Crime and Punishment
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THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
🖋️ Erik Larson
🏢 Vintage
A story of how an architect and a serial killer were linked by the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Originally published in 2003.
🥈 02
JUST MERCY
🖋️ Bryan Stevenson
🏢 Spiegel & Grau
A law professor and MacArthur grant recipient's memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death. Originally published in 2014.
🥉 03
FILTHY RICH
🖋️ James Patterson and John Connolly with Tim Malloy
🏢 Little, Brown
The story of a South Florida financier convicted of soliciting sex from underage girls.
04
MY OWN WORDS
🖋️ Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams
🏢 Simon & Schuster
A collection of articles and speeches by the Supreme Court justice.
05
NOTORIOUS RBG
🖋️ Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
🏢 Dey Street/Morrow
A celebration of the life and career of the Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
06
THE MIDNIGHT ASSASSIN
🖋️ Skip Hollandsworth
🏢 Holt
The hunt for America's first serial killer in Austin, Tex., in 1885.
07
ADNAN'S STORY
🖋️ Rabia Chaudry
🏢 St. Martin's
A friend of Adnan Syed, whose murder case was the focus of the popular podcast “Serial,” maintains his innocence.
08
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
🖋️ Piper Kerman
🏢 Spiegel & Grau
A memoir about a year in a women’s prison; the basis for the Netflix series. Originally published in 2010.
09
RED NOTICE
🖋️ Bill Browder
🏢 Simon & Schuster
A successful American hedge fund manager in Russia was expelled by kleptocrats who then seized his property.
10
SISTERS IN LAW
🖋️ Linda Hirshman
🏢 Harper/HarperCollins
The contrasting careers of the Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.