Books like Beyond obsession by Richard Hammer

Robert Greene’s The Art of Seduction examines the subtle psychology of attraction, outlining classic techniques and timeless profiles of seductive figures.

When a commuter train ride turns into a shocking glimpse of another life, Rachel’s curiosity pulls her deep into a murder mystery that challenges her own sense of reality.

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

Eighteen‑year‑old Susanna Kaysen is admitted to McLean Hospital in 1967, where she documents life in the psychiatric ward, exploring mental illness, recovery, and the cultural landscape of the late 1960s.

Tom Ripley is hired to travel to Italy and persuade a wayward son to return home, but he becomes obsessed with taking the boy’s life, identity and wealth.

Eva grapples with her role as mother after her son Kevin, a teenage boy, murders seven classmates, a cafeteria worker and a teacher. Two years later, she confronts the aftermath and her own doubts.

After a teenage girl is murdered on Halloween in 1975, journalist Timothy Dumas investigates the unsolved case that has fused into Greenwich, Connecticut’s social fabric, exposing community silence and unanswered questions.

Dead by Sunset is a gripping true‑crime case study that examines the homicide of Cheryl Brad, delving into her marriage to the psychopath she called Tall, her legal career, and the court’s handling of the murder trial in Oregon.

Aaron Hernandez—college All‑American, youngest NFL draft pick, and Super Bowl participant—led a hidden life that culminated in a murder conviction and his own tragic death. All‑American Murder details the case with original reporting.

Reinvestigation of Dr. Sam Sheppard’s 1954 murder of his wife, with new evidence pointing to an unknown killer and prompting a renewed county investigation.

A gripping true-crime account of the 1986 Howard Beach hate-murder in Queens, detailing the investigation, trial, and the relentless pursuit of justice by Special Prosecutor Charles J. Hynes.

In 1921, John S. Williams’s Georgia plantation, still run by enslaved labor, becomes the site of a chilling federal investigation after the governor orders the destruction of evidence. The case, involving the murder of slaves and a trial that captured national attention, marks a turning point in the treatment of black Americans.

Susan Kelly uncovers how Albert DeSalvo falsely confessed to eleven New England murders of the early 1960s, revealing the true killers behind the infamously dubbed Boston Stranglers.

The True Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case

Final Analysis traces the brutal murder trial of Susan Polk, a Northern California housewife arrested for killing her husband Felix, unpacking their decades‑long, abusive relationship and the meticulous police investigation that led to her conviction.

A true‑crime investigation into the 1928 disappearance of Grace Budd in New York, detailing the relentless search, national press coverage, and the shocking crimes of Albert Fish.

A gripping legal thriller about a prosecutor's quest for justice after a brutal murder in Washington, D.C.

A true‑crime account of the 1991 tragedy that claimed a 3‑month‑old New York girl in a fire, the investigation of her Swiss nanny Olivia Riner, and the controversial acquittal that has kept the case alive.

A true‑crime account of the shocking 1990 murder of Gregg Smart and the subsequent trial that rattled the United States, revealing a twisted motive involving a teenage accomplice.

In 1982, a sensational murder trial in Phoenix, Arizona, reverberated throughout the legal community. Restaurateur Steven Steinberg, who killed his wife by stabbing her 26 times, was acquitted; his legal defense portrayed the victim as an overpowering Jewish American Princess whose excesses may have provoked her violent end. Examining the structure of the defense's case, Frondorf, an attorney who was previously a psychiatric social worker, follows the theme that made Elana Steinberg the villain, instead of the victim, of the piece. The defense's forensic presentation, bolstered by testimony from psychiatrists, maintained that Steinberg committed the crime while sleepwalking, an abnormality allegedly brought on by the intemperate spending of his wife. Frondorf recreates the trial whose outcome scarred the tightly knit Jewish community of Phoenix.

The novelist Maurice Bendrix's love affair with his friend's wife, Sarah, had begun in London during the Blitz. But, out of the blue she ended the relationship. Years later he sends a private detective to follow Sarah and find out the truth.