Rare Book Crimes
1. 
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books 4.04 avg rating — 2,254 ratings
2. 
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 3. 
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession 3.44 avg rating — 13,713 ratings
5. 
The Book Thief: The True Crimes of Daniel Spiegelman
by:
Travis McDade
3.78 avg rating — 233 ratings 6. 
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
by:
Miles Harvey
3.60 avg rating — 2,822 ratings 7. 
Thieves of Book Row: New York's Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Stopped It
by:
Travis McDade
3.50 avg rating — 239 ratings 8. 
A Galileo Forgery: Unmasking the New York Sidereus Nuncius (Galileo's O, 3)
by:
Horst Bredekamp
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 9. 
The Shakespeare Thefts: In Search of the First Folios
by:
Eric Rasmussen
3.56 avg rating — 413 ratings 10. 
Bluffing Texas Style: The Arsons, Forgeries, and High-Stakes Poker Capers of Rare Book Dealer Johnny Jenkins
by:
Michael Vinson
3.61 avg rating — 46 ratings 11. 
Torn from Their Bindings: A Story of Art, Science, and the Pillaging of American University Libraries
by:
Travis McDade
3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings 12. 
Disappearing Ink: The Insider, the FBI, and the Looting of the Kenyon College Library
by:
Travis McDade
3.78 avg rating — 167 ratings 
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Texfake: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents
by:
W. Thomas Taylor
4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings 15. 
The Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare: A Tale of Forgery and Folly
by:
Doug Stewart
3.86 avg rating — 101 ratings 16. 
Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders
by:
Linda Sillitoe
3.88 avg rating — 467 ratings 