The most popular true crime books of 2022

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true crime books published in 2022, most popular first.

Perversion of Justice The Jeffrey Epstein Story

Julie K. Brown

Published 2022

446 pages

People Like Them The Award-Winning Thriller for Fans of Lullaby

Samira Sedira

Published 2022

192 pages

The Family Outing A Memoir

Jessi Hempel

Published 2022

320 pages

The Colony Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

Sally Denton

Published 2022

336 pages

When the Moon Turns to Blood Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times

Leah Sottile

Published 2022

320 pages

Agent Josephine

Damien Lewis

Published 2022

1 page

Wastelands The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

Corban Addison

Published 2022

464 pages

The Girl Who Left A fabulously tense thriller' Prima

Jenny Blackhurst

Published 2022

320 pages

Fall: The Mysterious Life and Death of Robert Maxwell, Britain's Most Notorious Media Baron

John Preston

Published 2022

368 pages

Con/Artist

Tony Tetro, Giampiero Ambrosi

Published 2022

1 page

The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in America's Segregated South

Chip Jones

Published 2022

The Science of Murder The Forensics of Agatha Christie

Carla Valentine

Published 2022

432 pages

Tropic of Stupid

Tim Dorsey

Published 2022

368 pages

Unlawful Killings Life, Love and Murder

Wendy Joseph KC

Published 2022

336 pages

Who Killed Jane Stanford? A Gilded-Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University

Richard White

Published 2022

384 pages

Frankenstein (Signature Classics)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Published 2022

232 pages

Pain Hustlers

Evan Hughes

Published 2022

288 pages

Shallow Graves My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

Ray Fysh

Published 2022

336 pages

A Haunted Road Atlas Sinister Stops, Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales

Christine Schiefer, Em Schulz

Published 2022

304 pages

American Murder Houses A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide

Steve Lehto

Published 2022

304 pages

The Burnt Orange Heresy (Movie Tie-In Edition) A Novel

Charles Ray Willeford

Published 2022

176 pages

Murder The Biography

Kate Morgan

Published 2022

320 pages

Two Truths and a Lie A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice

Ellen McGarrahan

Published 2022

384 pages

HYPE How Scammers, Grifters, Con Artists and Influencers are Taking Over the Internet - And... why We're Following

Gabrielle Bluestone

Published 2022

Perversion of Justice The Jeffrey Epstein Story

People Like Them The Award-Winning Thriller for Fans of Lullaby

The Family Outing A Memoir

The Colony Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

When the Moon Turns to Blood Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times

Agent Josephine

Wastelands The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

The Girl Who Left A fabulously tense thriller' Prima

Fall: The Mysterious Life and Death of Robert Maxwell, Britain's Most Notorious Media Baron

Con/Artist

The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in America's Segregated South

The Science of Murder The Forensics of Agatha Christie

Tropic of Stupid

Unlawful Killings Life, Love and Murder

Who Killed Jane Stanford? A Gilded-Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University

Frankenstein (Signature Classics)

Pain Hustlers

Shallow Graves My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

A Haunted Road Atlas Sinister Stops, Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales

American Murder Houses A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide

The Burnt Orange Heresy (Movie Tie-In Edition) A Novel

Murder The Biography

Two Truths and a Lie A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice

HYPE How Scammers, Grifters, Con Artists and Influencers are Taking Over the Internet - And... why We're Following

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