Books like My Friend Dahmer
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf reads as unsettling, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Borden tragedy
Rick Geary · 1997
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69% genome match
Savage Grace
Natalie S. Robins · 1985
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69% genome match
This House of Grief
Helen Garner · 2014
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69% genome match
The trial of Dr. Adams
Sybille Bedford · 1958
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69% genome match
Green River killer
Jeff Jensen · 2011
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83% genome match
Murder and mayhem
James Ellroy · 1991
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69% genome match
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
Eric Powell · 2021
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69% genome match
The boy who fell out of the sky
Ken Dornstein · 2006
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69% genome match
Killings
Calvin Trillin · 1984
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The last of the Duchess
Caroline Blackwood · 1995
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69% genome match
The last victim
Jason Moss · 1999
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69% genome match
The journalist and the murderer
Janet Malcolm · 1990
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69% genome match
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