True Crime Book Summaries

Accountable Summary
Accountable
The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
by Dashka Slater 2023 480 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
Race
Social Justice
Education
The Wager Summary
The Wager
A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann 2023 331 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
History
Historical
Adventure
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 319 pages
4.46
75k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
True Crime
Killers of the Flower Moon Summary
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann 2017 359 pages
4.14
400k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
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 E. Douglas 1999 432 pages
4.18
6k+ ratings
True Crime
Psychology
Crime
The Poisoner's Handbook Summary
The Poisoner's Handbook
Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by Deborah Blum 2010 319 pages
4.01
35k+ ratings
History
Science
True Crime
The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham 2006 360 pages
3.86
81k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
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
The Gift of Fear Summary
The Gift of Fear
Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
by Gavin de Becker 1997 352 pages
4.18
47k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
True Crime
My Story Summary
My Story
by Elizabeth Smart 2013 308 pages
3.88
45k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
The Wisdom of Psychopaths Summary
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success
by Kevin Dutton 2012 222 pages
3.75
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Wolf of Wall Street Summary
The Wolf of Wall Street
by Jordan Belfort 2007 528 pages
3.74
37k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Memoir
The House of My Mother Summary
The House of My Mother
A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
by Shari Franke 2025 320 pages
4.49
56k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
Last Chance in Texas Summary
Last Chance in Texas
The Redemption of Criminal Youth
by John Hubner 2005 304 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
True Crime
Psychology
Social Justice
Mind Hunter Summary
Mind Hunter
Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John E. Douglas 1995 397 pages
4.09
75k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Psychology
The Devil in the White City Summary
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson 2003 496 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
The Cult of We Summary
The Cult of We
WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
by Eliot Brown 2021 464 pages
4.27
6k+ ratings
Business
History
True Crime
Tangled Up in Blue Summary
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
by Rosa Brooks 2021 384 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Social Justice
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 480 pages
3.90
4k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Finance
The Smartest Guys in the Room Summary
The Smartest Guys in the Room
The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
by Bethany McLean 2003 440 pages
4.22
26k+ ratings
Business
Finance
History
Chaos Summary
Chaos
Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
by Tom O'Neill 2019 504 pages
4.04
27k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies Summary
Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies
The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, The Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, The New World Order, and many, many more
by Arthur Goldwag 2009 400 pages
3.35
500+ ratings
History
Religion
Cults
If You Tell Summary
If You Tell
A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
by Gregg Olsen 2019 431 pages
3.98
300k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Thriller
The Art of Making Money Summary
The Art of Making Money
The Story of a Master Counterfeiter
by Jason Kersten 2009 304 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Stalling for Time Summary
Stalling for Time
My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
by Gary Noesner 2010 372 pages
3.93
5k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door Summary
Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door
How to Protect Yourself Against a Ruthless Manipulator
by Martha Stout 2020 304 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
True Crime
Fake Law Summary
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
by The Secret Barrister 2020 400 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
American Kingpin Summary
American Kingpin
The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
by Nick Bilton 2017 328 pages
4.41
48k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Knife Summary
Knife
Meditations After an Attempted Murder
by Salman Rushdie 2024 209 pages
4.04
19k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Money Men Summary
Money Men
A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth
by Dan McCrum 2022 352 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Crime
The Minds of Billy Milligan Summary
The Minds of Billy Milligan
by Daniel Keyes 1981 374 pages
4.28
32k+ ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Biography
Know My Name Summary
Know My Name
by Chanel Miller 2019 384 pages
4.70
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
Molly's Game Summary
Molly's Game
From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker
by Molly Bloom 2014 272 pages
3.83
24k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
True Crime
The Sociopath Next Door Summary
The Sociopath Next Door
by Martha Stout 2005 256 pages
3.77
37k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
True Crime
College Girl, Missing Summary
College Girl, Missing
The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight
by Shawn Cohen 2024 272 pages
3.60
11k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
Dangerous Personalities Summary
Dangerous Personalities
An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People
by Joe Navarro 2014 242 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Self Help
Gang Leader for a Day Summary
Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008 302 pages
4.07
24k+ ratings
Sociology
Memoir
Economics
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
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
4.14
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Law
Once Upon a Time in Russia Summary
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchsโ€•A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
by Ben Mezrich 2015 288 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
True Crime Addict Summary
True Crime Addict
How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
by James Renner 2016 300 pages
3.66
8k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
Proof of Conspiracy Summary
Proof of Conspiracy
How Trump's International Collusion Is Threatening American Democracy
by Seth Abramson 2019 592 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Politics
History
True Crime
The Sun Does Shine Summary
The Sun Does Shine
How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
by Anthony Ray Hinton 2018 272 pages
4.65
69k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
True Crime
Crazy Love Summary
Crazy Love
by Leslie Morgan Steiner 2009 336 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Say Nothing Summary
Say Nothing
A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
by Patrick Radden Keefe 2018 441 pages
4.47
100k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Ireland
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
4.16
6k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
Bad Blood Summary
Bad Blood
Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by John Carreyrou 2018 339 pages
4.41
200k+ ratings
Business
True Crime
Science
The Sing Sing Files Summary
The Sing Sing Files
One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
by Dan Slepian 2024 224 pages
4.55
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Talking with Psychopaths and Savages Summary
Talking with Psychopaths and Savages
A Journey into the Evil Mind
by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017 288 pages
2.92
5k+ ratings
Psychology
True Crime
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
3.91
100+ ratings
Psychology
Crime
Business
Home
Library
Get App
Create a free account to unlock:
Requests: Request new book summaries
Bookmarks: Save your favorite books
History: Revisit books later
Recommendations: Personalized for you
Ratings: Rate books & see your ratings
100,000+ readers
Try Full Access for 7 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
๐Ÿ“– Read Summaries
All summaries are free to read in 40 languages
๐ŸŽง Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
โค๏ธ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 10
๐Ÿ“œ Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 10
Risk-Free Timeline
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 73,530 books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 4: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 7: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on May 15,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8x More Books
2.8x more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
100,000+ readers
"...I can 10x the number of books I can read..."
"...exceptionally accurate, engaging, and beautifully presented..."
"...better than any amazon review when I'm making a book-buying decision..."
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Try Free & Unlock
7 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

Settings
General
Widget
Loading...