Books like The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson reads as immersive, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Killers of the Flower Moon

David Grann · 2017

Shares the heist thread

74% genome match

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote · 1966

Shares the heist thread

83% genome match

Under the Banner of Heaven

Jon Krakauer · 2003

Shares the heist thread

69% genome match

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Michelle McNamara · 2018

Shares the ambition thread

69% genome match

Blood and Money

Thomas Thompson · 1976

Shares the ambition thread

73% genome match

The Monster of Florence

Douglas Preston · 2008

Shares the ambition thread

69% genome match

Small sacrifices

Ann Rule · 1987

Shares the heist thread

69% genome match

The Feather Thief

Kirk Wallace Johnson · 2018

Shares the heist thread

69% genome match

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt · 1994

Both explore crime & murder

68% genome match

Say Nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe · 2019

Both explore murder

68% genome match

Yellow Bird

Sierra Crane Murdoch · 2020

Both explore murder & crime

70% genome match

Dead Wake

Erik Larson · 2015

Same nonfiction feel

66% genome match