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Bitter Blood Summary
Bitter Blood
A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
by Jerry Bledsoe 1989 573 pages
4.04
10.3K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
Blood Money Summary
Blood Money
Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans
by Peter Schweizer 2024 316 pages
4.35
1.2K ratings
Politics
China
History
L'Avversario Summary
L'Avversario
by Emmanuel Carrère 2013 169 pages
3.99
44.2K ratings
True Crime
Crime
France
Freezing Order Summary
Freezing Order
by Bill Browder 2022 313 pages
4.34
26.7K ratings
Politics
History
Russia
There Will Be Fire Summary
There Will Be Fire
Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
by Rory Carroll 2023 397 pages
4.38
11.5K ratings
History
Politics
Ireland
Anatomy of a Lynching Summary
Anatomy of a Lynching
The Killing of Claude Neal
by James R. McGovern 1982 184 pages
4.38
45 ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Evil Summary
Evil
The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side
by Julia Shaw 2019 320 pages
3.57
3.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe Summary
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
A True Crime Thriller
by James Patterson 2025 416 pages
3.8
1.4K ratings
Biography
True Crime
History
At the Hands of Persons Unknown Summary
At the Hands of Persons Unknown
The Lynching of Black America
by Philip Dray 2003 560 pages
4.45
672 ratings
History
Race
American History
Where Law Ends Summary
Where Law Ends
Inside the Mueller Investigation
by Andrew Weissmann 2020 403 pages
4.38
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
Law
The Five Summary
The Five
The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by Hallie Rubenhold 2019 352 pages
4.09
68.0K ratings
History
True Crime
Biography
The Library Book Summary
The Library Book
by Susan Orlean 2018 317 pages
3.88
124.2K ratings
History
Book Club
Books About Books
Wilful Blindness Summary
Wilful Blindness
How a Criminal Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated the West
by Sam Cooper 2021 472 pages
4.16
547 ratings
China
Politics
Crime
Lying for Money Summary
Lying for Money
How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of Our World
by Dan Davies 2018 321 pages
4
1.2K ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
Coram House Summary
Coram House
by Bailey Seybolt 2025 320 pages
3.64
4.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Highly Confident Summary
Highly Confident
The Crime and Punishment of Michael Milken
by Jesse Kornbluth 1992 384 pages
3.66
41 ratings
History
Business
Finance
L'instinct de mort Summary
L'instinct de mort
by Jacques Mesrine 1984 391 pages
4.3
416 ratings
Biography
True Crime
Crime
We Keep the Dead Close Summary
We Keep the Dead Close
A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
by Becky Cooper 2020 501 pages
3.72
13.2K ratings
True Crime
Mystery
Crime
Head Shot Summary
Head Shot
by Burl Barer 2001 320 pages
3.31
84 ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mental Health
Homegrown Summary
Homegrown
Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
by Jeffrey Toobin 2023 426 pages
4.16
4.3K ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
The Power of Awareness Summary
The Power of Awareness
And Other Secrets from the World's Foremost Spies, Detectives, and Special Operators on How to Stay Safe and Save Your Life
by Dan Schilling 2021 272 pages
4.01
255 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
True Crime
Bring the War Home Summary
Bring the War Home
The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
by Kathleen Belew 2018 352 pages
4.21
3.4K ratings
History
Politics
Race
A Need to Kill Summary
A Need to Kill
The True-Crime Account of John Joubert, Nebraska's Most Notorious Serial Child Killer
by Mark Pettit 2013 265 pages
3.88
338 ratings
True Crime
Crime
The Road to Jonestown Summary
The Road to Jonestown
Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
by Jeff Guinn 2017 454 pages
4.17
19.9K ratings
True Crime
History
Biography
The Ground Breaking Summary
The Ground Breaking
An American City and Its Search for Justice
by Scott Ellsworth 2021 323 pages
4.19
1.4K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
How to Kill a Witch Summary
How to Kill a Witch
The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women
by Zoe Venditozzi 2025 320 pages
3.93
7.6K ratings
History
Feminism
Witches
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