Helter Skelter

The first true crime book I ever read, at the age of 12, and still my all time favorite, "Helter Skelter" by Vincent Bugliosi. I was in the mood to reread it, and it's amazing how much detail he manages to pack into this book without losing any of the narrative. It never gets dry, like some nonfiction. Frightening, disturbing, and wholly engrossing, it is right up there in my all-time must reads.