14 must-read biography books like Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland by Sandra Lansky

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Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland

By: Sandra Lansky

3.32

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandi Lansky Lombardo grew up the only daughter of mob boss Meyer Lansky. Raised in upper-class Jew…

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1. A Bollywood Affair

By: Sonali Dev

3.67

Format: None pages,

Mili Rathod hasn't seen her husband in twenty years--not since she was promised to him at the age o… read more

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2. Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself

By: Judy Blume

3.56

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Sally's family moves to Miami Beach for the winter of 1947, she is excited and nervous at the … read more

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Cover of Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles

3. Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

By: Kathryn Miles

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

​Trailed is a beautifully written account of a great American tragedy--the unsolved murders of an u… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

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5. American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

By: Maureen Callahan

4.09

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I've got lots more stories to tell."

-Maureen Callahan, American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

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6. Giovanni's Ring: My Life Inside the Real Sopranos

By: Giovanni Rocco

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of a former FBI undercover task force officer who spent years penetrating New Jersey's De… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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7. The Wolf Hunt

By: Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a timely exploration of the fault lines in a… read more

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8. The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

By: Mark Lee Gardner

4.31

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the two most legendary and consequent… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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9. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

By: Noa Tishby

4.34

Format: None pages, Audiobook

AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that can be said of Israel, that cannot be said of Pakistan."

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"Instead of helping people move forward UNRWA keeps the Palestinian people in an eternal loop of displacement. Instead of solving the problem in any meaningful way, they have overseen the problem's ex…"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"Here's the nugget: settling the refugee problem would mean ending the war against Israel. And as of now, the Palestinians and many of the Arab world have been refusing to do so. The best way to keep …"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"There is almost no difference between the establishment of Israel and Pakistan. They were both created as a safe haven for persecuted groups: Jews and Muslims. They are both engaged in land disputes.…"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

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10. It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs

By: Mary Louise Kelly

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"In his book "Being Mortal", the surgeon Atul Gawande accurately describes the joy that flows from being good at your work. 'You become a doctor for what you imagine to be the satisfaction of the work…"

-Mary Louise Kelly, It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs

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11. Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.25

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

O’Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in th… read more

Similar categories in Bill O'Reilly's Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America book and Sandra Lansky's Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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12. Bookish People

By: Susan Coll

2.88

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A perfect storm of comedic proportions erupts in a DC bookstore over the course of one soggy summer… read more

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13. Mrs. Plansky's Revenge

By: Spencer Quinn

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while… read more

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

14. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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 The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott

15. The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

By: Karen Abbott

3.69

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation. In the e… read more

Similar categories in Karen Abbott's The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America book and Sandra Lansky's Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. My Last Innocent Year

By: Daisy Alpert Florin

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An incisive, deeply resonant debut novel about a nonconsensual sexual encounter that propels one wo… read more

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17. You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

By: Gabrielle Union

4.12

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Remember when we hit it off so well that we decided We’re Going to Need More Wine? Well, this time … read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Union's You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories book and Sandra Lansky's Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"When you acknowledge that your vulnerability does not absolve anyone of personal accountability, you will heal from those traumas faster and more fully."

-Gabrielle Union, You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

"I am continually awed by the honor and responsibility of raising free Black girls. May you each embrace your vulnerability as your superpower, and may I not falter as I attempt to lead by example."

-Gabrielle Union, You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

"The Avengers you assemble don't have to be golden by the standards of the industry you are breaking into. They just need to have the same work ethic as you, and believe in effective communication and…"

-Gabrielle Union, You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

"When I was a little girl, my mother always told me that if I ever got lost in a big city, "Look for the rainbow flag." She believed in the goodness of the LGBTQ+ community, and knew there would be pr…"

-Gabrielle Union, You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

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18. Kantika

By: Elizabeth Graver

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more

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"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

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19. The Hebrew Teacher

By: Maya Arad

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome cris… read more

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"״ילד לא צריך בכלל מסיבה גדולה עד גיל ארבע,״ פוסקת רוית. ״מה, בארץ עושים רק עם הסבתות, הדודים...״ ״אבל זו הבעיה, אין פה סבתות,״ היא מחווה את דעתה. ״איי,״ מלכה מסכימה, ״זאת בדיוק הבעיה. אין פה סבתות.״"

-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher

"יועד לוגם מהכוס ומעווה את פניו. ״חרא קפה.״ ״בפעם הבאה תלך לקפה מול הספרייה,״ היא מציעה לו טיפ של מקומיים. רק לפני שנה פתחו אותו, וכל הקמפוס מדבר עליו: כמו בניו יורק, כמו בסן פרנסיסקו, בסיאטל: קלייה ע…"

-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher

Cover of The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman

20. The Matchmaker's Gift

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, c… read more

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"A drop of love sometimes brings an ocean of tears."

-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

"If you can’t decide what you want to fight for, love is as good a cause as any."

-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

Cover of Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself by Crystal Hefner

21. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

By: Crystal Hefner

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Hefner's Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself book and Sandra Lansky's Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of How to Love Your Daughter by Hila Blum

22. How to Love Your Daughter

By: Hila Blum

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The seemingly inexplicable estrangement between a woman and her grown daughter opens up a troubling… read more

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23. The Waltham Murders

By: Susan Zalkind

3.09

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking col… read more

Similar categories in Susan Zalkind's The Waltham Murders book and Sandra Lansky's Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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24. Women of Good Fortune

By: Sophie Wan

3.59

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Set against a high-society Shanghai wedding, a heartfelt, funny, dazzling novel about a reluctant b… read more

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"What's the point of getting educated if you're going to end up stuck as a housewife?" Jane's heard that one before. Some people find it hard to accept that housework is preferable to inflexible deadl…"

-Sophie Wan, Women of Good Fortune

"Why would you want to work when you don't have to? "At some point, you have to do things for yourself," Jane says to Mei. "You'll understand once you've been worked like a dog and can't even keep tra…"

-Sophie Wan, Women of Good Fortune

Cover of Sonny: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzese by S.J. Peddie

25. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy by Letty Cottin Pogrebin

26. Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy

By: Letty Cottin Pogrebin

3.99

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An intimate memoir from a founding editor of Ms. magazine who grew up in a Jewish immigrant family … read more

Similar categories in Letty Cottin Pogrebin's Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy book and Sandra Lansky's Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth by Jack Goldsmith

27. In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth

By: Jack Goldsmith

4.14

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

"In Hoffa’s Shadow is compulsively readable, deeply affecting, and truly groundbreaking in its re-e… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas by James  Patterson

28. What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas

By: James Patterson

3.78

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas—until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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29. The Family

By: Naomi Krupitsky

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of an American Elena Ferrante, a captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two… read more

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30. Promised Land

By: Martin Fletcher

3.92

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

From author Martin Fletcher comes Promised Land, an epic family saga that crosses the globeThe tumu… read more

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Cover of Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland by Sandra Lansky

31. Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland

By: Sandra Lansky

3.32

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandi Lansky Lombardo grew up the only daughter of mob boss Meyer Lansky. Raised in upper-class Jew… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Lansky's Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland book and Sandra Lansky's Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

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Transform Your Habits

Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

Kathryn Miles

3.94

Transform Your Habits

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

Maureen Callahan

4.09

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Giovanni's Ring: My Life Inside the Real Sopranos

Giovanni Rocco

4.23

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Mark Lee Gardner

4.31

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Michael Connelly

3.63

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Siddharth Kara

4.37

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Marcia Muller

3.57

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Erik Larson

4.24

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