Live, from Chinatown NYC, a reading of this past weekend’s essay about the best of the best true crime books. Just want the list? That’s below, with links.
Speaking of Chinatown: let me know if you’re interested in reading The Snakehead, by Patrick Radden Keefe (his Say Nothing is included here), which I started last night and which takes place in my exact part of Chinatown. Thinking of starting a Smoke ‘Em true crime book club.
Speaking of Radden Keefe: Michael Moynihan had a fantastic conversation with him about Say Nothing, over on the Fifth Column podcast, which moved to Substack this month. Go subscribe!
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Shot in the Heart, by Mikal Gilmore
Lost Girls, by Robert Kolker
Blood Will Out, by Walter Kirn
The Adversary, by Emmanuel Carrere
Columbine, by Dave Cullen
Down City, by Leah Carroll
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, by Michelle McNamara
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
The Journalist and the Murderer, by Janet Malcom
Helter Skelter, by Vincent Bugliosi
In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
Crossed Over, by Beverly Lowry
Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer
What Man Can Do To Man: 13 True Crime Books That Get it Right (audio!)