The most popular true crime books of 2023

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true crime books published in 2023, most popular first.

A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville

David Domine

Published 2023

368 pages

Illusion of Justice Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System

Jerome F. Buting

Published 2023

343 pages

The Gotti Wars Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster

John Gleeson

Published 2023

368 pages

Lay Them to Rest

Laurah Norton

Published 2023

1 page

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Published 2023

192 pages

Settled Blood

Mari Hannah

Published 2023

432 pages

The Final Witness

Paul Landis

Published 2023

336 pages

Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir

Joe Exotic

Published 2023

272 pages

The Curse of the Marquis de Sade A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History

Joel Warner

Published 2023

304 pages

Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System

M. Chris Fabricant

Published 2023

400 pages

The Boston Massacre A Family History

Serena Zabin

Published 2023

320 pages

Genealogy of a Murder Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

Lisa Belkin

Published 2023

402 pages

Little Sister My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood

Lana Wood

Published 2023

256 pages

Woman, Captain, Rebel The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain

Margaret Willson

Published 2023

432 pages

The Confession A totally addictive psychological thriller with a heart-stopping twist

Charlotte Bigland

Published 2023

380 pages

In the Enemy's House

Howard Blum

Published 2023

Fear Is Just a Word

Azam Ahmed

Published 2023

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

Published 2023

576 pages

Three Crooked Kings

Matthew Condon

Published 2023

212 pages

The Teacher's Pet

Hedley Thomas

Published 2023

300 pages

Network of Lies The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for America

Brian Stelter

Published 2023

384 pages

Deer Creek Drive A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta

Beverly Lowry

Published 2023

368 pages

Untouchable How Powerful People Get Away with It

Elie Honig

Published 2023

288 pages

The Spy Who Knew Too Much An Ex-CIA Officer's Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal

Howard Blum

Published 2023

352 pages

A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville

Illusion of Justice Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System

The Gotti Wars Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster

Lay Them to Rest

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Settled Blood

The Final Witness

Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir

The Curse of the Marquis de Sade A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History

Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System

The Boston Massacre A Family History

Genealogy of a Murder Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

Little Sister My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood

Woman, Captain, Rebel The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain

The Confession A totally addictive psychological thriller with a heart-stopping twist

In the Enemy's House

Fear Is Just a Word

Oliver Twist

Three Crooked Kings

The Teacher's Pet

Network of Lies The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for America

Deer Creek Drive A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta

Untouchable How Powerful People Get Away with It

The Spy Who Knew Too Much An Ex-CIA Officer's Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal

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