12 best-selling art books like Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts by John Barelli

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Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts

By: John Barelli

3.36

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

When he retired as the chief security officer of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, John B…

If you liked the art plot in Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts by John Barelli , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps by Michael Blanding

1. The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps

By: Michael Blanding

3.63

Format: 222 pages, Hardcover

The story of an infamous crime, a revered map dealer with an unsavory secret, and the ruthless subc… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Caveat Emptor

By: Ken Perenyi

3.73

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Ten years ago, an FBI investigation in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern … read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures

By: Philip Mould

3.75

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

The art world has never seemed quite so treacherous, so beguiling- and so much fun What separates … read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World

By: Anthony M. Amore

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution h… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists

By: Anthony M. Amore , Tom Mashberg

4.10

Format: 224 pages,

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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime

6. Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures

By: John Shiffman , Robert K. Wittman

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Wall Street Journal called him "a living legend." The London Times dubbed him "the most famous … read more

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7. American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin, the definitive account of the k… read more

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8. The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft

By: None

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Boser cracks the cold case of the art world's greatest unsolved mystery." --Vanity Fair "The True … read more

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Cover of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt

9. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
  • audiobook
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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10. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

By: Michael Pollan

3.72

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Listening time = 2h 2m Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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11. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

By: Michael Finkel

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."

-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

Cover of Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See by Bianca Bosker

12. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

By: Bianca Bosker

4.16

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more

Similar categories in Bianca Bosker's Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See book and John Barelli's Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts

  • art
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."

-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

Cover of Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger by Tony Tetro

13. Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger

By: Tony Tetro

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The world’s most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the ma… read more

Similar categories in Tony Tetro's Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger book and John Barelli's Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts

  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

14. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History by Jennifer Dasal

15. ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History

By: Jennifer Dasal

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it be… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. On Color

By: David Scott Kastan

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Ranging from Homer to Picasso, and from the Iranian Revolution to The Wizard of Oz, this spirited a… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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17. Gin Palace (The Accidental Medium Book 2)

By: Tracy Whitwell

4.04

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

After a fast paced introduction to the world of clairvoyance, ghost busting, mystery and murder, Ta… read more

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  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts by John Barelli

18. Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts

By: John Barelli

3.36

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

When he retired as the chief security officer of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, John B… read more

Similar categories in John Barelli's Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts book and John Barelli's Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts

  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • museums
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue by Dean Jobb

19. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue

By: Dean Jobb

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“A master of narrative nonfiction … in this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jo… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Devil in the Gallery: How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Shaped the Art World by Noah Charney

20. The Devil in the Gallery: How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Shaped the Art World

By: Noah Charney

3.57

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

"It’s an in-depth look at varied time periods and artists, which readers interested in gossip, dram… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

21. The Truth According to Ember

By: Danica Nava

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A Chickasaw woman who can’t catch a break serves up a little white lie that snowballs into much mor… read more

Similar categories in Danica Nava's The Truth According to Ember book and John Barelli's Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts

  • audiobook

17 best-selling audiobook books like Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts by John Barelli

Transform Your Habits

The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps

Michael Blanding

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Caveat Emptor

Ken Perenyi

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures

Philip Mould

3.75

Transform Your Habits

The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World

Anthony M. Amore

4.17

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13 Top history books like Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists by Anthony M. Amore, Tom Mashberg

Transform Your Habits

The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece

Edward Dolnick

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures

Philip Mould

3.75

The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century

Edward Dolnick

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists

Anthony M. Amore , Tom Mashberg

4.10

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