This is a mix of true crime, case studies, and fiction novels.
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Eliter Serial Killer Crime Unit by Mark Olshaker
Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of hte Hunt for hte Nation’s Most Elusive Serial Killer by Robert Graysmith
The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
American Prediator by Maureen Callahan
The Monster of Florence by Mario Spezi
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
The Search for teh Green River Killer by Carlton Smith
Hell’s Princess by Harold Schechter
Dexter series (8 books) by Jeff Lindsay
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Green River, Running Red by Ann Rule
Last Call by Elon Green
Furious Hours by Casep Cep
I hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Butcher Backer by Walter Gilmour
Home Sweet Murder by James Patterson
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Blind, Torture, Kill by Tim Potter
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Teh Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver
The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Molly Kandall
Pyscho by Robery Bloch
Lost Girls by Robert Kolker
The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo
Killer Clown” The John Wayne Murders by Terry Sullivan
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (technically not a serial killer but worth the read)
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
Rachel Caine’s series- Stillhouse Lake series: 5 books: Stillhouse Lake; Killman Creek; Wolfhunter Rover; Bitter Falls; Heartbreak Bay
My Friend, Dahmer (Graphic novel) by Derf Backderf
The Man on the Train: Discovering America’s Most Elusive Serial Killer
The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
Final Girls by Riley Sager
Green River: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case (Graphic Novel)
Torso by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko (Graphic Novel)
Becoming Unbecoming by Una (Graphic Novel)
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter and Eric Powell (Graphic Novel)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Thirteen by Stephen Cavanagh
The Fourth Monkey by JD Barker
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Blindsided by Karin Slaughter
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells
Happy reading, Book Nerds!