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Biographies[]
| Subject | Book |
|---|---|
| Charles Albright | Matthews, John (1996). The Eyeball Killer, Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing. ISBN 1-56865-184-8 |
| Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka | Burnside, Scott; Alan Cairns (1995). Deadly Innocence, Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-0446601542 |
| The Boston Strangler | Frank, Gerold. The Boston Strangler, Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1504049375 |
| Jerry Brudos | Rule, Ann (1994). Lust Killer, Signet Books. ISBN 0-4511-6687-6 |
| Ted Bundy | Rule, Ann (1980). The Stranger Beside Me, W.W. Norton and Company Inc. ISBN 978-0393868494 |
| Harvey Carignan | Rule, Ann (1983). The Want-Ad Killer, Berkley. ISBN 978-0451166883 |
| Andrei Chikatilo | Conradi, Peter. The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer,. ISBN 978-1504040167 |
| Joseph Christopher | Pelonero, Catherine (2017). Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided, Skyhorse. ISBN 978-1510719835 |
| Ray & Faye Copeland | Miller, Tom (1993). The Copeland Killings,. New York: Pinnacle Books. ISBN 1558176756 |
| Dean Corll | Olsen, Jack (2000). The Man with The Candy, Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0743212830 |
| Jeffrey Dahmer | • Davis, Donald A. (1991). The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: An American Nightmare, St. Martin's Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0312928407 • Dahmer, Lionel. A Father's Story,. ISBN 978-1635615630 • Masters, Brian. The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer,. ISBN 978-1529338911 • Backderf, Derf (2012). My Friend Dahmer, Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-1419702174 |
| Joseph DeAngelo | • McNamara, Michelle (2018). I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-231978-4 • Penn, Anne; Crompton, Larry & Smith, Mark (2018). The Creep Among Us: Golden State Killer After The Arrest, Independently published. ISBN 978-1728855431 |
| Ronald Dominique | Rosen, Fred (2017). The Bayou Strangler: Louisiana's Most Gruesome Serial Killer, Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1504039499 |
| Albert Fish | Schechter, Harold (1998). Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer!,. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0671025458 |
| Kendall Francois | Rowe, Claudia (2017). The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder, HarperLuxe. ISBN 978-0062497628 |
| John Wayne Gacy | • Sullivan, Terry; Peter Maiken. Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders, Pinnacle. ISBN 978-0786014224 • Amirante, Sam L.; Danny Broderick. John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster: The True Story of the Lawyer Who Defended One of the Most Evil Serial Killers in History,. ISBN 978-1632203632 |
| Ed Gein | Schechter, Harold (1989). Deviant: The Shocking True Story of the Original "Psycho",. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0671644826 |
| Robert Hansen | Gilmour, Walter; Leland E. Hale (2018). Butcher, Baker: The True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer, Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1504049481 |
| Gary M. Heidnik | Englade, Ken (1992). Cellar of Horror: The Story of Gary Heidnik,. New York: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-92929-3 |
| William Heirens | Kennedy, Dolores (1991). William Heirens: His Day in Court, Chicago: Bonus Books. ISBN 0929387503 |
| The Hillside Stranglers | • O'Brien, Darcy (1990). Two of a Kind: The Hillside Strangler, Signet. ISBN 978-0451163028 • O'Brien, Darcy (2017). The Hillside Stranglers: The Inside Story of the Killing Spree That Terrorized Los Angeles, Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1504047883 • Bardsley, Marilyn. Buono and Bianchi, the Hillside Stranglers. Crime Library. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. |
| Gary Hilton | Rosen, Fred (2011). Trails of Death: The True Story of National Forest Serial Killer Gary Hilton, Titletown Publishing, LLC,. ISBN 978-0982720691 |
| H. H. Holmes | • Schechter, Harold (1994). Depraved: The Definitive True Story of H. H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-of-the-Century Chicago,. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 9780671025441 • Larson, Erik (2004). The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, Vintage. ISBN 978-0375725609 |
| Randy Kraft | McDougal, Dennis (2009). Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree, Hachette. ISBN 978-0-446-56248-5 |
| Peter Kürten | Berg, Karl. The Sadist,. London: Broadway Press. ISBN 978-9-333-35227-7 |
| Sheila LaBarre | • Flynn, Kevin (2009). Wicked Intentions: A Remote Farmhouse, A Beautiful Temptress, and the Lovers She Murdered, Google Books. ISBN 9780312575779 • Benson, Michael (2012). The Burn Farm, Google Books. ISBN 9780786031887 |
| Samuel Little | Lauren, Jillian (December 20, 2018). "The Serial Killer and the 'Less Dead'". The Cut (Article). Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. |
| Roy Melanson | Jackson, Steve (April 7, 2016). Smooth Talker: Trail Of Death, WildBlue Press. ISBN 978-1942266433 |
| Joseph Naso | Swinney, C.L. (2017). LIST OF 10: The True Story of Serial Killer Joseph Naso, RJ Parker Publishing. ISBN 978-1987902327 |
| Earle Nelson | Schechter, Harold (2008). Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster, Pocket Books. ISBN 978-1439124055 |
| Dennis Nilsen | • Masters, Brian (1985). Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen,. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-812-83104-7 • Coffey, Russell (2013). Dennis Nilsen: Conversations with Britain's Most Evil Serial Killer, John Blake. ISBN 978-1-782-19459-0 |
| Alexander Pichushkin | Savodnik, Peter (April 30, 2009). "The Chessboard Killer". GQ (Article). Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. |
| Jesse Pomeroy | Schechter, Harold (2000). Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America's Youngest Serial Killer, Gallery Books. ISBN 978-0671014483 |
| Dennis Rader | • Douglas, John E. (2008). Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer, Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0470325155 • Rawson, Kerri; Thomas Nelson (2019). A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming,. ISBN 978-1400201754 |
| Richard Ramirez | Carlo, Philip (1996). The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez,. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp. ISBN 978-0-786-00379-2 |
| Robert Ben Rhoades | Veselka, Vanessa (October 24, 2012). "The Truck Stop Killer". GQ (Article). Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. |
| Gary Ridgway | • Keppel, Robert (2004). The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer,. ISBN 0-7434-6395-1 Updated after the arrest and confession of Gary Ridgway. • Rule, Ann (2005). Green River, Running Red,. ISBN 0-7434-6050-2 |
| Jack the Ripper | Sugden, Philip (2002). The Complete History of Jack the Ripper, Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-1841193977 |
| Arthur Shawcross | Olsen, Jack (2017). The Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims - The True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1542892964 |
| Lydia Sherman | Schechter, Harold (August 11, 2009). Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer, Gallery Books. ISBN 978-1439182642 |
| Anthony Sowell | Miller, Steve (2012). Nobody's Women: The Crimes and Victims of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Serial Killer,. New York: Penguin Publishing. ISBN 9780425250518 |
| Jane Toppan | Schechter, Harold (2003). Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer, Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-01450-6 |
| Zodiac | Graysmith, Robert. Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of the Hunt for the Nation's Most Elusive Serial Killer,. ISBN 978-0425212189 |
Autobiographies & Memoirs[]
Autobiographies and memoirs of serial killers and the law enforcement officers who caught them.
- Azuma, Shinichiro (2015). Zekka (絶歌) (Japanese)
- Berkowitz, David (2006). Son of Hope: The Prison Journals of David Berkowitz, Morning Star Communications. ISBN 978-0977899623
- Bonin, William (1991). Doing Time: Stories from the Mind of a Death Row Prisoner, Eagle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-879027-04-6
- Dodd, Westley Allan; Rose, John; Steinhorst, Lori (1994). When the Monster Comes Out of the Close, Rose Publishing. ISBN 978-1881170068
- Douglas, John; Mark Olshaker (1995). Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1787460614
- Douglas, John; Mark Olshaker (2000). The Anatomy of Motive, Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0671023935
- Eisele, Joseph (1978). Life and crimes of Joseph Eisele, alias John Schafer, The Parkersburg Murderer, Hildegard Armbruster. “ASIN B0061I27JM”
- Edwards, Edward (1972). The Metamorphosis of a Criminal: The True Life Story of Ed Edwards, Hart Associates. ISBN 978-0805510485
- Gacy, John Wayne (1995). A Question of Doubt: The John Wayne Gacy Story, Craig Bowley Consultants. ISBN 978-1878865038
- Gaskins, Donald H.; Wilton Earle (1992). Final Truth: The Autobiography of a Serial Killer, Adept. ISBN 978-0963242204
- Monroe, Jana (October 10, 2023). Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI, Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-1419766114
- Nilsen, Dennis (2021). History of a Drowning Boy: The Autobiography, RedDoor Press. ISBN 978-1913062538
- Ressler, Robert K.; Tom Shachtman (1993). Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI, St. Martin's Paperbacks; St. Martin's Paperbacks Edition. ISBN 978-0312950446
- Rolling, Danny; Sondra London (1996). The Making of a Serial Killer: The Real Story of the Gainesville Student Murders in the Killer's Own Words, Feral House. ISBN 978-0922915408
- Schaefer, G. J.; Sondra London (1990). Killer Fiction, Feral House. ISBN 978-0922915439
- Unterweger, Jack. Purgatory or The Trip to Prison – Report of a Guilty Man,.
Psychology[]
- Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Ressler, Robert K.. Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives, Free Press. ISBN 978-0028740638
- Keppel, Robert. Signature Killers: Interpreting the Calling Cards of the Serial Killers, Gallery Books. ISBN 978-1416585794
Encyclopedias[]
- Vronsky, Peter (2004). Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters, Berkley Books. ISBN 978-0425196403
- Newton, Michael (2006). The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: A Study of the Chilling Criminal Phenomenon from the Angels of Death to the Zodiac Killer, Checkmark Books. ISBN 978-0816061969
- Rosewood, Jack (2017). The Big Book of Serial Killers (An Encyclopedia of Serial Killers), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1548119645
- Werner, D R (2021). Unsolved Serial Killers: 10 Frightening True Crime Cases of Unidentified Serial Killers (The Ones You've Never Heard of), D.R. Werner. ISBN 978-1737769200