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A chilling, meticulously reported descent into the terrifying reality of a monster hiding behind the mask of an ordinary neighbor. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Bind, torture, kill.

  • dread-soaked
  • chilling
  • grim
  • tense
  1. 01

    The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

    John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker

    A chilling, step-by-step descent into the minds of America's most notorious predators, guided by the pioneer of criminal profiling.

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  2. 02

    Cases That Haunt Us

    Mark Olshaker

    A chilling, authoritative descent into the foundational cases of criminal psychology and the darkest realms of the human mind.

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  3. 03

    Mindhunter

    John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker

    A chilling, clinical descent into the darkest corners of the human psyche, guided by the man who learned to think like a monster.

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  4. 04

    The last victim

    Jason M. Moss · 1999

    A chilling, claustrophobic descent into the minds of monsters, told by a student who flew too close to the sun.

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  5. 05

    I'll Be Gone in the Dark

    Michelle McNamara

    A chilling, beautifully written descent into a cold case that doubles as a poignant meditation on the nature of obsession.

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    • journalistic
  6. 06

    The Stranger Beside Me

    Ann Rule

    A chilling, intimate descent into the sickening realization that a trusted friend is actually a monster.

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    • journalistic
    • somber
  7. 07

    American Predator

    Maureen Callahan

    A relentless, dread-soaked descent into the mind of an unprecedented killer and the frantic, flawed race to stop him.

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    • journalistic
  8. 08

    Kiss me, kill me

    Ann Rule

    A chilling, page-turning exploration of romantic trust weaponized into fatal deception.

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  9. 09

    The night stalker

    Philip Carlo · 1996

    A deeply unsettling, dread-soaked descent into the mind of a monster and the paralyzed city he terrorized.

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  10. 10

    My Friend Dahmer

    Derf Backderf

    A chilling, retrospective look at the mundane high school days of a future monster, steeped in creeping dread and the tragic failure of the adults who looked the other way.

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    • the banality of evil
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    I am not a serial killer

    Dan Wells

    A chillingly pragmatic dive into the mind of a teenage sociopath trying desperately to be the good guy.

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    Helter Skelter

    Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry · 1974

    A chilling, methodical descent into the darkest corners of the 1960s counterculture, guided by the prosecutor who brought the monsters to justice.

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    • the banality of evil

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