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A chilling, meticulously restrained descent into the suffocating loneliness and fractured mind of a notorious serial killer. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Killing for Company.
- claustrophobic
- bleak
- dread-soaked
- melancholic
- 01
The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule
A chilling, intimate descent into the sickening realization that a trusted friend is actually a monster.
- 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.
- 03
The shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer
Brian Masters · 1993
A chilling, erudite descent into the darkest, most isolated corners of a fractured human mind.
- 04
The night stalker
Philip Carlo · 1996
A deeply unsettling, dread-soaked descent into the mind of a monster and the paralyzed city he terrorized.
- 05
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.
- 06
The Joy of Gay Sex
Dr. Charles Silverstein / Felice Picano
A warm, unapologetic, and encyclopedic embrace of queer male sexuality and intimacy.
- 07
The man with the candy
Jack Olsen · 1974
A chilling, meticulously researched descent into a community's blind spots and the devastating cost of institutional apathy.
- 08
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.
- 09
Portrait of a Killer
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels · 2002
A dark, obsessive deep-dive into Victorian London that applies modern forensic science to history's most infamous cold case.
- 10
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson · 2003
A mesmerizing descent into the Gilded Age where the pinnacle of human achievement casts the darkest of shadows.
- 11
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Kate Summerscale
A grim, historical deep-dive into a shocking Victorian murder and the tragic toll it took on the man who tried to solve it.
- 12
The minds of Billy Milligan
Daniel Keyes
A chilling, meticulously documented descent into a fractured mind that blurs the line between true crime and psychological horror.
