The most popular true crime books of 2023

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true crime books published in 2023, most popular first.

While Idaho Slept The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

J. Reuben Appelman

Published 2023

288 pages

Tangled Vines Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders

John Glatt

Published 2023

320 pages

The Family Outing: A Memoir

Jessi Hempel

Published 2023

320 pages

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

Leah Sottile

Published 2023

336 pages

Dear Jacob A Mother's Journey of Hope

Patty Wetterling, Joy L. Baker

Published 2023

336 pages

Agent Josephine American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

Damien Lewis

Published 2023

512 pages

Wastelands The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

Corban Addison

Published 2023

464 pages

The Twenty (Major Crimes, Book 2)

Sam Holland

Published 2023

480 pages

The Lost Tomb And Other Real-life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

Published 2023

299 pages

We Thought We Knew You

M. William Phelps

Published 2023

336 pages

Ghosts of Honolulu A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll (Jr.)

Published 2023

272 pages

Into the Uncanny

Danny Robins

Published 2023

352 pages

I Know Who You Are How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever

Barbara Rae-Venter

Published 2023

288 pages

In Light of All Darkness Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child

Kim Cross

Published 2023

464 pages

The Hard Sell Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup

Evan Hughes

Published 2023

288 pages

A Thread of Violence A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder

Mark O'Connell

Published 2023

304 pages

Little, Crazy Children A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

James Renner

Published 2023

336 pages

The Maiden

Kate Foster

Published 2023

374 pages

The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep

Lawrence Block

Published 2023

224 pages

Gangsters and Goodfellas: The Mob, Witness Protection, and Life on the Run

Henry Hill, Gus Russo

Published 2023

300 pages

What the Shadows Hide

M J Lee

Published 2023

320 pages

Hype Inside the Fyre Festival and the Golden Age of Grift

Gabrielle Bluestone

Published 2023

336 pages

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

Joe Pompeo

Published 2023

368 pages

The Missing Cryptoqueen The Cryptocurrency Con That Fooled the World

Jamie Bartlett

Published 2023

320 pages

While Idaho Slept The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

Tangled Vines Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders

The Family Outing: A Memoir

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

Dear Jacob A Mother's Journey of Hope

Agent Josephine American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

Wastelands The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

The Twenty (Major Crimes, Book 2)

The Lost Tomb And Other Real-life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

We Thought We Knew You

Ghosts of Honolulu A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

Into the Uncanny

I Know Who You Are How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever

In Light of All Darkness Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child

The Hard Sell Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup

A Thread of Violence A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder

Little, Crazy Children A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

The Maiden

The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep

Gangsters and Goodfellas: The Mob, Witness Protection, and Life on the Run

What the Shadows Hide

Hype Inside the Fyre Festival and the Golden Age of Grift

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

The Missing Cryptoqueen The Cryptocurrency Con That Fooled the World

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