Best Gangster Novels

1.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,896 ratings
2.
Gangster
Gangster 4.18 avg rating — 3,523 ratings
3.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,310 ratings
4.
Heavy Duty People (Brethren Trilogy #1)
Heavy Duty People (Brethren Trilogy #1) 4.01 avg rating — 316 ratings
5.
The Sicilian (The Godfather, #2)
The Sicilian (The Godfather, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 29,913 ratings
6.
The Last Don
The Last Don 3.89 avg rating — 19,616 ratings
7.
Don't Close Your Eyes
Don't Close Your Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 608 ratings
8.
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2)
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 307 ratings
9.
The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1) 4.37 avg rating — 46,636 ratings
10.
Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family
Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family 4.24 avg rating — 20,791 ratings
11.
Layer Cake
Layer Cake 4.02 avg rating — 2,121 ratings
11.
Mad Love (DCYE, #3)
Mad Love (DCYE, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 210 ratings
13.
Get Carter (Jack Carter, #1)
Get Carter (Jack Carter, #1)
by: Ted Lewis
3.94 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
14.
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock 3.69 avg rating — 34,852 ratings
15.
The Wheelman
The Wheelman 3.85 avg rating — 2,752 ratings
16.
Omerta
Omerta 3.77 avg rating — 18,963 ratings
17.
Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate 3.82 avg rating — 7,700 ratings
18.
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Friends of Eddie Coyle 4.05 avg rating — 10,370 ratings
19.
Savages (Savages #2)
Savages (Savages #2) 3.86 avg rating — 20,273 ratings
20.
Donnie Brasco
Donnie Brasco 4.08 avg rating — 8,059 ratings
21.
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1)
American Tabloid (Underworld USA #1) 4.20 avg rating — 19,749 ratings
22.
Untouchable
Untouchable really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 463 ratings
23.
The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3)
The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 3,119 ratings
24.
Live by Night (Coughlin, #2)
Live by Night (Coughlin, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 26,123 ratings
25.
Sin City, Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill For (Sin City, #2)
Sin City, Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill For (Sin City, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 28,726 ratings
26.
The Cage
The Cage 3.60 avg rating — 278 ratings
27.
Stilettos and Steel
Stilettos and Steel 4.25 avg rating — 122 ratings
28.
Road to Perdition (Road to Perdition, #1)
Road to Perdition (Road to Perdition, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,957 ratings
29.
A History of Violence
A History of Violence 3.51 avg rating — 2,923 ratings
30.
Casino
Casino 4.05 avg rating — 7,472 ratings
31.
Savage Night
Savage Night 3.85 avg rating — 2,499 ratings
32.
STOLEN LIVES
STOLEN LIVES 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
32.
Ashby Holler (Ashby Holler, #1)
Ashby Holler (Ashby Holler, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 56 ratings
34.
The Family Corleone
The Family Corleone 3.96 avg rating — 5,051 ratings
35.
The Long Firm (The Long Firm Trilogy #1)
The Long Firm (The Long Firm Trilogy #1) 3.87 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
36.
The Cold Six Thousand (Underworld USA #2)
The Cold Six Thousand (Underworld USA #2) 4.03 avg rating — 8,225 ratings
36.
Volk's Game
Volk's Game 3.61 avg rating — 331 ratings
36.
Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill (Sin City, #3)
Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill (Sin City, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 17,191 ratings
39.
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 3.85 avg rating — 502 ratings
40.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui 3.81 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
41.
Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly 3.64 avg rating — 2,316 ratings
42.
The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer
The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer 4.15 avg rating — 10,310 ratings
43.
Kings of New York
Kings of New York really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
44.
Homeboy
Homeboy 4.17 avg rating — 408 ratings
44.
Friend of the Devil
Friend of the Devil 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
44.
Florry Of Washington Heights
Florry Of Washington Heights 3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings
44.
Celtic Thugs
Celtic Thugs 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
44.
The King of Sunday Morning
The King of Sunday Morning 4.10 avg rating — 30 ratings
44.
Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold
Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold 4.17 avg rating — 36 ratings
44.
Stalking Aidan
Stalking Aidan 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
44.
Jimmy James Blood
Jimmy James Blood 3.44 avg rating — 185 ratings
44.
Johnny Fracture
Johnny Fracture 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
44.
The Accidental Gangster: The Krays V The Fewtrells: Battle for Birmingham
The Accidental Gangster: The Krays V The Fewtrells: Battle for Birmingham 3.99 avg rating — 85 ratings
44.
Before Life Happened (Before, #1)
Before Life Happened (Before, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 122 ratings
44.
The Pips of Paradise
The Pips of Paradise 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
44.
Black Mass
Black Mass
by: Dick Lehr
3.81 avg rating — 8,475 ratings
44.
Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, #1)
Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 68,201 ratings
44.
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
44.
Sins of the Son (Frank Lucianus Mafia #1)
Sins of the Son (Frank Lucianus Mafia #1) 3.67 avg rating — 57 ratings
44.
Kill Zone (Peter Macklin, #1)
Kill Zone (Peter Macklin, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 511 ratings
61.
The Blonde
The Blonde 3.82 avg rating — 1,597 ratings
61.
World Gone By (Coughlin, #3)
World Gone By (Coughlin, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 12,059 ratings
61.
Little Caesar
Little Caesar 3.69 avg rating — 377 ratings
64.
Blood's a Rover (Underworld USA, #3)
Blood's a Rover (Underworld USA, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 5,581 ratings
64.
Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach 3.61 avg rating — 90,141 ratings
64.
Scarface
Scarface 3.71 avg rating — 670 ratings
67.
Dreamland
Dreamland 3.72 avg rating — 1,872 ratings
67.
Dangerous Games (DCYE, #3)
Dangerous Games (DCYE, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 60 ratings
67.
Dangerous Games (DCYE, #4)
Dangerous Games (DCYE, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 73 ratings
70.
Button Man: A Novel
Button Man: A Novel 4.17 avg rating — 6,323 ratings
71.
Yardie
Yardie 3.39 avg rating — 349 ratings
72.
Thieves Like Us
Thieves Like Us 3.68 avg rating — 812 ratings
73.
The Hoods
The Hoods 3.95 avg rating — 462 ratings
74.
Total Chaos (Marseilles Trilogy, #1)
Total Chaos (Marseilles Trilogy, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 4,423 ratings