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The Wisdom of Psychopaths Summary
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success
by Kevin Dutton 2012 288 pages
3.75
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Profiler Summary
The Profiler
My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths
by Pat Brown 2010 304 pages
3.07
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
My Story Summary
My Story
by Elizabeth Smart 2013 320 pages
3.87
44k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
Manifest Injustice Summary
Manifest Injustice
The True Story of a Convicted Murderer and the Lawyers Who Fought for His Freedom
by Barry Siegel 2013 400 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective
How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases
by Robert Mann 2007 272 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
True Crime
Science
Crime
The Art of the Con Summary
The Art of the Con
The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
by Anthony M. Amore 2015 272 pages
3.55
1k+ ratings
Art
True Crime
History
True Crime Addict Summary
True Crime Addict
How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
by James Renner 2016 304 pages
3.67
7k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
The Anatomy of Motive Summary
The Anatomy of Motive
The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals
by John Douglas 1999 320 pages
4.18
6k+ ratings
True Crime
Psychology
Crime
Life Of Crime Summary
Life Of Crime
by Ognall 2018 160 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Law
Biography
True Crime
Proof of Conspiracy Summary
Proof of Conspiracy
How Trump's International Collusion Is Threatening American Democracy
by Seth Abramson 2019 592 pages
4.3
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Russia
Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door Summary
Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door
How to Protect Yourself Against a Ruthless Manipulator
by Martha Stout Phd 2020 281 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
True Crime
Once Upon a Time in Russia Summary
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
by Ben Mezrich 2015 288 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths―and How We Can Stop Summary
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths―and How We Can Stop
by Bill Eddy 2019 192 pages
3.76
50+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man
by John Grisham 2007 448 pages
3.85
78k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street Summary
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison
by Jordan Belfort 2009 482 pages
3.9
4k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Finance
Fake Law Summary
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
by The Secret Barrister 2020 403 pages
4.2
4k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
Forensics For Dummies Summary
Forensics For Dummies
by Douglas P. Lyle 2019 400 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
True Crime
Reference
Science
Putting Wealth to Work Summary
Putting Wealth to Work
by L Joel Fleishman
3.8
8k+ ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies Summary
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies
The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, the Illmuniati, Skull & Bones, Black Helicopters, teh New World Order, and Many, Many More
by Arthur Goldwag 2009 386 pages
3.35
500+ ratings
History
Religion
Cults
The Anatomy of Violence Summary
The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
by Adrian Raine 2013 501 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Crime
Gang Leader for a Day Summary
Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008 332 pages
4.07
24k+ ratings
Sociology
Memoir
Economics
Relentless Pursuit Summary
Relentless Pursuit
My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
by Bradley J. Edwards 2020 400 pages
4.3
500+ ratings
True Crime
Law
Crime
We Are Bellingcat Summary
We Are Bellingcat
by Eliot Higgins 2021 272 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
Technology
Hype Summary
Hype
How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet―and Why We're Following
by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021 352 pages
3.33
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Sociology
Zero Fail Summary
Zero Fail
The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
by Carol Leonnig 2021 526 pages
4.24
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Cult of We Summary
The Cult of We
WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
by Eliot Brown 2021 430 pages
4.27
6k+ ratings
Business
History
True Crime
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting Summary
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting
A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your Handwriting
by Michelle Dresbold 2006 285 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
How to Solve a Crime Summary
How to Solve a Crime
Stories from the Cutting Edge of Forensics
by Angela Gallop 2022 281 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
Science
Crime
True Crime
Criminal (In)Justice Summary
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
by Rafael A. Mangual 2022 256 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Crime
Manifesting Justice Summary
Manifesting Justice
Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
by Valena Beety 2022 402 pages
4.36
100+ ratings
Politics
True Crime
History
The Other Side of Prospect Summary
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022 464 pages
4.46
100+ ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
Last Chance in Texas Summary
Last Chance in Texas
The Redemption of Criminal Youth
by John Hubner 2008 306 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
True Crime
Psychology
Social Justice
The Violence Project Summary
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
by Jillian Peterson Ph.D 2021 242 pages
4.49
1k+ ratings
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
The Minds of Billy Milligan Summary
The Minds of Billy Milligan
by Daniel Keyes 1995 448 pages
4.28
30k+ ratings
Psychology
Biography
True Crime
Stalling for Time Summary
Stalling for Time
My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
by Gary Noesner 2010 240 pages
3.92
5k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
Walk the Blue Line Summary
Walk the Blue Line
No right, no left—just cops telling their true stories to James Patterson.
by James Patterson 2023 314 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Biography
Crime
The Many Lives of Mama Love Summary
The Many Lives of Mama Love
A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
by Lara Love Hardin 2023 320 pages
4.47
44k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
True Crime
What the Dead Know Summary
What the Dead Know
Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
by Barbara Butcher 2023 288 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
Money Men Summary
Money Men
by Dan McCrum 2022 352 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Crime
Gift of Fear Summary
Gift of Fear
Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
by Gavin De Becker 2000 352 pages
4.18
45k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
True Crime
The Art of the Con Summary
The Art of the Con
How to Think Like a Real Hustler and Avoid Being Scammed
by R. Paul Wilson 2014 368 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Psychology
Crime
Business
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