18 must-read nonfiction books like Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya Smith

Cover of Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya   Smith

Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

By: Tanya Smith

3.94

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of how a middle-class Black girl from Minneapolis became one of the single biggest t…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya Smith , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

1. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Cover of All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art by Orlando Whitfield

2. All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art

By: Orlando Whitfield

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

DECEPTION IS A FINE ART. When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students d… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari

3. There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

By: Anna Akbari

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of th… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig Whitlock

4. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

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  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

Cover of The Bookshop Sisterhood by Michelle Lindo-Rice

5. The Bookshop Sisterhood

By: Michelle Lindo-Rice

3.42

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

“ This drama-packed page turner will warm your heart!” —Eliza Knight, USA Today bestselling author … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever by Kim Mager

6. A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever

By: Kim Mager

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager , a real-life version of Cla… read more

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  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

7. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

8. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant by Stephanie Kiser

9. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant

By: Stephanie Kiser

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Kiser's Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant book and Tanya Smith's Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen by Jon M. Chu

10. Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen

By: Jon M. Chu

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From visionary director Jon M. Chu comes a powerful, inspiring memoir of belonging, creativity, and… read more

Similar categories in Jon M. Chu's Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen book and Tanya Smith's Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work by Charlotte Shane

11. An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work

By: Charlotte Shane

3.28

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Through the lens of her years spent as a sex worker, Charlotte Shane offers a provocative and tende… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes by Laci Mosley

12. Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes

By: Laci Mosley

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious, delightfully subversive essay collection from Laci Mosley, host of the award-winning “… read more

Similar categories in Laci Mosley's Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes book and Tanya Smith's Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

13. Good Dirt

By: Charmaine Wilkerson

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy… read more

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Cover of White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us by Joe Moore

14. White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us

By: Joe Moore

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this shocking memoir, a former FBI informant reveals what he learned from successfully infiltrat… read more

Similar categories in Joe Moore's White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us book and Tanya Smith's Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya   Smith

15. Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

By: Tanya Smith

3.94

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of how a middle-class Black girl from Minneapolis became one of the single biggest t… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Smith's Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million book and Tanya Smith's Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson

16. Lovely One: A Memoir

By: Ketanji Brown Jackson

4.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Da Baddest by Trina

17. Da Baddest

By: Trina

3.60

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, platinum selling rapper, songwriter, and television personality shares her unfor… read more

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Cover of Who's That Girl?: A Memoir by Eve.

18. Who's That Girl?: A Memoir

By: Eve.

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The definitive autobiography from Eve, the multiplatinum, Grammy Award®–winning, Emmy®-nominated ra… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung

19. Connie: A Memoir

By: Connie Chung

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In an industry dominated by white men, Connie Chung stood alone, the first and only Asian woman to … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake by Komail Aijazuddin

20. Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake

By: Komail Aijazuddin

4.39

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A blazing new talent’s hilarious memoir about coming of age and coming out in Pakistan, moving to A… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon by Lauren Sherman

21. Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon

By: Lauren Sherman

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The story of how Victoria’s Secret skyrocketed from a tiny chain of boutiques to an intimates monol… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

19 Top audiobook books like Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya Smith

Transform Your Habits

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

Transform Your Habits

All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art

Orlando Whitfield

3.84

Transform Your Habits

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

Anna Akbari

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

Craig Whitlock

4.39

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18 Top audiobook books like Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung

Transform Your Habits

You Never Know: A Memoir

Tom Selleck

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

Nancy Pelosi

4.10

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Lovely One: A Memoir

Ketanji Brown Jackson

4.64

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