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True Crime Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of True Crime books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the True Crime series? Start with "Women Who Kill" (2011) and follow publication order through all 21 books.
The complete True Crime reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Women Who Kill
2011
Case Closed
2011
Doctors Who Killed
2011
The Serial Killer Compendium
2012
Rampage
2012
Serial Killers Case Files
2013
Cold Blooded Killers
2013
Parents Who Killed Their Children
2014
Social Media Monsters
2014
Serial Killer Groupies
2014
Backseat Tragedies
2015
Radical Islamic Terrorism in America Today
2016
Killing the Rainbow
2016
The Basement
2016
Escaped Killer
2017
Blood Money
2017
Abduction
2017
The Staircase
2018
Intercorpse
2019
In Chains
2019
Notorious San Francisco
2019
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