I liked the recommendations of this young true crime fan who put together a fantastic true crime reading list.... while simultaneously amusing me with the idea that the popularity of true crime is a new phenomenon. Ha!
"Since the mid-2010’s, the true crime boom has been growing and growing with no sign of stopping," says Mariah Koeneke. That's true except I would change the year to 1621 and say, "Since 1621, the true crime boom has been growing and growing with no sign of stopping!"
But I nitpick. Here is a great list written by Mariah Koeneke for the Gateway (student newspaper) of True Crime Books to Get Next. The first book is one we have all heard of, but the rest are new to me at least:
(1) I'll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara;
(2) Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek, M.D., and T.J. Mitchell;
(3) Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark;
(4) Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill with Dan Piepenbring. They all sound interesting -- and should go a long way toward making me feel caught up in this fast-moving genre.
Art: Execution of Ann Hibbins in New England. Public domain.From Lynn and Surroundings, by Clarence. W. Hobbs, Lynn, Mass.: Lewis & Winship Publishers, 1886.: 52. Artist: F. T. Merrill
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