True Crime History Books in Order
True Crime History contains 18 books, published between 2006 and 2021. The first book is The Good-Bye Door (2006) and the newest is Cold War Secrets (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 2006–2021
- Pages on record
- 1,345 in 6 of 18 books
True Crime History collects 18 books published between 2006 and 2021 from at least eight credited writers, with Jonathan Goodman named on 5, and Diana Britt Franklin and Virginia McConnell on 2 each. Subjects recorded for the listing are murder, case studies, history, sociology, law and occultism. The Good-Bye Door and Ripperology, both 2006, open the run, which takes in Murder on Several Occasions (2007), Supernatural Murders (2011) and Queen Victoria's Stalker: The Strange Case of the Boy Jones (2012). Cold War Secrets (2021) is the newest entry.
How many True Crime History books are there?
True Crime History has 18 books, released between 2006 and 2021.
True Crime History Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 True Crime History books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Good-Bye Door2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 1Bloody Lies2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 2Ripperology2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 3Tracks to Murder2007 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/420071981/4
- 4Murder on Several Occasions2007 · 358 pages · confirmed 1/420073581/4
- 5Musical Mysteries2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 6Gold Medal Killer2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 7The Adventuress2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 8Supernatural Murders2011 · 197 pages · confirmed 1/420111971/4
- 9Queen Victoria's Stalker: The Strange Case of the Boy Jones2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 10The Killing of Julia Wallace2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 11Nameless Indignities2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 12The Christmas Murders2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 13Hauptmann's Ladder2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 15The Belle of Bedford Avenue2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 16The Beauty Defense2020 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420201761/4
- 17The Uncommon Case of Daniel Brown2021 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/420211841/4
- 18Cold War Secrets2021 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/420212321/4
Where to start with True Crime History
Start with The Good-Bye Door (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest True Crime History book?
Cold War Secrets (2021) is the newest True Crime History book released so far.
Is there a new True Crime History book coming?
No next True Crime History book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
True Crime History at a glance
- Paused
- No new True Crime History title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- True Crime History books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,345 pages across the 6 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 198 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most True Crime History books, 11 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 18 titles, 5 are credited to Jonathan Goodman, 2 to Diana Britt Franklin, 2 to Virginia McConnell and 1 to Robin Odell. A further 8 writers are credited.
What the True Crime History books are about
6 of the 18 True Crime History books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: case studies is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.