The most popular true crime books of 2026

168 books

true crime books published in 2026, most popular first.

Ctrl+alt+pwn The Hacker's Playbook (and How to Beat It)

Frank Riccardi

Published 2026

352 pages

Sister, Sinner The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson

Claire Hoffman

Published 2026

400 pages

The Most Wonderful Terrible Person A Memoir of Murder in the Golden State

Debra Miller

Published 2026

256 pages

Starting Over

La Toya Jackson, Jeffré Phillips

Published 2026

368 pages

Locked Up Cybersecurity Threat Mitigation Lessons from A Real-World LockBit Ransomware Response

Zachary Lewis

Published 2026

288 pages

The Confessions of Psychopaths Their Evil Crimes Told in Their Own Words

Al Cimino

Published 2026

256 pages

Challenging Cases Judges Tell the Stories of High-Profile and Other Tough Cases

Gregory E. Mize, Russell F. Canan, Frederick H. Weisberg

Published 2026

Whatever Happened to Eddy Crane? A Memoir and a Murder Investigation

Kate Crane

Published 2026

304 pages

The Hidden Globe How Wealth Hacks the World

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Published 2026

336 pages

Ctrl+Alt+Chaos How Teenage Hackers Hijack the Internet

Joe Tidy

Published 2026

256 pages

A Criminal and an Irishman The Inside Story of the Boston Mob - IRA Connection

Patrick Nee, Richard Farrell, Michael Blythe

Published 2026

240 pages

Plastic Inc. The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Bet

Beth Gardiner

Published 2026

352 pages

Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard DF/IR Investigative Strategies, Volume 3

Brett Shavers

Published 2026

375 pages

The Typewriter and the Guillotine An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

Mark Braude

Published 2026

336 pages

The Typewriter and the Guillotine An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

Mark Braude

Published 2026

432 pages

The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

Mark Braude

Published 2026

544 pages

American Trickster The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda

Ru Marshall

Published 2026

800 pages

Any One of Us Stories of Ordinary People, Unintentional Crimes, and the Law at Its Limit

Ramya Nagesh

Published 2026

Any One of Us Stories of Ordinary People, Unintentional Crimes, and the Law at Its Limit

Ramya Nagesh

Published 2026

The Hope Street Bodies in the Cellar Scandal

John Gannon

Published 2026

160 pages

The Sleep Room A Very British Medical Scandal

Jon Stock

Published 2026

432 pages

Blood and the Badge The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation

Michael Cannell

Published 2026

384 pages

The Women Are Not Fine The True Story Behind the Greatest Female-Led Poisoning Scandal in Modern History

Hope Reese

Published 2026

288 pages

Cover of The Killing Fields of East New York The First Subprime Mortgage Scandal, a White-Collar Crime Spree, and the Collapse of an American Neighborhood

The Killing Fields of East New York The First Subprime Mortgage Scandal, a White-Collar Crime Spree, and the Collapse of an American Neighborhood

Stacy Horn

Published 2026

352 pages

Ctrl+alt+pwn The Hacker's Playbook (and How to Beat It)

Sister, Sinner The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson

The Most Wonderful Terrible Person A Memoir of Murder in the Golden State

Starting Over

Locked Up Cybersecurity Threat Mitigation Lessons from A Real-World LockBit Ransomware Response

The Confessions of Psychopaths Their Evil Crimes Told in Their Own Words

Challenging Cases Judges Tell the Stories of High-Profile and Other Tough Cases

Whatever Happened to Eddy Crane? A Memoir and a Murder Investigation

The Hidden Globe How Wealth Hacks the World

Ctrl+Alt+Chaos How Teenage Hackers Hijack the Internet

A Criminal and an Irishman The Inside Story of the Boston Mob - IRA Connection

Plastic Inc. The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Bet

Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard DF/IR Investigative Strategies, Volume 3

The Typewriter and the Guillotine An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

The Typewriter and the Guillotine An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

American Trickster The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda

Any One of Us Stories of Ordinary People, Unintentional Crimes, and the Law at Its Limit

Any One of Us Stories of Ordinary People, Unintentional Crimes, and the Law at Its Limit

The Hope Street Bodies in the Cellar Scandal

The Sleep Room A Very British Medical Scandal

Blood and the Badge The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation

The Women Are Not Fine The True Story Behind the Greatest Female-Led Poisoning Scandal in Modern History

The Killing Fields of East New York The First Subprime Mortgage Scandal, a White-Collar Crime Spree, and the Collapse of an American Neighborhood

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