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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Dead Body Calls
Cover of Dead Body Calls

Dead Body Calls

Loren W. Christensen

Published 2021

236 pages

Wilful Blindness
Cover of Wilful Blindness

Wilful Blindness

Sam Cooper, Charles Burton, Teng Biao

Published 2021

458 pages

Disaffected
Cover of Disaffected

Disaffected

Tanya Agathocleous

Published 2021

234 pages