Understanding True Crime Titles
This genre explores real-life criminal cases, investigations, and the pursuit of justice. It's a genre that grips readers with stories of true crime and the human psyche.
How to come up with the perfect True Crime title
Titles should intrigue and engage readers by conveying the suspense and intrigue of real-life criminal events.
Other True Crime titles
Explore titles that delve into notorious criminal cases, true crime investigations, and the chilling stories of real-life criminals.
| Title | Author | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|
| In Cold Blood | Truman Capote | 1966 |
| Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders | Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry | 1974 |
| The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America | Erik Larson | 2003 |
| The Stranger Beside Me | Ann Rule | 1980 |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | John Berendt | 1994 |
| The Executioner's Song | Norman Mailer | 1979 |
| I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer | Michelle McNamara | 2018 |
| Zodiac | Robert Graysmith | 1986 |
| The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez | Philip Carlo | 1996 |
| Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer | Ann Rule | 2004 |
| The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder | Charles Graeber | 2013 |
| The Cases That Haunt Us: From Jack the Ripper to JonBenet Ramsey, the FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Sheds New Light on the Mysteries That Won't Go Away | John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker | 2000 |
| American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century | Maureen Callahan | 2019 |
| The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery | Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James | 2017 |
| People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo - and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up | Richard Lloyd Parry | 2011 |
| The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders | Anthony Flacco and Jerry Clark | 2009 |
| The Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three | Mara Leveritt | 2002 |
| The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, Updated and Expanded Edition | Elizabeth Kendall | 2020 |
| Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story Of A Doctor Who Got Away With Murder | James B. Stewart | 1999 |
| The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer | Philip Carlo | 2006 |
