3. In Cold Blood

By Truman Capote (343 pp)(ebook)

Another book that's been in my to read pile forever. This is a non-fiction book published in 1966 about real murders that happened in rural Kansas in 1959. The book was groundbreaking in that it used fiction techniques to tell a true story. Four members of a family are found brutally murdered on their farm. The story tells the story of the victims and the story of the murderers. The writing is really good and the story is terrifying. The murders were so senseless and sad.