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If you loved How a Colonel Became a Killer by Cal Millar, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Serial Killers, Murder, and True Crime.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of How a Colonel Became a Killer.

True Crime Case Histories – (Books 1, 2, & 3) 32 Disturbing True Crime Stories (3 Book True Crime Collection): 32 Disturbing True Crime Stories — Jason Neal

True Crime Case Histories – (Books 1, 2, & 3) 32 Disturbing True Crime Stories (3 Book True Crime Collection): 32 Disturbing True Crime Stories

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

The Fence A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide — Dick Lehr

The Fence A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

The Red Parts Autobiography of a Trial — Maggie Nelson

The Red Parts Autobiography of a Trial

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Butcher, Baker The True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer — Walter Gilmour

Butcher, Baker The True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Lying in Wait Ann Rule’s Crime Files: Vol.17 — Ann Rule

Lying in Wait Ann Rule’s Crime Files: Vol.17

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Hearts of Darkness Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI — Jana Monroe

Hearts of Darkness Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

The Good Nurse A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder — Charles Graeber

The Good Nurse A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder

Charles Graeber

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Helter Skelter The True Story Of The Manson Murder — Vincent Bugliosi

Helter Skelter The True Story Of The Manson Murder

Vincent Bugliosi

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

The Mind of the Devil The Cases of Arthur Gary Bishop and Westley Allan Dodd — Al Carlisle

The Mind of the Devil The Cases of Arthur Gary Bishop and Westley Allan Dodd

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

A New Kind of Monster The Secret Life and Chilling Crimes of Colonel Russell Williams — Timothy Appleby

A New Kind of Monster The Secret Life and Chilling Crimes of Colonel Russell Williams

Timothy Appleby

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Blood on Their Hands Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty — Mandy Matney

Blood on Their Hands Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter The True Story of a Small-Town Accountant, an Elite Group of Detectives, and Arizona’s Most Terrifying Cold Case — Troy A. Hillman

Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter The True Story of a Small-Town Accountant, an Elite Group of Detectives, and Arizona’s Most Terrifying Cold Case

Troy A. Hillman

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

The Serial Killer Cookbook True Crime Trivia and Disturbingly Delicious Last Meals from Death Row’s Most Infamous Killers and Murderers — Ashley Lecker

The Serial Killer Cookbook True Crime Trivia and Disturbingly Delicious Last Meals from Death Row’s Most Infamous Killers and Murderers

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Every Breath You Take A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder — Ann Rule

Every Breath You Take A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

In Broad Daylight A Murder in Skidmore, Missouri — Harry N. MacLean

In Broad Daylight A Murder in Skidmore, Missouri

Harry N. MacLean

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer — Dean Jobb

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

The Serial Killer Coloring Book II An Adult Coloring Book Full of Notorious Serial Killers — Jack Rosewood

The Serial Killer Coloring Book II An Adult Coloring Book Full of Notorious Serial Killers

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

The Toolbox Killers A Deadly Rape, Torture & Murder Duo — Jack Rosewood

The Toolbox Killers A Deadly Rape, Torture & Murder Duo

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

The Spider and the Fly A Writer, a Murderer, and a Story of Obsession — Claudia Rowe

The Spider and the Fly A Writer, a Murderer, and a Story of Obsession

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Whitey’s Career Case The Insulin Murders — Harold White

Whitey’s Career Case The Insulin Murders

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Blood & Ink The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime — Joe Pompeo

Blood & Ink The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Bodies of Evidence (True Crime Collection) From the Case Files of Notorious USA — Gregg Olsen

Bodies of Evidence (True Crime Collection) From the Case Files of Notorious USA

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer — Michelle McNamara

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

I: The Creation of a Serial Killer — Jack Olsen

I: The Creation of a Serial Killer

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • True Crime

Fans of How a Colonel Became a Killer by Cal Millar will find 24 titles here, all united by Serial Killers, Murder, True Crime. Authors represented include Jason Neal, Dick Lehr, Maggie Nelson, Walter Gilmour, and others.

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