20 must-read nonfiction books like The Deadly Don: Vito Genovese, Mafia Boss by Anthony M. DeStefano

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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…

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1. 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
Cover of Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman by Louis Ferrante

2. Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman

By: Louis Ferrante

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

The Mob is notorious for its cruel and immoral practices, but its most successful members have alwa… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
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3. Blood and Honor: Inside the Scarfo Mob--The Mafia's Most Violent Family

By: George Anastasia

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Here is the inside story about the rise and fall of Philadelphia's notorious Scarfo organization. I… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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4. Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss

By: Philip Carlo

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Hardcover

Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso is currently serving thirteen consecutive life sentences plus 455 years at … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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5. Murder Machine: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and the Mafia

By: Gene Mustain , Jerry Capeci

3.77

Format: None pages,

read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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6. 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
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7. Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D’Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia

By: Jerry Capeci , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Wiseguy, Mob Boss is a compelling biography from two prominent mob experts recountin… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime

8. Mafia Prince: Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra

By: None , None , None

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Hardcover

Mafia Princeis the first-person account of one of the most violent eras in Mafia history --"Little"… read more

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9. Harlem Godfather: The Rap on My Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson

By: Karen E. Quinones Miller , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first and only full biography on legendary Harlem gangster, Bumpy Johnson who was depicted in t… read more

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10. The Sinatra Club: My Life Inside the New York Mafia

By: None

3.23

Format: 304 pages,

A Simon & Schuster eBook read more

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11. 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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12. A Man of Honor: The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno

By: None

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Friendships, connections, family ties, trust, loyalty, obedience-this was the 'glue' that held us … read more

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13. Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series

By: David Pietrusza

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

History remembers Arnold Rothstein as the man who fixed the 1919 World Series, an underworld genius… read more

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14. 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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15. The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror

By: Frank DiMatteo

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

From the godfathers of American Mafia history, the brutal and blood-stained biography of Carmine Ga… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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16. The Gotti Wars: Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster

By: John Gleeson

4.25

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

“Riveting…an electrifying true crime story of the Mafia-smitten eighties and nineties. Suspenseful … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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17. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.56

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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18. Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America

By: Michael Benson

3.97

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Goodreads Top Nonfiction of 2022 The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
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19. 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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20. 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
Cover of Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family by Frank DiMatteo

21. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders by Mike Rothmiller

22. 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

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

23. 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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24. Last Don standing

By: Larry McShane

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

As the last Don of the Philadelphia mob, Ralph Natale, the first-ever mob boss to turn state's evid… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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25. 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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26. Mafia Hit Man: Carmine DiBiase, The Wiseguy Who Really Killed Joey Gallo

By: Frank DiMatteo

3.85

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

WHO REALLY KILLED “CRAZY JOE” GALLO? AT LAST, THE TRUTH CAN BE TOLD. AND IT WASN’T FRANK “THE IRISH… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Lord High Executioner: The Legendary Mafia Boss Albert Anastasia by Frank DiMatteo

27. Lord High Executioner: The Legendary Mafia Boss Albert Anastasia

By: Frank DiMatteo

4.11

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

The bloodsoaked saga of the Murder, Inc. legend who helped create the modern American Mafia—one bod… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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28. The Bonanno Mafia Crime Family: The Complete History of a New York Criminal Organization (The Five Families)

By: Mafia Library

3.95

Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition

Dive into the clandestine world of one of New York's most enigmatic and feared crime syndicates wit… read more

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29. Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia

By: Louis Ferrante

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

DISCOVER THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA - FROM A MAN WHO'S SEEN IT ALL FROM THE INSID… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
Cover of The Colombo Mafia Crime Family: The Complete History of a New York Criminal Organization (The Five Families) by Mafia Library

30. The Colombo Mafia Crime Family: The Complete History of a New York Criminal Organization (The Five Families)

By: Mafia Library

3.63

Format: 133 pages, Kindle Edition

Dive into the clandestine world of one of the most notorious crime syndicates in American history w… read more

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31. Hole in the Wall Gang

By: Frank Cullotta

4.04

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Frank Cullotta's story is a living legend to all that have a knowledge of the Chicago Outfit in Las… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction

16 best-selling history books like The Deadly Don: Vito Genovese, Mafia Boss by Anthony M. DeStefano

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Nicholas Pileggi

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Blood and Honor: Inside the Scarfo Mob--The Mafia's Most Violent Family

George Anastasia

3.79

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Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss

Philip Carlo

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Murder Machine: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and the Mafia

Gene Mustain , Jerry Capeci

3.77

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18 Top nonfiction books like Last Don standing by Larry McShane

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Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear: Russia's War with Japan (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

Richard M. Connaughton

3.78

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley

Sally M. Walker

3.83

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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

Judy Melinek , T.J. Mitchell

3.18

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