Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial KillersNew · Nonfiction, True Crime, History
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
2025 · 480 pages · Nonfiction
25
New
★ 3.78 on Goodreads · 16K ratings
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2025). 3.78★ from 16K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
25Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers15 out of 100 · counts 50%+9
- Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12
Where it ranks
- #205 of the 220 history books we rank
- #634 of the 730 new books we rank
- #1238 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2025)
Reads as
Gripping, True story, Dark
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