The most popular true crime books of 2022

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 2022.

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Hold the Line
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Hold the Line

Michael Fanone

Published 2022

256 pages

Wastelands
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Wastelands

Corban Addison

Published 2022

388 pages

Riding with Evil
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Riding with Evil

Ken Croke, Dave Wedge

Published 2022

320 pages

Con/Artist
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Con/Artist

Tony Tetro, Giampiero Ambrosi

Published 2022

288 pages

The Colony
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The Colony

Sally Denton

2022 · 2023 edition

288 pages

Top Girl
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Top Girl

Danielle Marin

Published 2022

320 pages