Non fiction - art fraud and theft
2. 
The Scientist and the Forger: Insights Into the Scientific Detection of Forgery in Paintings
by:
Jehane Ragai
3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings 
2. 
Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art
by:
Darsie Alexander
3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings 5. 
Scientific Investigation of Copies, Fakes and Forgeries
by:
Paul Craddock
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 5. 
Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World
by:
Roger Atwood
3.84 avg rating — 348 ratings 7. 
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
by:
Laney Salisbury
3.92 avg rating — 6,614 ratings 7. 
Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World
by:
Sharon Waxman
3.95 avg rating — 1,964 ratings 9. 
The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
by:
Anthony M. Amore
3.54 avg rating — 1,174 ratings 9. 
Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum
by:
Jason Felch
4.05 avg rating — 2,116 ratings 11. 
The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps
by:
Michael Blanding
3.64 avg rating — 3,670 ratings 12. 
The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
by:
Jonathan Lopez
3.77 avg rating — 8,541 ratings 12. 
The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
by:
Tom Burgis
4.04 avg rating — 2,734 ratings 
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Hitler's Last Hostages: Looted Art and the Soul of the Third Reich
by:
Mary M. Lane
3.81 avg rating — 199 ratings 16. 
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
by:
Lynn H. Nicholas
3.93 avg rating — 7,697 ratings 16. 
Disappearing Ink: The Insider, the FBI, and the Looting of the Kenyon College Library
by:
Travis McDade
3.78 avg rating — 167 ratings 18. 
The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities--From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums
by:
Peter Watson
3.85 avg rating — 770 ratings 19. 
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology
by:
Kenneth L. Feder
4.04 avg rating — 728 ratings 20. 
The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
by:
Anthony M. Amore
3.54 avg rating — 1,174 ratings 21. 
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Rogues’ Gallery: The Rise (and Occasional Fall) of Art Dealers, the Hidden Players in the History of Art
by:
Philip Hook
3.87 avg rating — 311 ratings