Best True Crime Books | Summaries & Audio

True Crime Book Summaries

Bangladesh

by Anthony Mascarenhas • 1986

Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.

4.12

500+

🗺️ South Asian History 🪖 Military Coups 🏛️ Postcolonial States 🔫 Political Assassinations ✊ Revolution And Aftermath

Bangladesh

Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.

by Anthony Mascarenhas 1986 192 pages

4.12

500+ ratings

🗺️ South Asian History 🪖 Military Coups 🏛️ Postcolonial States 🔫 Political Assassinations ✊ Revolution And Aftermath

The Sun Does Shine

by Anthony Ray Hinton • 2018

Arrested on a misidentification, sentenced to die, then he told the prosecutor he loved him.

4.65

83k+

⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💀 Death Row Memoirs ⚖️ Systemic Racism 💙 Radical Forgiveness 🙏 Faith Under Duress

The Sun Does Shine

Arrested on a misidentification, sentenced to die, then he told the prosecutor he loved him.

by Anthony Ray Hinton 2018 272 pages

4.65

83k+ ratings

⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💀 Death Row Memoirs ⚖️ Systemic Racism 💙 Radical Forgiveness 🙏 Faith Under Duress

Blood and Oil

by Bradley Hope • 2020

Hundreds arrested. Phones hacked. A journalist killed. Inside Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia.

4.24

10k+

🕌 Saudi Politics 👑 Authoritarian Leaders 🛢️ Oil Economies 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Power Consolidation

Blood and Oil

Hundreds arrested. Phones hacked. A journalist killed. Inside Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia.

by Bradley Hope 2020 368 pages

4.24

10k+ ratings

🕌 Saudi Politics 👑 Authoritarian Leaders 🛢️ Oil Economies 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Power Consolidation

The Psychopath Whisperer

by Kent A. Kiehl • 2014

Psychopaths share a brain deficit visible by childhood, discovered inside prison with a mobile MRI.

4.07

3k+

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 🧠 Neurocriminology 🎭 Antisocial Personality 💔 Empathy Deficits 🧬 Affective Neuroscience

The Psychopath Whisperer

Psychopaths share a brain deficit visible by childhood, discovered inside prison with a mobile MRI.

by Kent A. Kiehl 2014 304 pages

4.07

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 🧠 Neurocriminology 🎭 Antisocial Personality 💔 Empathy Deficits 🧬 Affective Neuroscience

Mindf*ck

by Christopher Wylie • 2019

Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.

4.36

7k+

🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🗳️ Electoral Interference 🎯 Microtargeting 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Mindf*ck

Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.

by Christopher Wylie 2019 288 pages

4.36

7k+ ratings

🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🗳️ Electoral Interference 🎯 Microtargeting 🧠 Cognitive Biases

She Said

by Jodi Kantor • 2019

Two reporters, hundreds of secret settlements, and the story Hollywood couldn't bury.

4.34

44k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🚨 Sexual Assault 🏢 Corporate Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Stories 🧠 Trauma And Memory

She Said

Two reporters, hundreds of secret settlements, and the story Hollywood couldn't bury.

by Jodi Kantor 2019 310 pages

4.34

44k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🚨 Sexual Assault 🏢 Corporate Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Stories 🧠 Trauma And Memory

The Golden Age of Piracy

by Benerson Little • 2016

No parrots, no plank, no buried treasure. The real pirates were slave-trading democrats.

3.40

366

🏴‍☠️ Piracy History 🔍 Myth Debunking ⛵ Age Of Sail ⚓ Naval Warfare 🗳️ Pirate Democracy

The Golden Age of Piracy

No parrots, no plank, no buried treasure. The real pirates were slave-trading democrats.

by Benerson Little 2016 388 pages

3.40

366 ratings

🏴‍☠️ Piracy History 🔍 Myth Debunking ⛵ Age Of Sail ⚓ Naval Warfare 🗳️ Pirate Democracy

Bitcoin Billionaires

by Ben Mezrich • 2019

After $65 million from Facebook, the twins bet everything on digital money the world called a joke.

3.98

7k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency Origins 📈 Bitcoin Investing ⚠️ Startup Cautionary Tales ⚖️ Regulatory Battles 👨‍💻 Tech Founders

Bitcoin Billionaires

After $65 million from Facebook, the twins bet everything on digital money the world called a joke.

by Ben Mezrich 2019 288 pages

3.98

7k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency Origins 📈 Bitcoin Investing ⚠️ Startup Cautionary Tales ⚖️ Regulatory Battles 👨‍💻 Tech Founders

Little Princes

by Conor Grennan • 2011

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

4.26

23k+

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Little Princes

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

by Conor Grennan 2011 294 pages

4.26

23k+ ratings

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Best Evidence

by David S. Lifton • 1980

A forensic case that the President’s body was secretly altered, and the autopsy was a fraud.

4.01

500+

🎯 Jfk Assassination 🕵️ Political Assassinations 🔬 Conspiracy Investigation 🏛️ Government Deception 🗑️ Forensic Evidence

Best Evidence

A forensic case that the President’s body was secretly altered, and the autopsy was a fraud.

by David S. Lifton 1980 920 pages

4.01

500+ ratings

🎯 Jfk Assassination 🕵️ Political Assassinations 🔬 Conspiracy Investigation 🏛️ Government Deception 🗑️ Forensic Evidence

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

by Amy B. Zegart • 2022

James Bond and Jack Ryan are America's spy professors, and the curriculum is dangerously wrong.

3.95

1k+

🕵️ American Intelligence 🛡️ National Security 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Cyber Warfare 🛰️ Open Source Intelligence

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

James Bond and Jack Ryan are America's spy professors, and the curriculum is dangerously wrong.

by Amy B. Zegart 2022 360 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

🕵️ American Intelligence 🛡️ National Security 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Cyber Warfare 🛰️ Open Source Intelligence

Marching Powder

by Rusty Young • 2003

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

4.31

31k+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎒 Backpacker Encounters

Marching Powder

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

by Rusty Young 2003 401 pages

4.31

31k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎒 Backpacker Encounters

Stamped

by Jason Reynolds • 2020

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

4.46

54k+

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting 👤 Whistleblowers 🩺 Medical Technology

Stamped

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

by Jason Reynolds 2020 294 pages

4.46

54k+ ratings

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting 👤 Whistleblowers 🩺 Medical Technology

Sex, Lies, and Handwriting

by Michelle Dresbold • 2006

What your handwriting betrays: a profiler's guide to spotting liars, psychopaths, and hidden selves.

4.01

1k+

📝 Graphology 🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🤥 Deception Detection 📋 Personality Assessment 🧠 Self-Awareness

Sex, Lies, and Handwriting

What your handwriting betrays: a profiler's guide to spotting liars, psychopaths, and hidden selves.

by Michelle Dresbold 2006 285 pages

4.01

1k+ ratings

📝 Graphology 🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🤥 Deception Detection 📋 Personality Assessment 🧠 Self-Awareness

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

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

by Ryan Holiday 2018 336 pages

3.96

7k+ ratings

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

Hey, Hun

by Emily Lynn Paulson • 2023

Her 'free' Mercedes cost $9,000 extra. The real price of MLM sisterhood was higher.

3.59

14k+

💼 Multilevel Marketing 🔺 Pyramid Schemes 🧠 Cult Psychology ⚠️ Predatory Business ✊ Intersectional Feminism

Hey, Hun

Her 'free' Mercedes cost $9,000 extra. The real price of MLM sisterhood was higher.

by Emily Lynn Paulson 2023 384 pages

3.59

14k+ ratings

💼 Multilevel Marketing 🔺 Pyramid Schemes 🧠 Cult Psychology ⚠️ Predatory Business ✊ Intersectional Feminism

El Narco

by Ioan Grillo • 2011

US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.

4.07

5k+

📜 Drug War History 🕵️‍♂️ Organized Crime 💰 Cartel Economics 🛡️ State Corruption ⚔️ Insurgency

El Narco

US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.

by Ioan Grillo 2011 336 pages

4.07

5k+ ratings

📜 Drug War History 🕵️‍♂️ Organized Crime 💰 Cartel Economics 🛡️ State Corruption ⚔️ Insurgency

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

by Jack Herer • 1992

Cannabis was outlawed not for public safety, but to protect timber, oil, and newspaper empires.

4.46

500+

🌿 Cannabis History 🏭 Industrial Hemp 🚫 Drug Prohibition ♻️ Renewable Resources 💊 Medical Cannabis

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

Cannabis was outlawed not for public safety, but to protect timber, oil, and newspaper empires.

by Jack Herer 1992 291 pages

4.46

500+ ratings

🌿 Cannabis History 🏭 Industrial Hemp 🚫 Drug Prohibition ♻️ Renewable Resources 💊 Medical Cannabis

The Cyber Effect

by Mary Aiken • 2016

A cyberpsychologist reveals the dark web's psychology: why anonymity brings out the worst in us.

3.74

1k+

🧠 Digital Psychology 💻 Cybercrime 🕶️ Dark Web 👾 Hacker Psychology 🎯 Social Engineering

The Cyber Effect

A cyberpsychologist reveals the dark web's psychology: why anonymity brings out the worst in us.

by Mary Aiken 2016 400 pages

3.74

1k+ ratings

🧠 Digital Psychology 💻 Cybercrime 🕶️ Dark Web 👾 Hacker Psychology 🎯 Social Engineering

Empire of Pain

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2021

How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.

4.54

100k+

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏢 Corporate Crime 👑 Family Dynasties 💉 Opioid Epidemic 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Empire of Pain

How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 535 pages

4.54

100k+ ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏢 Corporate Crime 👑 Family Dynasties 💉 Opioid Epidemic 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

by Jordan Belfort • 2016

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

4.32

163

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

by Jordan Belfort 2016 530 pages

4.32

163 ratings

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

A Mother's Reckoning

by Sue Klebold • 2016

She thought her son was a typical teenager. Later she learned he was plotting Columbine.

4.14

46k+

🏫 School Shootings 🛟 Suicide Prevention 🧠 Adolescent Mental Health 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Teenagers 💔 Suicide Loss

A Mother's Reckoning

She thought her son was a typical teenager. Later she learned he was plotting Columbine.

by Sue Klebold 2016 305 pages

4.14

46k+ ratings

🏫 School Shootings 🛟 Suicide Prevention 🧠 Adolescent Mental Health 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Teenagers 💔 Suicide Loss

The Art Thief

by Michael Finkel • 2023

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

3.92

100k+

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology 🕵️ Amateur Criminals 💔 Love And Crime

The Art Thief

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology 🕵️ Amateur Criminals 💔 Love And Crime

Tangled Up in Blue

by Rosa Brooks • 2021

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

4.06

1k+

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform ✋ Use Of Force

Tangled Up in Blue

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

by Rosa Brooks 2021 413 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform ✋ Use Of Force

God's Bankers

by Gerald Posner • 2015

For two millennia, money has shaped the Vatican more than any prayer.

3.97

1k+

🏛️ Papal History ⚖️ Church And State 💰 Financial Scandals 🏦 Banking History 🔍 Investigative Journalism

God's Bankers

For two millennia, money has shaped the Vatican more than any prayer.

by Gerald Posner 2015 752 pages

3.97

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Papal History ⚖️ Church And State 💰 Financial Scandals 🏦 Banking History 🔍 Investigative Journalism

True Crime Addict

by James Renner • 2016

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

3.65

8k+

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations 🍷 Addiction Memoir 👪 Family Trauma

True Crime Addict

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

by James Renner 2016 304 pages

3.65

8k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations 🍷 Addiction Memoir 👪 Family Trauma

Secrets in the Cellar

by John Glatt • 2009

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

Secrets in the Cellar

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

by John Glatt 2009 256 pages

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

Hollywood Babylon

by Kenneth Anger • 1959

Morphine, sex crimes, unsolved murders: real silent Hollywood, exposed by a 1959 tell-all.

3.65

6k+

🎬 Early Hollywood 🥂 Hollywood Scandals 🎟️ Hays Code Era ⭐ Star System 🗞️ Scandal Journalism

Hollywood Babylon

Morphine, sex crimes, unsolved murders: real silent Hollywood, exposed by a 1959 tell-all.

by Kenneth Anger 1959 305 pages

3.65

6k+ ratings

🎬 Early Hollywood 🥂 Hollywood Scandals 🎟️ Hays Code Era ⭐ Star System 🗞️ Scandal Journalism

Command and Control

by Eric Schlosser • 2013

One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.

4.27

14k+

🧪 Nuclear History 🥶 Cold War Era 💥 Technological Disaster 🏛️ Organizational Failure ⚠️ Normal Accident Theory

Command and Control

One dropped socket in an Arkansas missile silo exposes seventy years of nuclear near-disasters.

by Eric Schlosser 2013 656 pages

4.27

14k+ ratings

🧪 Nuclear History 🥶 Cold War Era 💥 Technological Disaster 🏛️ Organizational Failure ⚠️ Normal Accident Theory

Three Cups of Deceit

by Jon Krakauer • 2011

The humanitarian's origin story was fiction, and his charity paid for chartered jets, not schools.

3.72

11k+

🔍 Investigative Journalism 🦸 Manufactured Heroism 📺 Media Manipulation 📝 Fabricated Memoirs 📊 Nonprofit Accountability

Three Cups of Deceit

The humanitarian's origin story was fiction, and his charity paid for chartered jets, not schools.

by Jon Krakauer 2011 77 pages

3.72

11k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Journalism 🦸 Manufactured Heroism 📺 Media Manipulation 📝 Fabricated Memoirs 📊 Nonprofit Accountability

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

by Stephen Rebello • 1990

Bored with his own glamour, Hitchcock gambled his fortune on a cheap psycho thriller and won.

3.91

1k+

🎬 Film Production 🔪 Horror Cinema 🧠 Psychological Horror 🎞️ Auteur Theory 🖤 True Crime Origins

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

Bored with his own glamour, Hitchcock gambled his fortune on a cheap psycho thriller and won.

by Stephen Rebello 1990 204 pages

3.91

1k+ ratings

🎬 Film Production 🔪 Horror Cinema 🧠 Psychological Horror 🎞️ Auteur Theory 🖤 True Crime Origins

The Scam

by Debashis Basu • 1993

A billion-dollar heist, complicit banks, and a central bank that chose not to see.

3.96

500+

🕵️ Financial Scandals 🇮🇳 Indian Economy 📈 Market Manipulation 🏛️ Regulatory Failure 📰 Investigative Journalism

The Scam

A billion-dollar heist, complicit banks, and a central bank that chose not to see.

by Debashis Basu 1993 378 pages

3.96

500+ ratings

🕵️ Financial Scandals 🇮🇳 Indian Economy 📈 Market Manipulation 🏛️ Regulatory Failure 📰 Investigative Journalism

I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse

by Michael Franzese • 2009

What a former mob boss knows about negotiation and leadership that business school never taught you.

3.86

500+

🗣️ Business Negotiation ⚖️ Business Ethics 🛡️ Integrity In Business 👂 Listening Skills 🎭 Ego Management

I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse

What a former mob boss knows about negotiation and leadership that business school never taught you.

by Michael Franzese 2009 176 pages

3.86

500+ ratings

🗣️ Business Negotiation ⚖️ Business Ethics 🛡️ Integrity In Business 👂 Listening Skills 🎭 Ego Management

Opus

by Gareth Gore • 2024

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

4.17

1k+

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

Opus

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

by Gareth Gore 2024 546 pages

4.17

1k+ ratings

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

Bottle of Lies

by Katherine Eban • 2019

Your generic pills might be fake. A whistleblower inside the world's largest drug factory proved it.

4.41

7k+

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💰 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowers 🔎 Investigative Journalism 🌐 Global Health

Bottle of Lies

Your generic pills might be fake. A whistleblower inside the world's largest drug factory proved it.

by Katherine Eban 2019 512 pages

4.41

7k+ ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💰 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowers 🔎 Investigative Journalism 🌐 Global Health

Bihar Diaries

by Amit Lodha • 2018

An IIT failure turned cop pursues Bihar's most feared gangster, armed with only a Nokia phone.

4.18

1k+

🚔 Police Memoirs 🔍 True Crime Procedural 🇮🇳 Indian Policing 🕶️ Criminal Underworld 🏛️ Crime And Politics

Bihar Diaries

An IIT failure turned cop pursues Bihar's most feared gangster, armed with only a Nokia phone.

by Amit Lodha 2018 304 pages

4.18

1k+ ratings

🚔 Police Memoirs 🔍 True Crime Procedural 🇮🇳 Indian Policing 🕶️ Criminal Underworld 🏛️ Crime And Politics

Escape

by Carolyn Jessop • 2007

Forced into polygamy at eighteen. Fifteen years and eight children later, she fled with all of them.

3.99

46k+

🐝 Mormon Fundamentalism 🔗 Polygamous Sects 🏃‍♀️ Cult Escape 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Trauma

Escape

Forced into polygamy at eighteen. Fifteen years and eight children later, she fled with all of them.

by Carolyn Jessop 2007 304 pages

3.99

46k+ ratings

🐝 Mormon Fundamentalism 🔗 Polygamous Sects 🏃‍♀️ Cult Escape 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Trauma

The Art of the Con

by Anthony M. Amore • 2015

A master forger fooled the experts for decades. Then they checked the paint.

3.54

1k+

🖼️ Art Fraud 🕵️ Art Theft 💰 Art Market 🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Art of the Con

A master forger fooled the experts for decades. Then they checked the paint.

by Anthony M. Amore 2015 264 pages

3.54

1k+ ratings

🖼️ Art Fraud 🕵️ Art Theft 💰 Art Market 🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Investigative Journalism

We Are Anonymous

by Parmy Olson • 2012

The internet's most notorious hacker collective was run by an FBI informant for eight months.

3.97

3k+

🏴 Hacktivist History 🌐 Digital Insurgency 🎭 Online Anonymity ✊ Networked Protest 🕵️ Undercover Operations

We Are Anonymous

The internet's most notorious hacker collective was run by an FBI informant for eight months.

by Parmy Olson 2012 512 pages

3.97

3k+ ratings

🏴 Hacktivist History 🌐 Digital Insurgency 🎭 Online Anonymity ✊ Networked Protest 🕵️ Undercover Operations

The Key Man

by Simon Clark • 2021

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

4.18

2k+

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The Key Man

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

by Simon Clark 2021 352 pages

4.18

2k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

Hope

by Amanda Berry • 2015

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

4.37

19k+

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 💔 Sexual Violence 🔄 Stockholm Syndrome 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Hope

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

by Amanda Berry 2015 321 pages

4.37

19k+ ratings

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 💔 Sexual Violence 🔄 Stockholm Syndrome 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

by Bradley J. Edwards • 2020

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

4.32

1k+

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir 🗣️ Victim Advocacy 💪 Survivor Stories

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

by Bradley J. Edwards 2020 400 pages

4.32

1k+ ratings

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir 🗣️ Victim Advocacy 💪 Survivor Stories

Tokyo Vice

by Jake Adelstein • 2009

A foreign reporter in Tokyo unearths a yakuza secret that puts everyone he loves in danger.

3.90

17k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🐉 Japanese Underworld 🇯🇵 Gaijin In Japan 🔪 Loyalty And Betrayal ⚖️ Systemic Corruption

Tokyo Vice

A foreign reporter in Tokyo unearths a yakuza secret that puts everyone he loves in danger.

by Jake Adelstein 2009 335 pages

3.90

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🐉 Japanese Underworld 🇯🇵 Gaijin In Japan 🔪 Loyalty And Betrayal ⚖️ Systemic Corruption

The Dope

by Benjamin T. Smith • 2021

State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.

4.02

1k+

🇲🇽 Mexican Drug War 💰 Drug Trafficking ⚔️ War On Drugs 🏛️ State Corruption 🕴️ Organized Crime

The Dope

State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.

by Benjamin T. Smith 2021 464 pages

4.02

1k+ ratings

🇲🇽 Mexican Drug War 💰 Drug Trafficking ⚔️ War On Drugs 🏛️ State Corruption 🕴️ Organized Crime

The Big Con

by David W. Maurer • 1940

The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.

3.82

1k+

🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Criminal Subcultures 🗣️ Criminal Language 🧠 Social Engineering 🎪 Psychology Of Deception

The Big Con

The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.

by David W. Maurer 1940 315 pages

3.82

1k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Criminal Subcultures 🗣️ Criminal Language 🧠 Social Engineering 🎪 Psychology Of Deception

The Sound of Gravel

by Ruth Wariner • 2016

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

4.31

67k+

🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival 🚪 Escape Narratives 🧸 Parentified Children

The Sound of Gravel

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

by Ruth Wariner 2016 336 pages

4.31

67k+ ratings

🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival 🚪 Escape Narratives 🧸 Parentified Children

Fooling some of the People all of the time

by David Einhorn • 2007

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

4.01

4k+

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4.00

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Future Crimes

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Under the Black Flag

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by David Cordingly 1995 320 pages

3.67

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