Scams, Scandals and Frauds
1. 
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by:
John Carreyrou
4.41 avg rating — 276,372 ratings 
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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
by:
Bethany McLean
4.22 avg rating — 27,091 ratings 
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The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
by:
David Enrich
4.07 avg rating — 6,285 ratings 
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The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
by:
Shawn Levy
3.67 avg rating — 4,468 ratings 8. 
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World
by:
Sarah Weinman
3.41 avg rating — 7,422 ratings 
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Green Fraud: Why the Green New Deal Is Even Worse than You Think
by:
Marc Morano
4.31 avg rating — 189 ratings 14. 
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What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Your Lower Back: Avoid the Pitfalls, Scams, Shysters, Con Men, Charlatans, and Quacks
by:
Bill Yancey
3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings 
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Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans, Concubines, and Royal Mistresses
by:
Ian Graham
3.26 avg rating — 323 ratings 18. 
The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France
by:
Eric Jager
3.97 avg rating — 6,850 ratings 19. 
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
by:
Tom Mueller
3.77 avg rating — 4,070 ratings 20. 
Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936
by:
Edward Sorel
3.53 avg rating — 1,181 ratings 21. 
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology
by:
Kenneth L. Feder
4.04 avg rating — 728 ratings 22. 
Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World
by:
Oliver Bullough
4.19 avg rating — 6,773 ratings 23. 
The Art of the Steal: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business from Fraud, America's #1 Crime 3.77 avg rating — 853 ratings
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The Exploitative Intrigues of Cryptocurrency Scams Explained: How not to lose money in the new emerging Cryptocurrency revolution
by:
John Wanguba
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 23. 
The Greatest Hoax on Earth: Catching Truth, While We Can
by:
Alan C. Logan
4.06 avg rating — 218 ratings 23. 
American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History
by:
Casey Michel
4.13 avg rating — 683 ratings 23. 
Cryptocurrencies: Ponzi Schemes, Bubbles and Bitcoin
by:
Alastair Dorsett
4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings 23. 
The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
by:
Eliot Brown
4.27 avg rating — 6,959 ratings 
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IRS Scandal: How Barack Obama and Lois Lerner used the IRS to illegally target and harass Tea Party and other conservative organizations
by:
Daniel Alman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 33. 
The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice, Countess de Janzé
by:
Paul Spicer
3.65 avg rating — 572 ratings 35. 
Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics
by:
Richard Evershed
3.89 avg rating — 157 ratings 35. 
Flawed: The Rise and Fall of India’s Diamond Mogul Nirav Modi
by:
Pavan C. Lall
3.59 avg rating — 58 ratings 35. 
The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll
by:
Lyndsy Spence
3.55 avg rating — 1,108 ratings 38. 
Watchdog: The Real Stories Behind the Headlines from the Congressman Who Exposed Washington's Biggest Scandals
by:
Darrell Issa
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings 38. 
Travesty in Haiti: A True Account of Christian Missions, Orphanages, Fraud, Food Aid and Drug Trafficking 4.01 avg rating — 342 ratings
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Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
by:
Roger Scruton
4.05 avg rating — 1,392 ratings 42. 
Men Is Cheap: Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America
by:
Brian P Luskey
3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings 
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger
by:
Lee Israel
3.24 avg rating — 4,304 ratings 
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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 
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Fraud and Fiction: The Real Truth Behind Fire and Fury: Inside The Trump White House
by:
Eddie Scarry
2.91 avg rating — 11 ratings 
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True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News
by:
Cindy L. Otis
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,025 ratings 52. 
How to Fake a Moon Landing: Exposing the Myths of Science Denial 3.50 avg rating — 1,623 ratings
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Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal
by:
Ken Bensinger
4.07 avg rating — 1,825 ratings 
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Faster, Higher, Farther: How One of the World's Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud: The Volkswagen Scandal
by:
Jack Ewing
4.04 avg rating — 747 ratings 55. 
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves 4.15 avg rating — 41,834 ratings
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Death and the Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and the Dark Scandal That Rocked the Throne
by:
Chris Skidmore
3.60 avg rating — 499 ratings 58. 
Scandals, Vandals, and da Vincis: A Gallery of Remarkable Art Tales
by:
Harvey Rachlin
3.28 avg rating — 178 ratings 58. 
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
by:
Nick Bilton
4.41 avg rating — 50,876 ratings 58. 
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Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal
by:
Melissa Korn
3.95 avg rating — 615 ratings 61. 
Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street 4.20 avg rating — 16,390 ratings
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Cape Cod Confidential: True Tales of Murder, Crime, and Scandal from the Pilgrims to the Present
by:
Evan Albright
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 66. 
Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took on Washington
by:
Patricia Miller
4.02 avg rating — 705 ratings 66. 
The Big Lie: Spying, Scandal, and Ethical Collapse at Hewlett Packard
by:
Anthony Bianco
3.63 avg rating — 71 ratings 66. 
Unwise Passions: A True Story of a Remarkable Woman---and the First Great Scandal of Eighteenth-Century America 3.60 avg rating — 414 ratings
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American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford
by:
Roland De Wolk
3.74 avg rating — 73 ratings 69. 
Taking Down the Lion: The Triumphant Rise and Tragic Fall of Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski 3.74 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard
by:
Paul Collins
3.63 avg rating — 1,191 ratings 72. 
The Texas Railroad: The Scandalous and Violent History of the International and Great Northern Railroad, 1866-1925
by:
Wayne Cline
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings 72. 
Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
by:
Cynthia Cooper
3.99 avg rating — 518 ratings 72. 
The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal
by:
Nick Bryant
4.27 avg rating — 794 ratings 
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The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
by:
David E. Hoffman
4.23 avg rating — 15,407 ratings 75. 
Lady Bette and the Murder of Mr Thynn: A Scandalous Story of Marriage and Betrayal in Restoration England
by:
N.A.Pickford
3.68 avg rating — 34 ratings 78. 
Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder, and the Trial that Changed America
by:
Chris DeRose
3.63 avg rating — 379 ratings 78. 
The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal
by:
Hubert Wolf
3.27 avg rating — 800 ratings 
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The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power and Intrigue in an English Stately Home 3.69 avg rating — 1,168 ratings
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Dark History of Hollywood: A Century of Greed, Corruption and Scandal behind the Movies
by:
Kieron Connolly
3.53 avg rating — 247 ratings 
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Mrs Pankhurst's Purple Feather: A Scandalous History of Birds, Hats and Votes
by:
Tessa Boase
3.90 avg rating — 399 ratings 
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The Lady in the Cellar: Murder, Scandal and Insanity in Victorian Bloomsbury
by:
Sinclair McKay
3.52 avg rating — 467 ratings 88. 
How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette, the Stolen Diamonds and the Scandal that Shook the French Throne
by:
Jonathan Beckman
3.70 avg rating — 424 ratings 90. 
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Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess
by:
Alison Weir
3.86 avg rating — 5,711 ratings 92. 
The Scandal of Redemption: When God Liberates the Poor, Saves Sinners, and Heals Nations
by:
Oscar Romero
4.46 avg rating — 260 ratings 92. 
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The Lost Pilots: The Spectacular Rise and Scandalous Fall of Aviation's Golden Couple
by:
Corey Mead
3.82 avg rating — 185 ratings 94. 
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology
by:
Kenneth L. Feder
4.04 avg rating — 728 ratings 
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A Murder in Music City: Corruption, Scandal, and the Framing of an Innocent Man 4.08 avg rating — 2,054 ratings
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TIME-LIFE Mysteries of the Criminal Mind: The Secrets Behind the World's Most Notorious Crimes
by:
LIFE
3.82 avg rating — 152 ratings 100. 
Hidden History: An Exposé of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American Politics
by:
Donald Jeffries
4.01 avg rating — 339 ratings