True Crime Book Bonanza

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This week, Alice and Kim discuss arson, mesmerism, and murder in a true crime-themed episode. Find your scary nonfiction here this month on For Real. This week's episode is sponsored by Are You There, God? It's Me, Margarita by Tim Federle, and The Golden Boy: A Doctor’s Journey With Addiction by Grant Matheson. Don't forget to check out Book Riot's new subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes. Visit mytbr.co to learn more. FOLLOW UP Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-Class Metropolis by Sam Anderson NEW BOOKS The Library Book by Susan Orlean Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter Noncompliant: A Lone Whistleblower Exposes the Giants of Wall Street by Carmen Segarra My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown by Nathaniel Philbrick Impeachment: An American History by by Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, Peter Baker, and Jeffrey Engel WEEKLY THEME: True Crime Bonanza The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule After the Eclipse: A Mother’s Murder and a Daughter’s Search by Sarah Perry I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara The Infamous Harry Hayward: A True Account of Murder and Mesmerism in Gilded Age Minneapolis by Shawn Francis Peters American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse SEGMENT THREE: Short Nonfiction II Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions by Valeria Luiselli My Friend Dahmer by Derk Backderf Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit READING NOW Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister The Good Pig by Sy Montgomery In Cold Blood by Truman Capote EXTRAS Allie Brosh/Felicia Day Interview