Gangland Histories
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Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
by:
T.J. English
4.05 avg rating — 2,139 ratings 3. 
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
by:
Selwyn Raab
4.14 avg rating — 6,318 ratings 
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Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde
by:
Jeff Guinn
4.20 avg rating — 5,169 ratings 
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The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral--And How It Changed The American West
by:
Jeff Guinn
3.97 avg rating — 2,788 ratings 8. 
Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba & Then Lost it to the Revolution
by:
T.J. English
3.98 avg rating — 4,841 ratings 
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Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia
by:
Peter Maas
3.85 avg rating — 3,967 ratings 
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Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
by:
Jake Adelstein
3.90 avg rating — 16,724 ratings 14. 
The First Family: Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
by:
Mike Dash
3.81 avg rating — 1,382 ratings 
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Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
by:
Bryan Burrough
3.98 avg rating — 6,026 ratings 
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The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy
by:
Robin Moore
3.60 avg rating — 645 ratings 
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The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891-1931
by:
David Critchley
4.12 avg rating — 24 ratings 21. 
Egan's Rats: The Untold Story of the Prohibition-Era Gang That Ruled St. Louis
by:
Daniel Waugh
3.62 avg rating — 48 ratings 
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The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano: The Mafia Story in His Own Words
by:
Martin A. Gosch
4.17 avg rating — 446 ratings 26. 
McMafia: A Journey through the Global Criminal Underworld
by:
Misha Glenny
3.91 avg rating — 4,867 ratings 27. 
The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld
by:
Herbert Asbury
3.85 avg rating — 872 ratings 
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Mississippi Mud: Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia
by:
Edward Humes
4.01 avg rating — 968 ratings 34. 
Inside the Firm the Untold Story of the Kray's Reign of Terror
by:
Tony Lambrianou
3.82 avg rating — 186 ratings 34. 
Born to Kill: The Rise and Fall of America's Bloodiest Asian Gang
by:
T.J. English
3.94 avg rating — 406 ratings 36. 
The Sundance Kid: The Life of Harry Alonzo Longabaugh
by:
Donna B. Ernst
3.52 avg rating — 40 ratings 37. 
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Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers
by:
Gus Russo
3.96 avg rating — 175 ratings 40. 
Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
by:
Bill O'Reilly
4.25 avg rating — 13,870 ratings 
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Off Color: The Violent History of Detroit's Notorious Purple Gang
by:
Daniel Waugh
3.84 avg rating — 32 ratings 47. 
Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic
by:
Alexander Stille
4.28 avg rating — 389 ratings 47. 
Dock Boss: Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront
by:
Neil G. Clark
3.82 avg rating — 49 ratings 51. 
Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness
by:
Paul M. Angle
4.10 avg rating — 189 ratings 
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Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War
by:
Peter Edwards
3.67 avg rating — 178 ratings 
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre: The Untold Story of the Gangland Bloodbath That Brought Down Al Capone 3.89 avg rating — 193 ratings
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Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia
by:
Lukas Straumann
4.55 avg rating — 107 ratings 
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The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld
by:
Herbert Asbury
3.65 avg rating — 454 ratings 63. 
The Purple Gang: Organized Crime in Detroit 1910-1945
by:
Paul R. Kavieff
3.44 avg rating — 162 ratings 65. 
Gangsters and Goodfellas: Wiseguys . . . and Life on the Run
by:
Henry Hill
3.75 avg rating — 1,216 ratings 66. 
Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies--The New Mafia
by:
Gerald Posner
4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings 67. 
The Chinese Mafia : The Most Frightening New Organization In International Crime
by:
Fenton Bresler
3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings 
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The Great Taos Bank Robbery and other True Stories of the Southwest
by:
Tony Hillerman
3.82 avg rating — 1,088 ratings 73. 
Bugsy: The Bloodthirsty, Lusty Life of Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel liked it 3.00 avg rating — 25 ratings
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We Only Kill Each Other: The Life and Bad Times of Bugsy Siegel
by:
Dean Jennings
3.41 avg rating — 56 ratings 
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Desperados: Latin Druglords, U.S. Lawmen, and the War America Can't Win
by:
Elaine Shannon
4.22 avg rating — 110 ratings 77. 
Etta Place: Her Life and Times With Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
by:
Gail Drago
3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings 
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The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief
by:
Ben Macintyre
3.85 avg rating — 2,228 ratings 85. 
Mustangs, Rinder, Schienenstrang: Die große Zeit der Cowboys
by:
Frederik Hetmann
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 87. 
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member
by:
Sanyika Shakur
4.01 avg rating — 6,560 ratings 
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The Santa Claus Bank Robbery (A.C. Greene Series, No 1)
by:
A.C. Greene
3.75 avg rating — 44 ratings 89. 
Wanted: Gentleman Bank Robber: The True Story of Leslie Ibsen Rogge, One of the FBI's Most Elusive Criminals
by:
Dane Batty
3.87 avg rating — 52 ratings 
92. 
G-Dog and the Homeboys: Father Greg Boyle and the Gangs of East Los Angeles
by:
Celeste Fremon
4.36 avg rating — 455 ratings 
96. 
The State Line Mob: A True Story of Murder and Intrigue
by:
W.R. Morris
3.91 avg rating — 116 ratings 
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Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang
by:
Ann Pearlman
3.96 avg rating — 514 ratings 100. 
The Triads: The Growing Global Threat from the Chinese Criminal Societies
by:
Martin Booth
3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings