Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jennifer Berry Hawes tells the story of the 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and its aftermath. It won the 2020 Audie Award for Best Non-Fiction, and AudioFile called the performance an exceptional one on a difficult subject. The author reads the introduction. Rated 4.7 on Audible.

A real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time. It won the 2023 Audie Award, and AudioFile said BD Wong narrates it as if he is pitching the story for a movie. Rated 4.2 on Audible.

Kidnapping plots, arson, jewel heists and attempted murder in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ronan Farrow narrates this audio documentary about socialite and former Miss Arizona Cece Doane. More than 2,800 ratings at 4.3. Audible’s editors named it among the best audiobooks of 2025.

A serial killer’s victims stayed unfound for decades. Paul Holes, one of America’s most celebrated detectives, reopens the cases, and you hear the investigation unfold in real time. He narrates it himself. More than 1,300 ratings at 4.6. It carries Audible’s Editors Select tag.

The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, one of the biggest corporate frauds in history, reported by a prize-winning investigative journalist. Will Damron reads it, and with nearly 40,000 ratings at 4.8 it is the most-rated book here. It is on Audible’s own list of the best true crime audiobooks, and Audie Award winner Will Damron reads it.

The story of how the Golden State Killer was caught, told first-hand by the people closest to the case, including Paul Holes, the forensic criminologist who spent 20 years on it. It adds all-new details to the story in I’ll Be Gone in the Dark. More than 21,000 ratings at 4.8.

Journalist Billy Jensen spent 15 years investigating unsolved murders, and he invites you to gather the clues the police overlooked and identify the suspect. Jensen reads it with Karen Kilgariff of My Favorite Murder. More than 10,000 ratings at 4.6.

In October 2002, a loud crack in a Maryland shopping plaza began 23 days of terror across the Washington, DC area. Maureen O’Connell narrates this Audible Original about the hunt for the sniper. More than 5,800 ratings at 4.7.

In 1994, a young cold-case investigator named Paul Holes puts the Golden State Killer case aside while he waits for science to catch up, and goes looking for another cold case he can work. Told as a true story by Holes and Jim Clemente, with more than 1,300 ratings at 4.7.

In 1985, a brilliant young British DNA scientist, Helena Greenwood, is found murdered in her front garden in California. Samantha Weinberg, who has written an award-winning book about the case, narrates this look at DNA evidence and doubt. More than 1,500 ratings at 4.1.

The true story of the FBI’s groundbreaking investigation into the 9/11 attacks, the deadliest crime in modern US history. Dion Graham narrates this Audible Original, which has a 4.9 rating.

Black girls and women disappear every day, but not without a trace. Erika Alexander leads this true crime drama about the disappearance of Tamika Huston, and it was a 2023 duPont-Columbia award winner for excellence in journalism. More than 3,500 ratings at 4.6.

The authors chronicle the USA Gymnastics scandal from the start, tracking the institutions Larry Nassar hid behind and the women who eventually brought him to justice. They read it themselves, and it has more than 3,000 ratings at 4.8.

John Douglas looks back on his 25-year career in the FBI’s Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to get inside the minds of killers. It inspired the Netflix series. Richard M. Davidson reads it, and it has more than 10,000 ratings on Audible at 4.6.

Douglas revisits four of the most disturbing predatory killers he interviewed, with details he had never revealed about how he profiles them. Jonathan Groff, star of Netflix’s Mindhunter, performs it and talks with Douglas in an exclusive conversation at the end. More than 6,300 ratings at 4.8.

Ann Rule, called America’s best true-crime writer by Kirkus, tells the story of the murders in the Pacific Northwest and her shock when she discovered that her friend Ted Bundy was a suspect. Lorelei King reads it, and nearly 11,000 listeners have rated it 4.6.

Richard Ramirez left 13 dead and paralyzed Los Angeles with fear. Philip Carlo’s classic is based on years of research, and Tom Zingarelli’s voice gives it gravitas and suspense. More than 2,000 ratings at 4.5.

Maureen Callahan’s hunt for Israel Keyes, subtitled the most meticulous serial killer of the 21st century. It was a New York Times bestseller and an Amazon Best Book of 2019, and Amy Landon reads it. More than 8,000 ratings at 4.5.

Vincent Bugliosi prosecuted the Manson trial, and this is his insider account of the Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson’s followers. Scott Brick reads all 26 hours, with more than 10,000 ratings at 4.6.

Truman Capote’s account of the 1959 murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, which the New York Times Book Review said chills the blood and exercises the intelligence. Scott Brick reads it, and it has more than 15,000 ratings at 4.4.

The untold lives of the five women killed by Jack the Ripper, and a portrait of Victorian London. It won the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize. Louise Brealey, who was also part of the cast of The Girl on the Train, the 2016 Audie Audiobook of the Year, reads it. More than 1,500 ratings at 4.5.

Deborah Blum writes with a skill for suspense, telling the untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. Coleen Marlo reads it, and more than 2,600 listeners rate it 4.2.

The Genovese, Gambino, Bonanno, Colombo and Lucchese families ruled New York for decades and built the American Mafia. Paul Costanzo’s narration brings clarity and gravitas to a history this long, and it has more than 3,000 ratings at 4.5. At nearly 34 hours, it is the longest listen here.

The true-crime bestseller behind Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas, following Henry Hill from a Brooklyn kid who wanted to be a wiseguy. This edition includes an introduction written and read by Scorsese himself, and it has more than 3,000 ratings at 4.9.

Originally published as I Heard You Paint Houses, the New York Times bestseller behind Martin Scorsese’s film with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. Scott Brick reads it, with more than 3,400 ratings at 4.7.

The DeMeo gang were the most deadly hit men in organized crime, so feared by their own Mafia higher-ups that they were called the Murder Machine. Victor Bevine reads it, and it has a 4.7 rating.

Bryan Stevenson reads his own account of founding the Equal Justice Initiative to defend the poor and the wrongly condemned. A number-one New York Times bestseller that Kirkus named one of the best nonfiction books of the century, with more than 18,000 ratings at 4.9.

The true story of four Black men wrongfully convicted of murder, nearly all connected to a once-legendary NYPD homicide detective, Louis Scarcella. Aaron Goodson narrates this Audible Original, which has a 4.8 rating.

American Pain was a Florida megaclinic built to serve addicts posing as patients, and the king of the state’s pill mills. Charlie Thurston reads it, and it has more than 1,300 ratings at 4.6.

Dozens of truckloads disappeared from American highways in a matter of months, and what they carried was nuts. Marc Fennell narrates a rabbit hole of crime syndicates, stolen identities and private investigators. Nearly 10,000 ratings at 4.3.