19 Best nonfiction books like The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss by Paul Williams

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The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

By: Paul Williams

4.24

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch was perce…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss by Paul Williams , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Undisputed Truth

By: Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world--an… read more

Similar categories in Mike Tyson's Undisputed Truth book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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2. The Boys from Brazil

By: Ira Levin

4.06

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Alive and hiding in South America, Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele gathers a group of former colleagues for … read more

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  • crime
"I say in my talks it takes two things to make it happen again, a new Hitler and social conditions like in the thirties. But that's not true. It takes three things: the Hitler, the conditions, and the…"

-Ira Levin, The Boys from Brazil

3. I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan

By: Steve Coogan , Armando Iannucci , Alan Partridge , Rob Gibbons , Neil Gibbons

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Book by Partridge, Alan. Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder:… read more

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4. Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland

By: Tim Pat Coogan

4.24

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Traces the life of the man who negotiated for Irish independence and describes the political backgr… read more

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5. The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

By: Joshua Robinson

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The rise of the English Premier League is a story about the sports world's wildest gold rush. In the span of twenty-five years, the league's twenty clubs have increased their combined value by 10,000…"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

"I'm not saying that we're Disney, but if you think about it, it's not that dissimilar, Berrada said. We have characters - which are players - that our fans relate to; we put on a show every three or …"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

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6. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

Similar categories in Rory Carroll's There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
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7. The Trading Game: A Confession

By: Gary Stevenson

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club

By: Simon Kuper

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times j… read more

Similar categories in Simon Kuper's The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • nonfiction
  • history
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9. Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland

By: Mark Tighe

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
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10. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. The Dynasty

By: Jeff Benedict

4.46

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. Johnson at 10: The Inside Story

By: Anthony Seldon

4.22

Format: 662 pages, Hardcover

***Chosen as a non-fiction highlight of 2023 in The Times and the Observer *** After his dramatic … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Seldon's Johnson at 10: The Inside Story book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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13. Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography

By: Limmy

4.34

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The hysterical, shocking and incredibly intimate memoir from one of the most original and unique co… read more

Similar categories in Limmy's Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Back in primary, I had this feeling like I’d missed a day. Not just a normal day where they taught you how to read or write, but where they taught you something else, something more important. Someth…"

-Limmy, Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography

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14. Hell in Barbados

By: Terry Donaldson

3.92

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Hell in Barbados is the powerful true story of a drug-addicted smuggler who found his salvation in … read more

Similar categories in Terry Donaldson's Hell in Barbados book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • crime
Cover of Can I Have My Ball Back? - A Memoir of Masculinity, Mortality and My Right Testicle by Richard Herring

15. Can I Have My Ball Back? - A Memoir of Masculinity, Mortality and My Right Testicle

By: Richard Herring

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

'Very funny, moving and heartwarming' BOB MORTIMER 'A bollockbuster!' ADAM BUXTON If we are cowar… read more

Similar categories in Richard Herring's Can I Have My Ball Back? - A Memoir of Masculinity, Mortality and My Right Testicle book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. The Cartel: The shocking true crime story of Ireland's Kinahan crime cartel

By: Stephen Breen

3.93

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

The No.1 BestsellerThe definitive account of the rise of the Kinahan gang and the deadly feud that … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Breen's The Cartel: The shocking true crime story of Ireland's Kinahan crime cartel book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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17. The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

By: Paul Williams

4.24

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch was perce… read more

Similar categories in Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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18. The Witness

By: Nicola Tallant

4.43

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

'A superb book... Joey's story is extraordinary and its authenticity and relevance to the times we'… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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19. Clash of the Clans: The rise of the Irish narcos and boxing’s dirty secret

By: Nicola Tallant

4.02

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

CLASH OF THE CLANS is a story that traces the emergence of the Irish mafia from the streets of Dubl… read more

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20. The Painter

By: Dean Cavanagh

3.97

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

The Painter is the no holds barred, unflinching true story of a man from a London council estate wh… read more

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21. Gilligan: The Mob Boss Who Changed the Face of Organized Crime

By: Paul Williams

4.40

Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition

John Gilligan is one of the most notorious and hated criminal figures in Irish history. His name is… read more

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22. The Hitmen: The Shocking True Story of a Family of Killers for Hire

By: Stephen Breen

3.96

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

The No 1 Bestseller!'A triumph' Nicola Tallant, Sunday World Crime World podcast'An incredible cata… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War by Richard O'Rawe

23. Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War

By: Richard O'Rawe

4.02

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

In this sensational exposé of British Intelligence’s top informer in the upper ranks of the IRA, Ri… read more

Similar categories in Richard O'Rawe's Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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24. Liverpool Bank Robber To Hollywood Butler: My Life with Clint Eastwood, Elizabeth Taylor and George Segal

By: Terry Moogan

4.36

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

“An unbelievable journey from dangerous crime to Clint Eastwood’s butler!” – Shaun Attwood, true cr… read more

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25. My Brother Jason: The Untold Story of Jason Corbett’s Life and Brutal Murder by Tom and Molly Martens

By: Tracey Corbett-Lynch

4.39

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

In August 2015 Limerick man Jason Corbett was murdered by his wife, Molly Martens, and her father, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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26. Cocaine Cowboys: The Deadly Rise of Ireland's Drug Lords

By: Nicola Tallant

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

COCAINE COWBOYS tells the story of Ireland’s love affair with cocaine since it first washed ashore … read more

Similar categories in Nicola Tallant's Cocaine Cowboys: The Deadly Rise of Ireland's Drug Lords book and Paul Williams's The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss

  • nonfiction
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27. A Guarded Life: My story of the dark side of An Garda Síochána

By: Majella Moynihan

4.37

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

A GARDA, A FORCED ADOPTION, A FIGHT FOR JUSTICEIn 1984, Majella Moynihan was a fresh-faced young ga… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Armed and Dangerous: London Gangster's Path to Multiple Murders and 45 Years in Prison by John Hilton

28. Armed and Dangerous: London Gangster's Path to Multiple Murders and 45 Years in Prison

By: John Hilton

4.19

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

“They just don’t make them like John anymore. A real tough who has lived the best and worst in life… read more

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29. Finucane & Me: My Life with Marian

By: John Clarke

4.46

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Marian Finucane was a trailblazing broadcaster, the first to champion women's issues on air, and re… read more

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Cover of The Gilligan Tapes: Ireland's Most Notorious Crime Boss In His Own Words by Jason O'Toole

30. The Gilligan Tapes: Ireland's Most Notorious Crime Boss In His Own Words

By: Jason O'Toole

3.96

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT I KNOW I’M GOING TO HELL.’ In this remarkable book – the first of its… read more

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Joshua Robinson

4.34

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Rory Carroll

4.38

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The Trading Game: A Confession

Gary Stevenson

4.26

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Simon Kuper

4.24

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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James O'Brien

4.29

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Ian Dunt

4.45

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Rory Carroll

4.38

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