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So if you're looking to explore the depths of human depravity—or witness the efforts good people take to bring such criminals to justice—read on for 25 of the best true crime books ever published.

Absolutely riveting, a book you won’t forget. Kate Summerscale more or less singlehandedly detonated the recent explosion in true crime with her ... not always get the best coverage, so it ...

It’s a fascinating companion piece for Kingsolver’s socially conscious novels. (Faber) Available in book stores and instantly from: Earlier this year, a veritable who’s who of modelling ...

The serial killer has a special place in crime fiction and true crime ... Hillier is one of the best thriller writers around, and this, her first book, already establishes her as one of the ...

It ran as a serial story in The New Yorker weekly magazine before being published as a book in 1966. The best-selling true crime book of all time is “Helter Skelter” by Vincent Bugliosi.

From nonfiction books about shocking robberies and serial killers to moving memoirs about survival, below, we rounded up the best true-crime books from the past decade that are worth reading.