27 Books like Five Families

Gomorrah

by Roberto Saviano • 2006

Camorra bosses control the factories, ports, and supply chains that dress Europe.

3.80

23k+

🧠 Organized Crime 🪙 Illicit Economies 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🚢 Global Supply Chains 🇮🇹 Italian Mafia

Gomorrah 95%

Camorra bosses control the factories, ports, and supply chains that dress Europe.

by Roberto Saviano 2006

3.80

23k+ ratings

🧠 Organized Crime 🪙 Illicit Economies 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🚢 Global Supply Chains 🇮🇹 Italian Mafia

Dongri To Dubai

by S. Hussain Zaidi • 2012

Gold smugglers, Bollywood dreams, and the constable's son who became a global terrorist.

3.95

11k+

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 🕵️ Organized Crime History 👑 Dons And Kingpins 🤝 Ethnic Gangs 📦 Smuggling Networks

Dongri To Dubai 93%

Gold smugglers, Bollywood dreams, and the constable's son who became a global terrorist.

by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012

3.95

11k+ ratings

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 🕵️ Organized Crime History 👑 Dons And Kingpins 🤝 Ethnic Gangs 📦 Smuggling Networks

The Autistic Brain

by Temple Grandin • 2013

The FBI made Whitey Bulger an informant. He turned his handlers into his hit squad.

4.1

11k+

🕵️ Fbi Misconduct 🚔 Police Corruption 🏙️ Boston History 🐀 Informant Culture 🤝 Corrupt Alliances

The Autistic Brain 93%

The FBI made Whitey Bulger an informant. He turned his handlers into his hit squad.

by Temple Grandin 2013

4.1

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Fbi Misconduct 🚔 Police Corruption 🏙️ Boston History 🐀 Informant Culture 🤝 Corrupt Alliances

Dawood's Mentor

by S. Hussain Zaidi • 2019

The wrestler who built the Dawood empire, then pulled off the Mumbai mafia's only clean break.

4.00

275

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 💼 Organized Crime 🚢 Smuggling Operations 🔫 Gang Warfare 🤝 Underworld Loyalty

Dawood's Mentor 93%

The wrestler who built the Dawood empire, then pulled off the Mumbai mafia's only clean break.

by S. Hussain Zaidi 2019

4.00

275 ratings

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 💼 Organized Crime 🚢 Smuggling Operations 🔫 Gang Warfare 🤝 Underworld Loyalty

Public Enemies

by Bryan Burrough • 2004

The FBI built its legend chasing petty killers, beating suspects, and inventing the Ma Barker myth.

3.98

6k+

🏚️ Great Depression Era 🕵️ Fbi History 🔨 Myth Debunking 📖 Revisionist History 📰 Media And Crime

Public Enemies 93%

The FBI built its legend chasing petty killers, beating suspects, and inventing the Ma Barker myth.

by Bryan Burrough 2004

3.98

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Great Depression Era 🕵️ Fbi History 🔨 Myth Debunking 📖 Revisionist History 📰 Media And Crime

One Nation Under Blackmail

by Whitney Alyse Webb • 2022

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

4.42

712

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime 📹 Surveillance State 🕶️ Modern Espionage

One Nation Under Blackmail 92%

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

by Whitney Alyse Webb 2022

4.42

712 ratings

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime 📹 Surveillance State 🕶️ Modern Espionage

A Fever in the Heartland

by Timothy Egan • 2023

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

4.35

50k+

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

A Fever in the Heartland 92%

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

by Timothy Egan 2023

4.35

50k+ ratings

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

The Art of Making Money

by Jason Kersten • 2009

His counterfeits were nearly flawless. The people in his life were not.

4.01

2k+

💵 Counterfeiting 🕴️ Organized Crime 🧑‍🏫 Criminal Mentorship 🏚️ Poverty And Crime 🔬 Technical Obsession

The Art of Making Money 92%

His counterfeits were nearly flawless. The people in his life were not.

by Jason Kersten 2009

4.01

2k+ ratings

💵 Counterfeiting 🕴️ Organized Crime 🧑‍🏫 Criminal Mentorship 🏚️ Poverty And Crime 🔬 Technical Obsession

A Renegade History of the United States

by Thaddeus Russell • 2010

America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.

3.81

2k+

📚 Revisionist History 👇 History From Below 🚔 Social Control 💋 Sexual Politics 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Whiteness

A Renegade History of the United States Summary

A Renegade History of the United States 92%

America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.

by Thaddeus Russell 2010

3.81

2k+ ratings

📚 Revisionist History 👇 History From Below 🚔 Social Control 💋 Sexual Politics 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Whiteness

The Black Hand

by Chris Blatchford • 2008

He was the Mexican Mafia's most brutal enforcer. Then he became its greatest target.

4.08

2k+

🇲🇽 Mexican Mafia 🕴️ Organized Crime ⛓️ Prison Gangs 🚪 Gang Defection 🕵️ Criminal Informants

The Black Hand 92%

He was the Mexican Mafia's most brutal enforcer. Then he became its greatest target.

by Chris Blatchford 2008

4.08

2k+ ratings

🇲🇽 Mexican Mafia 🕴️ Organized Crime ⛓️ Prison Gangs 🚪 Gang Defection 🕵️ Criminal Informants

Smuggler Nation

by Peter Andreas • 2013

Molasses, slaves, blueprints, cocaine: America's defining chapters all ran on smuggling.

3.96

214

🚢 Illicit Trade 💰 Economic History 📖 Revisionist History 🏛️ State Building 🚫 Prohibition Policy

Smuggler Nation 92%

Molasses, slaves, blueprints, cocaine: America's defining chapters all ran on smuggling.

by Peter Andreas 2013

3.96

214 ratings

🚢 Illicit Trade 💰 Economic History 📖 Revisionist History 🏛️ State Building 🚫 Prohibition Policy

House of Trump, House of Putin

by Craig Unger • 2018

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

4.02

2k+

🕴️ Russian Mafia 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Kleptocracy 🗳️ Election Interference 🕵️ Soviet Intelligence

House of Trump, House of Putin 92%

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

by Craig Unger 2018

4.02

2k+ ratings

🕴️ Russian Mafia 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Kleptocracy 🗳️ Election Interference 🕵️ Soviet Intelligence

Glock

by Paul M. Barrett • 2012

Police carried revolvers until an Austrian outsider built a plastic gun that changed everything.

3.87

3k+

🏢 Corporate History 🔫 Gun Industry 🇺🇸 Gun Culture 👮 Law Enforcement ⚖️ Gun Control Politics

Glock 92%

Police carried revolvers until an Austrian outsider built a plastic gun that changed everything.

by Paul M. Barrett 2012

3.87

3k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate History 🔫 Gun Industry 🇺🇸 Gun Culture 👮 Law Enforcement ⚖️ Gun Control Politics

The Infernal Machine

by Steven Johnson • 2024

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

4.03

2k+

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

The Infernal Machine 92%

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

by Steven Johnson 2024

4.03

2k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History 🕵️‍♂️ Surveillance History 🏭 Labor History

Hit Men

by Fredric Dannen • 1990

Payola never died. It just got a commission, a territory, and a threat of violence.

3.96

975

🎵 Music Business 💵 Payola 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Organized Crime 🏢 Corporate Power

Hit Men 92%

Payola never died. It just got a commission, a territory, and a threat of violence.

by Fredric Dannen 1990

3.96

975 ratings

🎵 Music Business 💵 Payola 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Organized Crime 🏢 Corporate Power

Conspiracy

by Ryan Holiday • 2018

How a billionaire secretly plotted for ten years to kill a media company, and won.

3.96

7k+

🎙️ Media Power ⚖️ Legal Warfare 📰 Media Ethics 🕵️ Secret Operations 🔒 Privacy Rights

Conspiracy 91%

How a billionaire secretly plotted for ten years to kill a media company, and won.

by Ryan Holiday 2018

3.96

7k+ ratings

🎙️ Media Power ⚖️ Legal Warfare 📰 Media Ethics 🕵️ Secret Operations 🔒 Privacy Rights

Opus

by Gareth Gore • 2024

Shell companies and coerced women built an empire. The blueprint belonged to a Catholic order.

4.17

2k+

🏛️ Catholic Power Structures 🕵️ Secret Societies 📰 Investigative Journalism 🧠 Psychological Control 👁️ Cult Dynamics

Opus 91%

Shell companies and coerced women built an empire. The blueprint belonged to a Catholic order.

by Gareth Gore 2024

4.17

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Catholic Power Structures 🕵️ Secret Societies 📰 Investigative Journalism 🧠 Psychological Control 👁️ Cult Dynamics

People vs. Donald Trump

by Mark Pomerantz • 2023

Why a veteran prosecutor quit after building the fraud case against Trump: the inside story.

4.06

753

🕵️ White-Collar Crime ⚖️ Prosecutorial Ethics 📜 Legal Memoir 💸 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Prosecutorial Discretion

People vs. Donald Trump 91%

Why a veteran prosecutor quit after building the fraud case against Trump: the inside story.

by Mark Pomerantz 2023

4.06

753 ratings

🕵️ White-Collar Crime ⚖️ Prosecutorial Ethics 📜 Legal Memoir 💸 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Prosecutorial Discretion

No One Man Should Have All That Power

by Amos Barshad • 2019

Behind every pop star, president, and cartel boss, a hidden schemer pulls the strings.

3.65

185

🕵️ Hidden Manipulators 🧠 Manipulation Psychology 🎩 Political Fixers 🎤 Pop Culture Power ⛪ Cult Leaders

No One Man Should Have All That Power Summary

No One Man Should Have All That Power 91%

Behind every pop star, president, and cartel boss, a hidden schemer pulls the strings.

by Amos Barshad 2019

3.65

185 ratings

🕵️ Hidden Manipulators 🧠 Manipulation Psychology 🎩 Political Fixers 🎤 Pop Culture Power ⛪ Cult Leaders

If You Tell

by Gregg Olsen • 2019

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

3.98

360k+

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

If You Tell 91%

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

by Gregg Olsen 2019

3.98

360k+ ratings

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

The Other Side of Prospect

by Nicholas Dawidoff • 2022

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

4.43

462

🏚️ Urban Decay ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💬 False Confessions 🩸 Community Violence

The Other Side of Prospect 91%

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022

4.43

462 ratings

🏚️ Urban Decay ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💬 False Confessions 🩸 Community Violence

Perversion of Justice

by Julie K. Brown • 2021

Thirteen months for abusing dozens of girls. The secret deal one reporter exposed.

4.21

4k+

🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛓️ Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Justice System 🗣️ Survivor Stories ✊ Metoo Movement

Perversion of Justice 91%

Thirteen months for abusing dozens of girls. The secret deal one reporter exposed.

by Julie K. Brown 2021

4.21

4k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛓️ Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Justice System 🗣️ Survivor Stories ✊ Metoo Movement

Days of Rage

by Bryan Burrough • 2015

Nearly five bombings a day. The decade young radicals tried to overthrow America and failed.

3.98

3k+

💣 Domestic Terrorism 🕵️ Fbi History ✊🏿 Black Power Movement ☮️ New Left 🏙️ Urban Guerrilla Warfare

Days of Rage 91%

Nearly five bombings a day. The decade young radicals tried to overthrow America and failed.

by Bryan Burrough 2015

3.98

3k+ ratings

💣 Domestic Terrorism 🕵️ Fbi History ✊🏿 Black Power Movement ☮️ New Left 🏙️ Urban Guerrilla Warfare

Black Edge

by Sheelah Kolhatkar • 2017

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

4.20

17k+

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Black Edge 91%

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

by Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017

4.20

17k+ ratings

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Dark Alliance

by Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Dark Alliance 91%

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

by Gary Webb 1998

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Zero Fail

by Carol Leonnig • 2021

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

4.23

10k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

Zero Fail 91%

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

by Carol Leonnig 2021

4.23

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

Narconomics

by Tom Wainwright • 2016

Drug cartels are franchise corporations. Beating them means reading their balance sheet.

4.14

12k+

🔫 Organized Crime 🌚 Illicit Markets 📊 Cartel Economics 💊 Drug War Critique 🧮 Rational Choice Theory

Narconomics 91%

Drug cartels are franchise corporations. Beating them means reading their balance sheet.

by Tom Wainwright 2016

4.14

12k+ ratings

🔫 Organized Crime 🌚 Illicit Markets 📊 Cartel Economics 💊 Drug War Critique 🧮 Rational Choice Theory

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