Category: True Crime
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The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much is a captivating true crime story about a man who stole antique and collectable books. It features a lot of interesting information about the art of antique book collecting. The author is also a journalist, and so the book is written really well.…
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Like True Crime Books? Try These Vintage Picks
The media only reports what it wants you to hear. That’s why true crime books are so fun, assuming that’s why you’re reading this blog right now. There may have been gruesome and heinous crimes that took place in your own backyard. How would you know if you didn’t read…
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Father of the Year by Glenn Puit
Father of the Year is the 2nd book by Glenn Puit, otherwise known as the “King of True Crime.” And that’s genuinely a well-deserved title. Father of the Year is about Bill Rundle, a con-man who murdered his wife and left her corpse on the side of the road. Rundle…
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Denial: A Memoir of Terror by Jessica Stern
Denial: A Memoir of Terror is a true story about a rape victim—the author Jessica Stern—who investigates her own case. One day, Jessica receives an email from Paul Macone, the police lieutenant who oversaw her rape case many years ago. His email pushes her to dive headfirst into overcoming her…
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Polly Klaas: The Murder of America’s Child by Barry Bortnick
Polly Klaas: The Murder of America’s Child is the true story about the abduction and murder of the book’s namesake. The story begins on October 1, 1993. That’s the night Polly hosted a sleepover for her friends and was later kidnapped. We’re given the scary and disturbing events of that…
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Fall: The Rape and Murder of Innocence in a Small Town by Ron Franscell
Fall: The Rape and Murder of Innocence in a Small Town is about two girls who were abducted, raped, and murdered in 1973 in Casper, Wyoming. It’s written by Ron Franscell—a Casper native and journalist who knew the girls personally. Because of this, Fall is deeply personal, and written incredibly…
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Salt of the Earth by Jack Olsen
Salt of the Earth is one of many true crime books by Jack Olsen, and an excellent one at that. This one is about the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl named Brenda Gere, and the effects it has on her family—particularly her mother, Elaine. At the time Brenda went missing,…
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Columbine by Dave Cullen
Columbine by Dave Cullen presents a factual breakdown of the events that took place on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. I lived down the road in Colorado Springs when this shooting happened. I followed the aftermath of the Columbine shooting very closely—it was hard not to…