The most popular true crime books of 2021

True crime tells the stories of real crimes and the people caught up in them. Murders, heists, frauds and cold cases are reconstructed from evidence, trials and interviews. The best of these books care about the victims and the investigation as much as the criminal. Expect careful reporting and stories that are hard to forget. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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Every 9 Minutes
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Every 9 Minutes

Christina Vitagliano

Published 2021

375 pages

Cheated
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Cheated

Andy Martino

2021 · 2022 edition

304 pages

Kennedy's Avenger
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Kennedy's Avenger

Dan Abrams, David Fisher

Published 2021

400 pages

Oliver
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Oliver

Steven J. Carino, Alex Tresniowski

Published 2021

240 pages

Grilling Dahmer
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Grilling Dahmer

Patrick Kennedy

2021 · 2022 edition

332 pages