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2025 selection · Nonfiction
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around the dark side, staff picks, rather long, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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