10 Best True Crime Books You Should Read

10 Best True Crime Books You Should Read

Today, we bring to you 10 best true crime books you should read that have taken place all over the world.

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

Considered the #1 true crime book, this novel is an insider’s account of the atrocious Tate-LaBlianca murder by the mastermind Charles Manson and his followers.

In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

This is one of the most acclaimed and beloved true crime novels of all time. It deals with the brutal murder of the Clutter family in Kansas in 1959.

In The Dream House

In The Dream House

When we think of true crime novels, we think of murder, theft and espionage. Yet sexual and domestic abuse is also a criminal offense by law,..

The Red Ripper

The Red Ripper

This is a study of Andrei Chikatilo, or Citizen Chi as he was called in the Soviet. He was a member of the Communist Party and guilty of a chain of murders.

The Real Lolita

The Real Lolita

This true crime novel explores two things. Firstly, the kidnapping of the eleven year old Sally Horner by the middle aged pedophile Frank La Salle.

True Crime Writings in Colonial India

True Crime Writings in Colonial India

Again a lesser known book in this genre, ‘True Crime Writings in Colonial India’ offers a crime investigative perspective

Alias Grace

Alias Grace

This wonderfully paced book is a fictional imagination of a true crime that occurred in Canada in 1843.

Strange Japan

Strange Japan

A relatively unknown book in the genre of true crime, this book is a series of essays on unsolved crimes in Japan.

Fatal Journey

Fatal Journey

This book is perhaps the most moving one on this list, because it is told from the lens of the victim’s mother.

A Serial Killer in Nazi Berlin

A Serial Killer in Nazi Berlin

As the title suggests, this is the non-fictional account of Paun Ogorzow, a serial killer in Nazi Germany.