| 1. |  | The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
from Vintage
Price: $10.17
Customer Review:
This book is an exciting and compelling account of of the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. Although it reads like a mystery novel, it is actual history. Two parallel stories run through the book, the account of the planning and success of the fair as well as the activities of a sinister serial killer who... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Into the Wild
from Macmillan
Customer Review:
Krakauer, with his experience of extreme adventures and good understanding of psychology, has done an excellent work of investigation.
Methodically, he allows the reader to better understand this tragic story, clearing alongside McCandless of foolishness and irresponsibility suspicions. He... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
from Picador
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
good story. Scary truth. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Mortal Danger (Ann Rule's Crime Files)
from Pocket
Price: $7.99
Customer Review:
"Mortal Danger" presents five medium-length murder cases with incredible realism. "Mortal Danger" not only tells the victims' stories, but also that of the detectives and prosecutors involved (how they solved the cases), and the killers' lives as well - going back to their early childhood where... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
from Anchor
Price: $10.17
Customer Review:
Much like the Mormon faith, Under the Banner of Heaven has an infrastructure of oatmeal. This book, at best, strengthens the resolve of those who love and those who loathe the LDS movement. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Innocent Man
from Dell
Price: $7.99
Customer Review:
An aberration from his usual style of legal suspense thrillers, Grisham does some fieldwork in this stirring true story about a man (Ron Williamson) who struggles mightily in life after the good old days of high school stardom. Ron was a high school baseball prodigy and everyone in Oklahoma knew his... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Monster of Florence
from Grand Central Publishing
Price: $17.15
Customer Review:
I loved Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Devil in the White City, along with Ann Rule and other true crime tales. I did not love Monster of Florence.
Not only do you have the dissatisfaction of the unresovled nature of these gruesome murders, but you have the disjointed style of dual... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | In Cold Blood
from Modern Library
Price: $14.96
Customer Review:
This book is essentially a detailed and well-crafted piece of journalism with the level and quality of detail to bring it into horrific focus. One gets access to all sides of the murders of a family from the effect on the close relatives and friends to the emotional states of the murderers... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Assassination Vacation
from Simon & Schuster
Price: $11.20
Customer Review:
Sarah Vowell's mind tends to wander. My mind tends to wander too. Usually that's not a good combination. When an author tends to go offtrack I get lost but with "Assassination Vacation" it was very easy for me to wander down the path she laid out in the book.
In this book she did something too... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution
from William Morrow
Price: $18.45
Customer Review:
As someone with a mild curiosity about mob-related nonfiction, I picked up Havana Nocturne simply because it seemed like an interesting topic. I had little knowledge of T.J. English's writing or the role of the mob in Cuba beyond the pop culture portrayals. I was pleasantly surprised that English... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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