The most popular true crime books of 2023

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true crime books published in 2023, most popular first.

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

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms The History and Future of American Intelligence

Amy B. Zegart

Published 2023

424 pages

They All Love Jack Busting the Ripper

Bruce Robinson

Published 2023

865 pages

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

Michela Wrong

Published 2023

512 pages

Behold the Monster Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

Jillian Lauren

Published 2023

512 pages

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Published 2023

112 pages

Tree Thieves

Lyndsie Bourgon

Published 2023

304 pages

Down the Hill

Susan Hendricks

Published 2023

336 pages

Seventy Times Seven A True Story of Murder and Mercy

Alex Mar

Published 2023

384 pages

An Assassin in Utopia The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder

Susan Wels

Published 2023

272 pages

The Black Dahlia Files The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles

Don Wolfe

Published 2023

416 pages

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

Scott J. Shapiro

Published 2023

432 pages

The Angel Makers Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

Patti McCracken

Published 2023

336 pages

Gator Country Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

Rebecca Renner

Published 2023

288 pages

Made Men The Story of Goodfellas

Glenn Kenny

Published 2023

435 pages

Busted A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love

Wendy Ruderman, Barbara Laker

Published 2023

275 pages

Ghosts of the Orphanage

Christine Kenneally

Published 2023

1 page

Pegasus How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy

Laurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud

Published 2023

336 pages

Riding with Evil Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang

Dave Wedge, Ken Croke

Published 2023

320 pages

The Body in the Shadows

Nick Louth

Published 2023

320 pages

Catch the Sparrow A Search for a Sister and the Truth of Her Murder

Rachel Rear

Published 2023

The Abuse of Power Confronting Injustice in Public Life

Theresa May

Published 2023

344 pages

Get Rich Or Lie Trying Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy

Symeon Brown

Published 2023

304 pages

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

The Missing Cryptoqueen The Cryptocurrency Con That Fooled the World

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms The History and Future of American Intelligence

They All Love Jack Busting the Ripper

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

Behold the Monster Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

The Art of War

Tree Thieves

Down the Hill

Seventy Times Seven A True Story of Murder and Mercy

An Assassin in Utopia The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder

The Black Dahlia Files The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

The Angel Makers Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

Gator Country Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

Made Men The Story of Goodfellas

Busted A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love

Ghosts of the Orphanage

Pegasus How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy

Riding with Evil Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang

The Body in the Shadows

Catch the Sparrow A Search for a Sister and the Truth of Her Murder

The Abuse of Power Confronting Injustice in Public Life

Get Rich Or Lie Trying Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy

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