14 must-read nonfiction books like Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family by Frank DiMatteo

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Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family

By: Frank DiMatteo

3.92

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The shocking true story of  the most ruthless and deadly mob boss in the annals of the American Maf…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family by Frank DiMatteo , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Good Rat

By: Jimmy Breslin

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Of course Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin recognized Burton Kaplan right away as the Mafia witn… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Wiseguy

By: Nicholas Pileggi

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Wiseguy" is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of li… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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3. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

By: William L. Shirer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Casino

By: Nicholas Pileggi

4.09

Format: 148 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From the author of the best-selling Mafia expose, Wiseguy, comes this inside story of the billion-d… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime

5. The Last Longshoreman: A Chilling Tale of Crime and Corruption on the Boston Waterfront

By: Marc Zappulla

2.83

Format: None pages,

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6. The Big Heist: The Real Story of the Lufthansa Heist, the Mafia, and Murder

By: Anthony M. DeStefano

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

One of the biggest scores in Mafia history, the Lufthansa Airlines heist of 1978 has become the stu… read more

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7. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

By: Selwyn Raab

3.97

Format: 12 pages,

Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York an… read more

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8. Chin: The Life and Crimes of Mafia Boss Vincent Gigante

By: Larry McShane

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

"Full of astonishment . . . a kind of dark wonder." --Pete Hamill This is the story of Vincent Loui… read more

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9. The Life We Chose: William “Big Billy” D'Elia and the Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Mafia Family

By: Matt Birkbeck

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Matt Birkbeck--investigative journalist and executive producer of Netflix's #1 movie Girl in t… read more

Similar categories in Matt Birkbeck's The Life We Chose: William “Big Billy” D'Elia and the Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Mafia Family book and Frank DiMatteo's Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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10. Murder at McDonald's: The Killers Next Door

By: Phonse Jessome

3.95

Format: 770 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of the Sydney River McDonald’s massacre, a botched robbery that would become the mos… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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11. The Gambino Mafia Crime Family: A Complete and Fascinating History of New York Criminal Organization (Five Families) (The Five Families)

By: Mafia Library

3.71

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

The Gambino family is a prime example of organized crime families, and their in-house fighting and … read more

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12. Sonny: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzese

By: S.J. Peddie

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Couldn’t put it down.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy (Goodfellas) and CasinoThe extraordina… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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13. Top Hoodlum: Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia

By: Anthony M. DeStefano

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The definitive book on the ultimate mob boss—featuring new FBI revelations, rare family photos, and… read more

Similar categories in Anthony M. DeStefano's Top Hoodlum: Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia book and Frank DiMatteo's Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family

By: Frank DiMatteo

3.92

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The shocking true story of  the most ruthless and deadly mob boss in the annals of the American Maf… read more

Similar categories in Frank DiMatteo's Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family book and Frank DiMatteo's Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders

By: Mike Rothmiller

4.09

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

It was said of the young Frank Sinatra that he came across as "St Francis of Assisi with a shoulder… read more

Similar categories in Mike Rothmiller's Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders book and Frank DiMatteo's Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of CARMINE and the 13th AVENUE BOYS: Surviving Brooklyn's Colombo Mob by Craig McGuire

16. CARMINE and the 13th AVENUE BOYS: Surviving Brooklyn's Colombo Mob

By: Craig McGuire

4.24

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the true story of Carmine Imbriale – a gambler, a brawler, a bandit, a bookie, an enforcer.… read more

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17. They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers

By: Jason Turbow

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The wildly entertaining narrative of the outrageous 1981 Dodgers from the award-winning author of D… read more

Similar categories in Jason Turbow's They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers book and Frank DiMatteo's Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Deadly Don: Vito Genovese, Mafia Boss by Anthony M. DeStefano

18. The Deadly Don: Vito Genovese, Mafia Boss

By: Anthony M. DeStefano

3.81

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

Pulizter Prize-winning journalist Anthony M. DeStefano’s latest in-depth history of organized crime… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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19. The Life and Times of Cocaine Charlie

By: Charles T. H. Woods

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

An unrepentant true crime memoir about the life of a man who sold and used cocaine daily for thirty… read more

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20. The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob

By: T.J. English

4.05

Format: 538 pages, Kindle Edition

In the tradition of The Godfather, The Westies is a powerful tale spanning 60 years. A gang of Iris… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Gotti's Boys: The Mafia Crew That Killed for John Gotti

By: Anthony M. DeStefano

3.79

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A KILLER LINE-UP   In his bloody reign as the head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti wracked … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook

6 must-read audiobook books like Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family by Frank DiMatteo

Transform Your Habits

The Good Rat

Jimmy Breslin

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Top Hoodlum: Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia

Anthony M. DeStefano

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family

Frank DiMatteo

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders

Mike Rothmiller

4.09

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19 best-selling history books like They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers by Jason Turbow

Transform Your Habits

Split Season: 1981: Fernandomania, the Bronx Zoo, and the Strike that Saved Baseball

Jeff Katz

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness

Buster Olney

3.98

Transform Your Habits

When the Garden Was Eden: Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks

Harvey Araton

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game

Daniel Okrent , Wilfrid Sheed

3.84

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