If I Did It — O.J. Simpson's Controversial Confession Book

"If I Did It" is one of the most controversial true crime books ever published. The book presents O.J. Simpson's hypothetical account of how he would have committed the double murder he was acquitted of in 1995, but later found civilly liable for.

The book was originally contracted by publisher ReganBooks in 2006, but its release was cancelled following massive public outrage. Many saw the project as Simpson's de facto confession wrapped in a thin layer of fiction. In 2007, the rights to the book were transferred to the Goldman family as part of a civil judgment, and they published it under the subtitle "Confessions of the Killer."

In the book, Simpson describes in graphic detail a "hypothetical" version of the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered outside Nicole's home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The passages are written in the first person and contain detailed descriptions that many readers find eerily authentic.

The book remains a hotly debated document in criminal history — both as a potential admission of guilt and as an example of the ethical dilemmas surrounding the true crime genre.