- The library book, Susan Orlean
- The colony, faith and blood in a promised land, Sally Denton
- Home sweet murder, James Patterson
- I'll be gone in the dark, one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer, Michelle McNamara ; with an introduction by Gillian Flynn and an afterword by Patton Oswalt
- The best new true crime stories, partners in crime, [edited by] Mitzi Szereto
- Little shoes, the sensational Depression-era murders that became my family's secret, Pamela Everett
- The fact of a body, a murder and a memoir, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
- The good girls, an ordinary killing, Sonia Faleiro
- Filthy rich, [a powerful billionaire, the sex scandal that undid him, and all the justice that money can buy : the shocking true story of Jeffrey Epstein], James Patterson, John Connolly with Tim Malloy
- The cadaver king and the country dentist, a true story of injustice in the American South, Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington ; foreword by John Grisham
- Furious hours, murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep
- The wicked boy, the mystery of a Victorian child murderer, Kate Summerscale
- A spy named Orphan, the enigma of Donald Maclean, Roland Philipps
- The babysitter, my summers with a serial killer, Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan
- When a killer calls, a haunting story of murder, criminal profiling, and justice in a small town, John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
- Murder thy neighbor, true-crime thrillers, James Patterson
- While the city slept, a love lost to violence and a young man's descent into madness, Eli Sanders
- Hell's half-acre, the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier, Susan Jonusas
- I know who you are, how an amateur DNA sleuth unmasked the Golden State Killer and changed crime fighting forever, Barbara Rae-Venter
- "Did you hear what Eddie Gein done?", written by Harold Schecter and Eric Powell ; illustrated by Eric Powell ; designed by Phil Balsman ; edited by Tracy Marsh
- The defense lawyer, the Barry Slotnick story, James Patterson and Benjamin Wallace
- If you tell, a true story of murder, family secrets, and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood, Gregg Olsen
- Trailed, one woman's quest to solve the Shenandoah murders, Kathryn Miles