1920's & 30's Mobster, Mafia, Gangster America (fiction and nonfiction)

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Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 3.98 avg rating — 6,026 ratings
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Shadowed Loyalty
Shadowed Loyalty 4.15 avg rating — 650 ratings
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John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity Criminal
John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity Criminal 4.10 avg rating — 305 ratings
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Speak Easy (Speak Easy, #1)
Speak Easy (Speak Easy, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 931 ratings
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Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde
Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde 4.20 avg rating — 5,169 ratings
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The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,945 ratings
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Don't Call Us Molls: Women of the John Dillinger Gang
Don't Call Us Molls: Women of the John Dillinger Gang 3.74 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition 3.88 avg rating — 8,421 ratings
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Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone
Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone 3.86 avg rating — 730 ratings
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Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life
Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life 3.94 avg rating — 1,064 ratings
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Bugsy: The Bloodthirsty, Lusty Life of Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel
Bugsy: The Bloodthirsty, Lusty Life of Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel liked it 3.00 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play (A Jazz Age Mystery #1)
Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play (A Jazz Age Mystery #1) 3.78 avg rating — 131 ratings
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The Valachi Papers
The Valachi Papers 3.90 avg rating — 1,491 ratings
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Bathing Beauties, Booze And Bullets (A Jazz Age Mystery #2)
Bathing Beauties, Booze And Bullets (A Jazz Age Mystery #2) 4.27 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Gold-Diggers, Gamblers and Guns
Gold-Diggers, Gamblers and Guns 4.37 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Baby Face Nelson: Portrait of a Public Enemy
Baby Face Nelson: Portrait of a Public Enemy 4.04 avg rating — 68 ratings
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The Untouchables
The Untouchables 3.88 avg rating — 793 ratings
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The Dillinger Days
The Dillinger Days 3.94 avg rating — 448 ratings
19.
Murder, Inc.: The Story of the Syndicate
Murder, Inc.: The Story of the Syndicate 3.91 avg rating — 390 ratings
20.
Vamps, Villains and Vaudeville (Jazz Age Mystery Series, #4)
Vamps, Villains and Vaudeville (Jazz Age Mystery Series, #4) 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
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John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crooks' Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul, 1920-1936
John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crooks' Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul, 1920-1936 4.04 avg rating — 277 ratings
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Live by Night (Coughlin, #2)
Live by Night (Coughlin, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 26,125 ratings
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Trapping the Butterfly
Trapping the Butterfly 4.03 avg rating — 87 ratings
24.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,995 ratings
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Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba & Then Lost it to the Revolution
Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba & Then Lost it to the Revolution 3.98 avg rating — 4,841 ratings
26.
Man of Honor, A
Man of Honor, A 3.87 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
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Mr. Capone: The Real - and Complete - Story of Al Capone
Mr. Capone: The Real - and Complete - Story of Al Capone 3.91 avg rating — 431 ratings
28.
Oh, Play That Thing
Oh, Play That Thing 3.29 avg rating — 2,195 ratings
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Whiskey Sour (Swan Song, #1)
Whiskey Sour (Swan Song, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Vegas and the Mob
Vegas and the Mob
by: Al W. Moe
3.66 avg rating — 1,072 ratings
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The First Family: Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
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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Minnesota 13: Stearns County's Wet Wild Prohibition Days
Minnesota 13: Stearns County's Wet Wild Prohibition Days 3.67 avg rating — 121 ratings
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York 4.01 avg rating — 36,512 ratings
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Paddy Whacked
Paddy Whacked 4.05 avg rating — 2,139 ratings
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Road to Perdition (Road to Perdition, #1)
Road to Perdition (Road to Perdition, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,957 ratings
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Bright Young Things (Bright Young Things, #1)
Bright Young Things (Bright Young Things, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 13,211 ratings
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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,295 ratings
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Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation
Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation 3.87 avg rating — 1,582 ratings
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Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern 3.84 avg rating — 3,433 ratings
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A Criminal Magic
A Criminal Magic
by: Lee Kelly
3.54 avg rating — 1,858 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Dillinger Gang
The Rise and Fall of the Dillinger Gang 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings
42.
The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano: The Mafia Story in His Own Words
The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano: The Mafia Story in His Own Words 4.17 avg rating — 446 ratings
43.
Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness
Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness 4.10 avg rating — 189 ratings
44.
We Only Kill Each Other: The Life and Bad Times of Bugsy Siegel
We Only Kill Each Other: The Life and Bad Times of Bugsy Siegel 3.41 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Gangs of New York
The Gangs of New York 3.57 avg rating — 4,076 ratings
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The Real Peaky Blinders: Billy Kimber, the Birmingham Gang and the Racecourse Wars of the 1920s
The Real Peaky Blinders: Billy Kimber, the Birmingham Gang and the Racecourse Wars of the 1920s 2.97 avg rating — 2,099 ratings
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The Life and Death of Pretty Boy Floyd
The Life and Death of Pretty Boy Floyd 3.81 avg rating — 42 ratings
48.
Gangster City: The History of the New York Underworld 1900-1935
Gangster City: The History of the New York Underworld 1900-1935 3.89 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter
Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter 4.06 avg rating — 538 ratings
50.
Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada's Most Notorious Bootlegger
Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada's Most Notorious Bootlegger 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
51.
True Crime (Nathan Heller, #2)
True Crime (Nathan Heller, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 875 ratings
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Dollface
Dollface 3.77 avg rating — 3,042 ratings
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Guns and Roses: The Untold Story of Dean O'Banion, Chicago's Big Shot Before Al Capone
Guns and Roses: The Untold Story of Dean O'Banion, Chicago's Big Shot Before Al Capone 4.29 avg rating — 56 ratings
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G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger, #10)
G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger, #10) 4.12 avg rating — 2,954 ratings
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Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition 3.68 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
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Murder Machine
Murder Machine 4.20 avg rating — 2,033 ratings
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Once Upon A Time In Harlem: Radio Play/Reading Version
Once Upon A Time In Harlem: Radio Play/Reading Version 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
56.
Noho
Noho 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Friend of the Devil
Friend of the Devil 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Lost in the Light
Lost in the Light 3.84 avg rating — 90 ratings
56.
Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold
Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold 4.17 avg rating — 36 ratings
56.
Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire 3.43 avg rating — 2,987 ratings
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The Purples
The Purples 3.82 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Romancing the Rumrunner
Romancing the Rumrunner 3.84 avg rating — 67 ratings
56.
STOLEN LIVES
STOLEN LIVES 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams
Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams 3.86 avg rating — 1,043 ratings
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Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz
Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
56.
Last Testament of Lucky Luciano
Last Testament of Lucky Luciano 4.17 avg rating — 446 ratings
56.
The Druid of Boston Common
The Druid of Boston Common 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Pips of Paradise
The Pips of Paradise 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 28,561 ratings
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In the Days of the Mob
In the Days of the Mob 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings
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The Pickwick Club Disaster: Boston's Deadliest Building Collapse
The Pickwick Club Disaster: Boston's Deadliest Building Collapse 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Rolling Bootlegs (Baccano!, #1)
The Rolling Bootlegs (Baccano!, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 1,254 ratings
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The Dark Heart of Night
The Dark Heart of Night 4.46 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America 4.25 avg rating — 13,868 ratings
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Facing Fear: The True Story of Evelyn Frechette
Facing Fear: The True Story of Evelyn Frechette liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Boardwalk Gangster: The Real Lucky Luciano
Boardwalk Gangster: The Real Lucky Luciano 3.65 avg rating — 286 ratings
78.
The Strange History of Bonnie and Clyde
The Strange History of Bonnie and Clyde 3.75 avg rating — 122 ratings
78.
Dock Boss: Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront
Dock Boss: Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront 3.82 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 1: 1931-1933
The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 1: 1931-1933 3.96 avg rating — 227 ratings
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Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster 4.05 avg rating — 2,139 ratings
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The Saint in New York
The Saint in New York 3.97 avg rating — 569 ratings
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Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires 4.14 avg rating — 6,318 ratings
85.
The Santa Claus Bank Robbery (A.C. Greene Series, No 1)
The Santa Claus Bank Robbery (A.C. Greene Series, No 1) 3.75 avg rating — 44 ratings
85.
The Bride Collector
The Bride Collector 3.85 avg rating — 12,626 ratings
85.
Now I'll Tell
Now I'll Tell 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings
85.
Kill The Dutchman!
Kill The Dutchman!
by: Paul Sann
3.90 avg rating — 80 ratings
85.
Hot Lead, Cold Iron (Mick Oberon, #1)
Hot Lead, Cold Iron (Mick Oberon, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 1,656 ratings
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Playboy's Illustrated History of Organized Crime
Playboy's Illustrated History of Organized Crime 3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Gentlemen Bootleggers: The True Story of Templeton Rye, Prohibition, and a Small Town in Cahoots
Gentlemen Bootleggers: The True Story of Templeton Rye, Prohibition, and a Small Town in Cahoots 3.89 avg rating — 125 ratings
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre: The Untold Story of the Gangland Bloodbath That Brought Down Al Capone
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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We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust
We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust 3.94 avg rating — 2,596 ratings
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Beautiful Days (Bright Young Things, #2)
Beautiful Days (Bright Young Things, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 5,671 ratings
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Bloodlist (Vampire Files, #1)
Bloodlist (Vampire Files, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 2,841 ratings
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Al Capone's Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition
Al Capone's Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition 3.47 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Bessie Perri: Queen of the Bootleggers
Bessie Perri: Queen of the Bootleggers 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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My Life with Bonnie and Clyde
My Life with Bonnie and Clyde 3.98 avg rating — 640 ratings
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Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating — 164,326 ratings
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