 | In Cold Blood : A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (Penguin Modern Classics) by Truman Capote
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £3.00 need I say more?
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 | Happy Like Murderers: The True Story of Fred and Rosemary West by Gordon Burn
Buy used from: £0.65 If you've got the stomach for this fascinating and lyrical study of Fred and Rose West, read it
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 | The Innocent Man by John Grisham
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Real life Grisham, for a change. Pacey.
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 | The Crimes of Josef Fritzl: Uncovering the Truth by Stefanie Marsh
Buy new: £4.25 / Used from: £0.75 Successful attempt to explain the crime of the century. Atmospheric but not schlocky. And based on real material (not speculation).
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 | The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale
Buy new: £4.30 / Used from: £0.01 Nicely written account of the origin's of Britain's detective mania, with cameo from Charles Dickens
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 | The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer (Hodder Great Reads) by Brian Masters
Somehow the fact that Dahmer owned an aqarium has put me off the things for life.
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 | Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Elusive Serial Killer: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Bizarre Mass Murderer by Robert Graysmith
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £0.01 Classic poppy cult text
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 | Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Buy new: £11.39 / Used from: £0.85 Even if you mountaineering shenanigans send you to sleep, read this text.
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 | Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: £5.37 / Used from: £1.99 Ever so slightly irritating, polarising, fascinating account of a middle-class boy's escape into the wilderness
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 | The Dirt - Motley Crue: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Neil Strauss
Buy new: £8.47 / Used from: £3.19 The best/grossest/funniest/truest rock 'n' roll memoir ever written.
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 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Hunter S. Thompson
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £2.25 I will never get over how funny this book is.
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 | The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £2.85 What a great writer this is. I had no idea I was interested in this subject!
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 | Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy by Ben Macintyre
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 The tone is perfect: perfect spy biography. Funny, slick and tightly controlled.
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 | Killing for Company: Case of Dennis Nilsen by Brian Masters
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.50 Great source material and Nillsen was so articulate.
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