- Trailed, one woman's quest to solve the Shenandoah murders, Kathryn Miles
- The spy who knew too much, an ex-CIA officer's quest through a legacy of betrayal, Howard Blum
- The spy who couldn't spell, a dyslexic traitor, an unbreakable code, and the FBI's hunt for America's stolen secrets, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
- Where the bodies were buried, Whitey Bulger and the world that made him, T. J. English
- The feather thief, beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century, Kirk Wallace Johnson
- A deal with the devil, the dark and twisted true story of one of the biggest cons in history, Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken
- A death on W Street, the murder of Seth Rich and the age of conspiracy, Andy Kroll
- Queen of Cuba, an FBI agent's insider account of the spy who evaded detection for 17 years, Peter J. Lapp with Kelly Kennedy
- The good girls, an ordinary killing, Sonia Faleiro
- Norco '80, the true story of the most spectacular bank robbery in American history, Peter Houlahan
- Starkweather, the untold story of the killing spree that changed America, Harry N. MacLean
- Tracers in the dark, the global hunt for the crime lords of cryptocurrency, Andy Greenberg
- Bang boom burn, explosive true crime gun, bombing and arson cases from a federal agent's career, Wayne M. Miller
- Trail of the lost, the relentless search to bring home the missing hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail, Andrea Lankford
- 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
- While Idaho slept, the hunt for answers in the murders of four college students, J. Reuben Appelman
- The third rainbow girl, the long life of a double murder in Appalachia, Emma Copley Eisenberg
- American kingpin, the epic hunt for the criminal mastermind behind the Silk Road, Nick Bilton
- Code name Blue Wren, the true story of America's most dangerous female spy--and the sister she betrayed, Jim Popkin
- Deliberate cruelty, Truman Capote, the millionaire's wife, and the murder of the century, Roseanne Montillo
- We were once a family, a story of love, death, and child removal in America, Roxanna Asgarian
- Blood in the water, a true story of small-town revenge, Silver Donald Cameron
- The killer across the table, unlocking the secrets of serial killers and predators with the FBI's original Mindhunter, John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
- Pretty Jane and the viper of Kidbrooke Lane, a true story of Victorian law and disorder : the first unsolved murder of the Victorian age, Paul Thomas Murphy
- 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
- A murder in Music City, corruption, scandal, and the framing of an innocent man, Michael Bishop ; foreword by Richard Walter
- Tiger king, the official tell-all memoir, Joe Exotic
- Sharon Tate and the Manson murders, Greg King
- Down the hill, my descent into the double murder in Delphi, Susan Hendricks
- Boston tabloid, the killing of Robin Benedict, Don Stradley
- The girl on the velvet swing, sex, murder, and madness at the dawn of the twentieth century, Simon Baatz
- Furious hours, murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep
- Trailed, one woman's quest to solve the Shenandoah murders, Kathryn Miles
- The ghosts of Eden Park, the bootleg king, the women who pursued him, and the murder that shocked jazz- age America, Karen Abbott
- The wicked boy, the mystery of a Victorian child murderer, Kate Summerscale
- The case of the murderous Dr. Cream, the hunt for a Victorian era serial killer, Dean Jobb
- Deliberate cruelty, Truman Capote, the millionaire's wife, and the murder of the century, Roseanne Montillo
- Who killed these girls?, cold case : the yogurt shop murders, Beverly Lowry
- Furious hours, murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep
- The devil in the white city, murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America, Erik Larson
- Alcatraz ghost story, Roy Gardner's amazing train robberies, escapes, and lifelong love, Brian Stannard
- Helltown, the untold story of a serial killer on Cape Cod, Casey Sherman
- The library book, Susan Orlean
- The man from the train, the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery, Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James
- Yellow Bird, oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country, by Sierra Crane Murdoch
- The Gotti Wars, taking down America's most notorious mobster, John Gleeson
- Don't call it a cult, the shocking story of Keith Raniere and the women of NXIVM, Sarah Berman
- The case of the murderous Dr. Cream, the hunt for a Victorian era serial killer, Dean Jobb
- Last call, a true story of love, lust, and murder in queer New York, Elon Green
- The midnight assassin, panic, scandal, and the hunt for America's first serial killer, Skip Hollandsworth