The most popular true crime books of 2022

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true crime books published in 2022, most popular first.

Hollywood Ending Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

Ken Auletta

Published 2022

480 pages

Blood & Ink The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

Joe Pompeo

Published 2022

368 pages

The Missing Cryptoqueen The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away with It

Jamie Bartlett

Published 2022

320 pages

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

Amy B. Zegart

Published 2022

424 pages

Soulless The Case Against R. Kelly

Jim DeRogatis

Published 2022

288 pages

Ten Days in a Mad-House

Nellie Bly

Published 2022

160 pages

Do Not Disturb The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad

Michela Wrong

Published 2022

512 pages

Behold the Monster: Facing America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

Jillian Lauren

Published 2022

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Published 2022

288 pages

Tree Thieves

Lyndsie Bourgon

Published 2022

Gangsters vs. Nazis How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WW2 Era America

Michael Benson

Published 2022

304 pages

White Hot Hate A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland

Dick Lehr

Published 2022

416 pages

Top Girl

Danielle Marin

Published 2022

320 pages

22 Murders Investigating the Massacres, Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia

Paul Palango

Published 2022

608 pages

Ike and Kay A Novel

James MacManus

Published 2022

288 pages

What We Fear Most A Psychiatrist’s Journey to the Heart of Madness / BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

Dr Ben Cave

Published 2022

368 pages

At Any Cost A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice

Rebecca Rosenberg, Selim Algar

Published 2022

320 pages

Walking the Bowl A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka

Chris Lockhart, Daniel Mulilo Chama

Published 2022

304 pages

Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer The Cannibal Killer

Christopher Berry-Dee

Published 2022

256 pages

Covered with Night A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America

Nicole Eustace

Published 2022

464 pages

Manhattan Cult Story My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival

Spencer Schneider

Published 2022

264 pages

The Body in the Stairwell

Nick Louth

Published 2022

304 pages

Riding with Evil

Dave Wedge, Ken Croke

Published 2022

320 pages

Beyond Evil - Inside the Twisted Mind of Ian Huntley

Nathan Yates

Published 2022

304 pages

Hollywood Ending Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

Blood & Ink The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

The Missing Cryptoqueen The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away with It

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

Soulless The Case Against R. Kelly

Ten Days in a Mad-House

Do Not Disturb The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad

Behold the Monster: Facing America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

The Art of War

Tree Thieves

Gangsters vs. Nazis How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WW2 Era America

White Hot Hate A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland

Top Girl

22 Murders Investigating the Massacres, Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia

Ike and Kay A Novel

What We Fear Most A Psychiatrist’s Journey to the Heart of Madness / BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

At Any Cost A Father's Betrayal, a Wife's Murder, and a Ten-Year War for Justice

Walking the Bowl A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka

Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer The Cannibal Killer

Covered with Night A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America

Manhattan Cult Story My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival

The Body in the Stairwell

Riding with Evil

Beyond Evil - Inside the Twisted Mind of Ian Huntley

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