10 Top crime books like Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade by Neil Woods

Cover of Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade by Neil Woods

Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

By: Neil Woods

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

TO KNOW THE TRUE STORY BEHIND A WAR, ASK THE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT IT 'An observation van is running su…

"The story of the War on Drugs is a story of the law of unintended consequences."

-Neil Woods, Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

"The first casualty of any war is the truth, and the War on Drugs is no exception."

-Neil Woods, Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

"Crime is driven by opportunity. Cartoonish visions of ‘inherent evil’, or inevitable reactions to social conditions, are far too reductive."

-Neil Woods, Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

"For the police of the 1960s, drugs were considered deeply uninteresting. Chasing drugs simply wasn’t seen as ‘real police work’. Being a proper copper meant going out and catching burglars and robbers."

-Neil Woods, Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

If you liked the crime plot in Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade by Neil Woods , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Walking the Americas

By: Levison Wood

4.14

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Walking the Americas chronicles Levison Wood's 1,800 mile trek along the spine of the Americas, thr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari

2. Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

By: Johann Hari

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

New York TimesBestseller It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned in the United St… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
Cover of Darktown (Darktown, #1) by Thomas Mullen

3. Darktown (Darktown, #1)

By: Thomas Mullen

3.33

Format: None pages, ebook

Responding from pressure on high, the Atlanta police department is forced to hire its first black o… read more

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  • crime
Cover of The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It by Owen   Jones

4. The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It

By: Owen Jones

3.32

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

In The EstablishmentOwen Jones, author of the international bestseller Chavs, offers a biting criti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Running with the Firm by James Bannon

5. Running with the Firm

By: James Bannon

4.17

Format: None pages, ebook

'Of course I'm a f**king hooligan, you pr**k. I am a hooligan...there I've said it...I'm a hooligan… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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6. Gang War: The Inside Story of the Manchester Gangs

By: None

3.44

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

7. Walking the Nile

By: Levison Wood

3.87

Format: 144 pages, ebook

A major Channel 4 series and a Sunday Times bestseller His journey is 4,250 miles long. He is walki… read more

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8. Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail

By: Rusty Young , Thomas McFadden

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Rusty Young was backpacking in South America when he heard about Thomas McFadden, a convicted Engli… read more

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9. Walking The Himalayas

By: Levison Wood

4.43

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Following his trek along the length of the Nile River, explorer Levison Wood takes on his greatest … read more

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10. Eye For An Eye

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.09

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

RIGHT OR WRONG? Only nine criminals in the UK have been granted lifelong anonymity. Their crimes … read more

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  • crime
Cover of Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home by Jeremy Clarkson

11. Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home

By: Jeremy Clarkson

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Welcome back to Clarkson's farm. At the end of Jeremy's first year, Diddly Squat farm rewarded him … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas by Mick Herron

12. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

By: Mick Herron

4.13

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more

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"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

Cover of The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by The Secret Barrister

13. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

By: The Secret Barrister

3.90

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of the Secret Barrister. These are the stories of life inside the courtroom. T… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
Cover of Nowhere Safe (Harley Cole, #1) by Kate Bold

14. Nowhere Safe (Harley Cole, #1)

By: Kate Bold

4.12

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

FBI BAU special agent Harley Cole, as brilliant as she is at hunting serial killers, has bent the r… read more

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  • crime
Cover of There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

15. 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

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
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16. 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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17. Adèle

By: Leïla Slimani

3.39

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Adèle appears to have the perfect life: She is a successful journalist in Paris who lives in a beau… read more

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"People who are never satisfied destroy everything around them."

-Leïla Slimani, Adèle

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18. The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential

By: Wim Hof

3.83

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The only definitive book authored by Wim Hof on his powerful met… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it by Pete Wharmby

19. Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it

By: Pete Wharmby

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

It’s time to remake the world – the ground-breaking book on what steps we should all be taking for … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"By the time I entered education in the late 1980s, schools were about as well adapted for my neurotype as a set of stairs is adapted for the use by a Dalek."

-Pete Wharmby, Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it

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20. The Silent Friend

By: Alison Stockham

4.00

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

When it comes to saving yourself, who will you betray? Louise has a shadowy past that she wants to … read more

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Cover of How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg

21. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

By: Bent Flyvbjerg

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals by Daniel Walter

22. The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

By: Daniel Walter

4.12

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you spent weeks, months, or even years trying to achieve your goals but keep failing? Have … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK by Simon Kuper

23. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK

By: Simon Kuper

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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24. True Crime Story

By: Joseph Knox

3.88

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Librarian note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. In the early hours of Satu… read more

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  • crime
  • true crime
Cover of Deep Cover by Shay Doyle

25. Deep Cover

By: Shay Doyle

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Street kid turned undercover cop. 'This time he wasn't getting up. Neither were the two young wome… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of The Regiment: 15 Years in the SAS by Rusty Firmin

26. The Regiment: 15 Years in the SAS

By: Rusty Firmin

4.22

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

From its early beginnings in World War II, the Special Air Service (SAS) has won renown in some of … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Party Time: Raving Arizona (English Shaun Trilogy Book 1) by Shaun Attwood

27. Party Time: Raving Arizona (English Shaun Trilogy Book 1)

By: Shaun Attwood

4.20

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

"The UK rave scene meets The Wolf of Wall Street and ends in The Shawshank Redemption" - Jon Ronson… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of The Russian Affair: The True Story of the Couple who Uncovered the Greatest Sporting Scandal by David Walsh

28. The Russian Affair: The True Story of the Couple who Uncovered the Greatest Sporting Scandal

By: David Walsh

3.90

Format: None pages, Audiobook

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2020 'Reads like a thriller, or even … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of The Real Top Boys: The True Story of London's Deadliest Street Gangs by Wensley Clarkson

29. The Real Top Boys: The True Story of London's Deadliest Street Gangs

By: Wensley Clarkson

3.59

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of London's toughest, deadliest street the events, the rules and the real top boys.… read more

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  • true crime
Cover of Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire by Kojo Koram

30. Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire

By: Kojo Koram

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing Longlisted for the British Academy Book Pri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade by Neil Woods

31. Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

By: Neil Woods

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

TO KNOW THE TRUE STORY BEHIND A WAR, ASK THE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT IT 'An observation van is running su… read more

Similar categories in Neil Woods's Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade book and Neil Woods's Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"The story of the War on Drugs is a story of the law of unintended consequences."

-Neil Woods, Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

"The first casualty of any war is the truth, and the War on Drugs is no exception."

-Neil Woods, Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

"Crime is driven by opportunity. Cartoonish visions of ‘inherent evil’, or inevitable reactions to social conditions, are far too reductive."

-Neil Woods, Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

"For the police of the 1960s, drugs were considered deeply uninteresting. Chasing drugs simply wasn’t seen as ‘real police work’. Being a proper copper meant going out and catching burglars and robber…"

-Neil Woods, Drug Wars: The terrifying inside story of Britain’s drug trade

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Levison Wood

4.14

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3.98

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Owen Jones

3.32

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James Bannon

4.17

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4.14

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