13 Best nonfiction books like The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T by Steve Coll

Cover of The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T by Steve Coll

The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T

By: Steve Coll

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When the US Department of Justice brought an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T in 1974, the telecommun…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T by Steve Coll , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh

1. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

By: Simon Singh

4.30

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In his first book since the bestselling Fermat’s Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping hist… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • technology
"Po první světové válce se Spojenci nebáli nikoho."

-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

"...říká se, že zkratka NSA ve skutečnosti znamená „Never Say Anything"

-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

"„Každý, kdo přemýšlí o kvantové mechanice, aniž by se mu zatočila hlava, jí nerozumí."

-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

"Polský úspěch v prolomení Enigmy byl dán třemi faktory: strachem, matematikou a špionáží."

-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Cover of More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite by Sebastian Mallaby

2. More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

By: Sebastian Mallaby

4.10

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Based on author Sebastian Mallaby's unprecedented access to the industry, including three hundred h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
  • business
Cover of Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63 by Taylor Branch

3. Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63

By: Taylor Branch

4.36

Format: 1062 pages, Paperback

First of a 3-volume social history, Parting the Waters is more than a biography of the Rev. Martin … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3) by Robert A. Caro

4. Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon B. Johnson, cont… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water

By: Marc Reisner

4.53

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. I… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. Smiley's People

By: John Le Carré

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

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7. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933

By: Anne Applebaum

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulagand the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtai… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

8. The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

By: Andrea Wulf

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

9. Final Accounting: Ambition, Greed and the Fall of Arthur Andersen

By: Jennifer Reingold , None

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A withering expose of the unethical practices that triggered the indictment and collapse of the leg… read more

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10. The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History

By: Kirsten Grind

3.37

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

Based on reporting for which the author was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Gerald … read more

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11. The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe

By: Michael Pye

3.28

Format: 5 pages, Hardcover

Saints and spies, pirates and philosophers, artists and intellectuals: they all criss-crossed the g… read more

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12. A Perfect Spy

By: John Le Carré

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

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13. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

By: Bryan Burrough , John Helyar

4.27

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
  • business
"With every girl there was a moment before you broke up when you knew - you just knew - that if you left her right then, you would never make up."

-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

"Something had to be done fast. A letter: that was the answer. As many lawyers do when nursing a grievance, Nusbaum knew it was important to get their anger down into writing. As Cohen and the investm…"

-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

14. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

By: Peter Godfrey-Smith

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A philosopher dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness Peter Godfrey-Smith is … read more

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15. A Way in the World

By: V.S. Naipaul

4.28

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

In his long-awaited, vastly innovative new novel, Naipaul, "one of literature's great travelers" (L… read more

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16. The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger

By: Greg Steinmetz

5.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The life and times of the wealthiest man who ever lived--Jacob Fugger, the Renaissance banker who r… read more

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Cover of Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports by Guy Lawson

17. Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports

By: Guy Lawson

3.96

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of disgraced fraudster turned undercover FBI informant Marty Blazer and the greate… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Built to Fail: The Inside Story of Blockbuster's Inevitable Bust by Alan  Payne

18. Built to Fail: The Inside Story of Blockbuster's Inevitable Bust

By: Alan Payne

4.09

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

How does an iconic brand die? For more than two decades, Blockbuster was America’s favorite way … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T by Steve Coll

19. The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T

By: Steve Coll

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When the US Department of Justice brought an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T in 1974, the telecommun… read more

Similar categories in Steve Coll's The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T book and Steve Coll's The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • economics
  • business
  • technology
Cover of On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything by Nate Silver

20. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • technology
Cover of The Price: What It Takes to Win in College Football's Era of Chaos by Armen Keteyian

21. The Price: What It Takes to Win in College Football's Era of Chaos

By: Armen Keteyian

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • nonfiction

11 Best history books like The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T by Steve Coll

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Simon Singh

4.30

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Sebastian Mallaby

4.10

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4.36

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Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

Nick Bilton

4.04

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Robert Anderson , Ray Kroc

4.10

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Ben Mezrich

3.17

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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

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