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The best true crime audiobooks for your inner detective

The best true crime audiobooks for your inner detective

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True crime has come a long way since the days when it was considered a guilty pleasure at best, or exploitative and salacious at worst. The genre has used its recent explosion in popularity to grapple with its identity, offer more nuanced and systemic perspectives, and center the voices of both victims and underrepresented communities in a quest for justice for all. And yet, the best true crime audiobooks always have you on the edge of your seat—whether it's a chilling serial killer story or a still-unsolved crime. You won’t be able to stop listening as each mystery unravels, especially when these fascinating, gripping tales are read by some of the most captivating voices in audio. Here are the best true crime audiobooks to get your heart racing.

I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Say Nothing
Bad Blood
In Cold Blood
Killers of the Flower Moon
Call Me God
Mindhunter
Adnan's Story
The Stranger Beside Me
The Fact of a Body
West Cork
Helter Skelter
The 57 Bus
Know My Name
Black Klansman
Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered
Chaos

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