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Serial Killers Books

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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

1. Long Haul
Frank Figliuzzi
Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
2. A Serial Killer's Daughter
Kerri Rawson
A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming (An Insider's Look at the True Crime Story of the BTK Killer, Dennis Rader)
3. The Serial Killer Cookbook
Ashley Lecker
The Serial Killer Cookbook: True Crime Trivia and Disturbingly Delicious Last Meals from Death Row's Most Infamous Killers and Murderers
4. The Killer Book of Serial Killers
Tom Philbin, Michael Philbin
The Killer Book of Serial Killers: Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Serial Killers
5. Behold the Monster
Jillian Lauren, Michael Connelly
Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
6. Lying in Wait
Ann Rule
Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17
7. The Good Nurse
Charles Graeber
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder
8. Furious Hours
Casey Cep
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
9. The Education of a Coroner
John Bateson
The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death
10. Zodiac
Robert Graysmith
Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of the Hunt for the Nation's Most Elusive Serial Killer
11. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Patton Oswalt
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
12. The Typewriter and the Guillotine
Mark Braude
The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII
13. The I-5 Killer
Ann Rule
A True Crime pick for readers exploring The I-5 Killer.
14. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
15. American Black Widow
Gregg Olsen
American Black Widow: The shocking true story of a preacher's wife turned killer
16. The Book of Criminal Minds
Publications International
The Book of Criminal Minds: Forgeries, Robberies, Heists, Crimes of Passion, Murders, Money Laundering, Con Artistry, and More
17. MrBallen Presents: Strange, Dark & Mysterious
MrBallen, Robert Venditti
MrBallen Presents: Strange, Dark & Mysterious: The Graphic Stories
18. Identity Crisis
Jefferson Bass
Identity Crisis: The Murder, the Mystery, and the Missing DNA
19. Bitter Blood
Jerry Bledsoe
Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
20. Imperfect Justice
Jeff Ashton, Lisa (CON) Pulitzer Jeff Ashton
Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony

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