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Added 2025-09-21 · 50 books
Top Ten True Crime Books
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by Claire Harman
“Claire Harman recounts this grisly tale with a fascinating account of the rise of sensationalism in Victorian literature.”
The 16 Best True Crime Books Of All Time
Added 2025-10-13 · 16 books

by Kate Summerscale
“A must read for fans of mystery fiction that gives insight into the birth of the genre.”

by Ron Stallworth
“While Black Klansman could sometimes be a bit too straightforward and lacking in tone, what's more important is its content.”
Goodreads' Popular True Crime Books
Added 2025-10-15 · 50 books

by Harold Schechter
“Materialism posits that matter objectively exists independently of whether we subjectively perceive it.”
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“If the moral clash between Herb Clutter and his killers lies at the core of In Cold Blood, a clash of a cultural kind lay behind its writing.”
★ 4.44 / 5
True Crime

“This is my favorite dystopian read.”
★ 4.36 / 5
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic

One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gabriel García Márquez, translated by Gregory Rabassa On 6 lists“One Hundred Years of Solitude is a masterpiece of magical realism that transcends cultural and linguistic barriers.”
★ 4.36 / 5
Magical Realism

“The narrative jumps from past to present to future seamlessly and seemingly magically to give readers a whimsical, realistic, yet ancient-feeling story.”
★ 4.00 / 5
Fantasy