
3.71
62 ratings
True Crime
Crime
The Art of Political Murder Summary
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
by Francisco Goldman 2007 396 pages
4.15
1.0K ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
V13 Summary
V13
by Emmanuel Carrère 2022 267 pages
4.45
11.8K ratings
True Crime
France
History
The Gates of Janus Summary
The Gates of Janus
Serial Killing and Its Analysis
by Ian Brady 2001 311 pages
3.59
499 ratings
True Crime
Crime
Psychology
The Desert and the Sea Summary
The Desert and the Sea
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
by Michael Scott Moore 2018 480 pages
3.97
2.4K ratings
Memoir
Africa
Biography
The Girl in the Green Dress Summary
The Girl in the Green Dress
by Mariah Fredericks 2025 336 pages
3.8
351 ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Pimp Summary
Pimp
The Story of My Life
by Iceberg Slim 2002 311 pages
4
14.6K ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Missing Cryptoqueen Summary
The Missing Cryptoqueen
The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away with It
by Jamie Bartlett 2022 320 pages
4.21
1.6K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Business
Days of Rage Summary
Days of Rage
America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
by Bryan Burrough 2015 608 pages
3.96
2.4K ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Infernal Machine Summary
The Infernal Machine
A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
by Steven Johnson 2024 368 pages
4.03
1.6K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Confident Women Summary
Confident Women
Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion
by Tori Telfer 2021 352 pages
3.71
4.1K ratings
True Crime
History
Feminism
Scam Goddess Summary
Scam Goddess
Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes
by Laci Mosley 2024 256 pages
4.02
968 ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Essays
Hellhound on His Trail Summary
Hellhound on His Trail
The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
by Hampton Sides 2010 397 pages
4.34
14.2K ratings
History
True Crime
Biography
The Zorg Summary
The Zorg
A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
by Siddharth Kara 2025 304 pages
4.26
761 ratings
History
Africa
Crime
The Best Minds Summary
The Best Minds
A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
by Jonathan Rosen 2023 576 pages
4.03
17.3K ratings
Memoir
Psychology
True Crime
The Professor and the Madman Summary
The Professor and the Madman
A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester 2005 242 pages
3.84
121.4K ratings
History
Biography
Language
Confessions Of A Cannibal Summary
Confessions Of A Cannibal
The Shocking True Story of Depraved Child-Killer Albert Fish
by Robert Keller 2015 117 pages
3.98
361 ratings
True Crime
Crime
L'Avversario Summary
L'Avversario
by Emmanuel Carrère 2013 169 pages
3.99
44.2K ratings
True Crime
Crime
France
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