Zekka – Sakakibara Seito The Trinity of Superkidds: Book One: Quest for Water – J.D. Bauer (real name Charles Kembo) Son of Hope – David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) The Strange Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes – Herman W. Mudgett (HH Holmes) The Gates of Janus – Ian Brady The Making of A Serial Killer – Danny Rolling A Question of Doubt – John Wayne Gacy Final Truth – Donald Gaskins Killer Fiction – G.J. Schaefer Killer – Carl Panzram
ANYTHING by Ann Rule …. The Stranger Beside Me Jack Olson …. Son, @Doc Not a Serial Killer book but Perfect Victim: The True Story of the Girl in the Box by Christine McGuire and Carla Norton was good!
sense of evil by Kay Hooper,, and her other books,, sure y like it,,,
Chelsea cain has a series about a female serial killer. The first one is called heartsick
I was just going to recommend this series!
Emancipation by @Jo
Cody McFadden … Shadow Man, the Face of Death, The Darker Side, and Abandoned
Following
Ann Rule books
I second this.
Devil in White City. A nonfiction.
That was a really good one and a bit of an education too! Loved it!
Chris Carter, too gorry for this cat. he’s for someone . . . not me.
The Stranger Inside by Jennifer Jaynes. Best plot twist EVER!!!!
Child 44.
Rob Tom Smith
The fourth monkey by jd barker
Here’s a list of books written by serial killers.
Zekka – Sakakibara Seito
The Trinity of Superkidds: Book One: Quest for Water – J.D. Bauer (real name Charles Kembo)
Son of Hope – David Berkowitz (Son of Sam)
The Strange Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes – Herman W. Mudgett (HH Holmes)
The Gates of Janus – Ian Brady
The Making of A Serial Killer – Danny Rolling
A Question of Doubt – John Wayne Gacy
Final Truth – Donald Gaskins
Killer Fiction – G.J. Schaefer
Killer – Carl Panzram
Shameful self plug so I’ll let the reviews speak for themselves. I write from almost 30 years of first hand experience. ?Lines of Justice: Aždaja https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073CJ5M6Z/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_2PsHAbQRZM79T
Serial killer https://goo.gl/search/The+Serial+Killer+Whisperer:+How+One+Man's+Tragedy+Helped+Unlock+the+Deadliest+Secrets+of+the+World's+Most+Terrifying+Killers
The Serial Killer Whisperer: How One Man’s Tragedy Helped Unlock the Deadliest Secrets of the World’s Most Terrifying Killers, Book by Pete Earley
Perfume. https://www.amazon.com/Perfume-Story-Murderer-Patrick-Suskind/dp/0375725849
“Red Dragon” by Thomas Harris
“Cat and Mouse” by James Patterson
I like Harris, he’s one of my favourite authors. ?
“Cat and Mouse ” by James Patterson
That’s an Alex Cross book. So if u do this, I suggest starting with book 1 called Along Came A Spider
I started with “The Big Bad Wolf”
I starter with Along Came A Spider
Devil in the City by Erik Larson, The Monster of Florence by Preston & Spezi.
Both were excellent!
Silance of the lambs
Anything by Ann Rule.
@Jane has a great series: https://www.amazon.com/One-Count-Ten-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01ACZE684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1518685590&sr=8-1&keywords=jane+blythe
Dexter series, The Silence of the Lambs
I heard Robert Bryndza has a series about a female detective and serial killers.
I read this and thought “I didn’t post this”?
The butterfly garden
The silent child
Hit list or Hit man by Lawrence Block
Night stalker
John sandford Prey series
The Stranger Beside Me. Was the first Ann Rule book I had ever read and was immediately hooked.
Thanks for all the recommendations everyone❤️
Whoever Fights Monsters. It’s what the Netflix series Mindhunter is based on. So interesting!
THE SHINING GIRLS
Ann Rule has several but her Green River killer one was great (creepy).
The Alienist
ANYTHING by Ann Rule …. The Stranger Beside Me
Jack Olson …. Son, @Doc
Not a Serial Killer book but Perfect Victim: The True Story of the Girl in the Box by Christine McGuire and Carla Norton was good!
Kate Burkholder series- linda castillo
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter