A Serial on Serial Killers

As I said in a recent blog post, I plan to spend the next few months reading books about serial killers to get an idea of the current approach to serial killers. My focus will mostly be on indie books and serial killer books that have some supernatural aspects. However, I’ll also be expanding into other areas. You can follow along with what I’m reading here:

TitleAuthorGender of AuthorGender of KillerStatusYear
The Killer Inside MeJim Thompsonmanmanread1952
A Good Man Is Hard To FindFlannery O’Connorwomanmanread1953
The Wasp FactoryIain BanksmanIt’s complicated? read1984
PerfumePatrick Suskind1985
ZombieJoyce Carol Oateswomanman1995
the slutsdennis cooper2004
Sharp ObjectsGillian Flynnwomanwoman (child)read2006
HeartsickChelsea Cainwomanwoman2007
Child 44Tom Rob Smithmanmanread2008
My Pet Serial KillerMichael J. Seidlinger2013
Bones and AllCamille DeAngeliswomanvariousread2015
There’s Someone Inside Your HouseStephanie Perkinswomanman (teen)read2017
My Sister the Serial KillerOyinkan Braithwaitewomanwomanread2018
A Certain HungerChelsea G. Summerswomanwomanread2019
They Never LearnLayne Fargo2020
The Serial Killer’s WifeAlice Hunterwomanmanread2021
My MenVictoria Kielland2021
So Beautiful and ElasticGary J. Shipley2023
Butcher and BlackbirdBrynne Weaverwomanvarious (mostly men)read2023
Kill for LoveLaura Picklesimer2023
Maeve FlyCJ Leede2023
Crushing SnailsEmma E. Murraywomanwoman (teen)read2024
Love Letters to a Serial KillerTasha Coryellwomanwomanread2024
I Was a Teenage SlasherStephen Graham Jones2024
Vanishing DaughtersCynthia Pelayo2025
Shoot Me In The Face On A Beautiful DayEmma Murraywomanmanread2025

Eat Your Heart Out — Cannibalism and the Serial Killer

The most recent serial killer book I read was A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers. The book is absolutely brilliant. 10/10, lovely writing, witty, thoughtful, sarcastic voice and just dark enough to keep my internal “horror” reader engaged. It features a middle-aged female serial killer, Dorothy, writing her tell-all memoir from the confines of…

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Killer Romance: Deconstructing the Serial Killer Archetype in Butcher and Blackbird

I wanted to love Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver so much. It promised three things I love: serial killers, spicy romance, and alt culture/kink. I started reading it, and I was gripped. The first half of the book was really great. But as soon as the two main characters confess their love and started…

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Not the Killer, But His Wife

This week’s book was The Serial Killer’s Wife by Alice Hunter. It was published in 2021, and apparently Hunter has a few thematically related books, The Serial Killer’s Daughter and The Serial Killer’s Sister. She worked as an interventions facilitator in a prison, often working with prisoners who’d committed violent crimes. So one would assume…

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A Serial On Serial Killers

I’ve been thinking of what I want to do with my blog. As social media has fallen off for me (Twitter makes me angry. Blue Sky is nice at times, but I find I still spend too much time scrolling. I can’t for the life of me figure out how Instagram is supposed to work…

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