True Crime Books to Follow for the Latest and Greatest

Zain from the Alpha Content Team
Jan 15, 2023
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Updated: Feb 3, 2023

True crime books are a popular genre that explores real-life crimes, often including accounts of investigations and legal proceedings. Here are ten true crime authors or books that are currently popular and worth following for the latest and greatest in the genre:

"The Last Stone" by Mark Bowden: This book tells the story of the investigation into the 1975 disappearance of two young girls in Virginia, and the efforts to bring their kidnapper to justice decades later.
"The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett: This book, while not a true crime book, explores themes of race and identity through the story of twin sisters who go on the run after one of them is involved in a crime.
"The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides: This book is a psychological thriller about a woman who is found guilty of murdering her husband, but refuses to speak about the crime.
"The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah: This book, while not a true crime book, tells the story of two sisters in Nazi-occupied France, one of whom is accused of collaborating with the enemy and must clear her name.
"The Confession Killer" by John Grisham: This book tells the story of Henry Lee Lucas, a serial killer who confessed to hundreds of murders, but many of his confessions were later found to be false.
"The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" by Stuart Turton: This book, while not a true crime book, is a mystery novel about a woman whose death is investigated over and over again by different characters in different bodies.
"The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead: This book, while not a true crime book, tells the story of two young boys who are sent to a reform school in the 1960s and the horrors they experience there.
"The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides: This book is a psychological thriller about a woman who is found guilty of murdering her husband, but refuses to speak about the crime.
"The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah: This book, while not a true crime book, tells the story of two sisters in Nazi-occupied France, one of whom is accused of collaborating with the enemy and must clear her name.
"The Confession Killer" by John Grisham: This book tells the story of Henry Lee Lucas, a serial killer who confessed to hundreds of murders, but many of his confessions were later found to be false.

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