19 Best history books like The Last Gangster by George Anastasia

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The Last Gangster

By: George Anastasia

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

"It's over. You'd have to be Ray Charles not to see it." --former New Jersey capo Ron Previte, on t…

If you liked the history plot in The Last Gangster by George Anastasia , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino by Matt Birkbeck

1. The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino

By: Matt Birkbeck

3.80

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

To what extent was Rosario “Russell” Bufalino involved in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa in 1975?… read more

Similar categories in Matt Birkbeck's The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family by None, Michael Levin, Joaquín "Jack" García

2. Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family

By: None , Michael Levin , Joaquín "Jack" García

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Documents the true story of an undercover FBI agent who assumed the role of a mobster in order to i… read more

Similar categories in None's Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper by Geoffrey Gray

3. Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper

By: Geoffrey Gray

3.22

Format: None pages, Audio CD

I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me. That was the note handed to a stewardess b… read more

Similar categories in Geoffrey Gray's Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss by Philip Carlo

4. Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss

By: Philip Carlo

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Hardcover

Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso is currently serving thirteen consecutive life sentences plus 455 years at … read more

Similar categories in Philip Carlo's Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Last Godfather: The Rise and Fall of Joey Massino by Joseph D. Pistone, Simon Crittle

5. The Last Godfather: The Rise and Fall of Joey Massino

By: Joseph D. Pistone , Simon Crittle

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Mass Market Paperback

As head of the Bonanno clan, Joey Massino was the last don, and ran his world with an iron hand--un… read more

Similar categories in Joseph D. Pistone's The Last Godfather: The Rise and Fall of Joey Massino book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Vinny Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster by None

6. Vinny Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster

By: None

3.74

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

A vain man of good looks, small means, and no family links to the mob, Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Bas… read more

Similar categories in None's Vinny Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D’Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia by Jerry Capeci, None

7. Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D’Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia

By: Jerry Capeci , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Wiseguy, Mob Boss is a compelling biography from two prominent mob experts recountin… read more

Similar categories in Jerry Capeci's Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D’Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Last Gangster by George Anastasia

8. The Last Gangster

By: George Anastasia

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

"It's over. You'd have to be Ray Charles not to see it." --former New Jersey capo Ron Previte, on t… read more

Similar categories in George Anastasia's The Last Gangster book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Bulger On Trial: Boston's Most Notorious Gangster And The Pursuit Of Justice by David Boeri, Lisa Tobin, Bridget Samburg

9. Bulger On Trial: Boston's Most Notorious Gangster And The Pursuit Of Justice

By: David Boeri , Lisa Tobin , Bridget Samburg

3.84

Format: 736 pages,

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Similar categories in David Boeri's Bulger On Trial: Boston's Most Notorious Gangster And The Pursuit Of Justice book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

10. Mafia Prince: Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra

By: None , None , None

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Hardcover

Mafia Princeis the first-person account of one of the most violent eras in Mafia history --"Little"… read more

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11. Son of a Grifter: The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious Con Artists in America: A Memoir By The Other Son

By: Kent Walker , Mark Schone

4.12

Format: 206 pages,

In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow … read more

Similar categories in Kent Walker's Son of a Grifter: The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious Con Artists in America: A Memoir By The Other Son book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

12. Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia

By: Peter Maas

3.69

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Sammy the Bull Gravano is the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defeat. In tel… read more

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13. Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde

By: Jeff Guinn

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Forget everything you think you know about Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Previous books and films… read more

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14. The Big Heist: The Real Story of the Lufthansa Heist, the Mafia, and Murder

By: Anthony M. DeStefano

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

One of the biggest scores in Mafia history, the Lufthansa Airlines heist of 1978 has become the stu… read more

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15. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

By: Selwyn Raab

3.97

Format: 12 pages,

Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York an… read more

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Cover of I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt

16. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa

By: Charles Brandt

4.12

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint hou… read more

Similar categories in Charles Brandt's I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

17. Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti

By: Gene Mustain , Jerry Capeci

4.28

Format: None pages, Paperback

-- Jerry Capeci's The Complete Idiot's Guide "RM" to the Mafia has already netted close to 12,000 c… read more

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18. Chin: The Life and Crimes of Mafia Boss Vincent Gigante

By: Larry McShane

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

"Full of astonishment . . . a kind of dark wonder." --Pete Hamill This is the story of Vincent Loui… read more

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Cover of The Life We Chose: William “Big Billy” D'Elia and the Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Mafia Family by Matt Birkbeck

19. The Life We Chose: William “Big Billy” D'Elia and the Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Mafia Family

By: Matt Birkbeck

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Matt Birkbeck--investigative journalist and executive producer of Netflix's #1 movie Girl in t… read more

Similar categories in Matt Birkbeck's The Life We Chose: William “Big Billy” D'Elia and the Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Mafia Family book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid

20. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

Similar categories in Susan J. Eischeid's Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

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

21. 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

Similar categories in S.J. Peddie's Sonny: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzese book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream (Jewish Lives) by Michael Shnayerson

22. Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream (Jewish Lives)

By: Michael Shnayerson

3.86

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The story of the notorious Jewish gangster who ascended from impoverished beginnings to the glitter… read more

Similar categories in Michael Shnayerson's Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream (Jewish Lives) book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of King of the Godfathers by Anthony M. DeStefano

23. King of the Godfathers

By: Anthony M. DeStefano

3.87

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

The Last Of The Old-World Mob Bosses--And The Ultimate Betrayal For more than twenty years, Jose… read more

Similar categories in Anthony M. DeStefano's King of the Godfathers book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Detroit True Crime Chronicles: Tales of Murder and Mayhem in the Motor City by Scott M. Burnstein

24. The Detroit True Crime Chronicles: Tales of Murder and Mayhem in the Motor City

By: Scott M. Burnstein

3.64

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The Detroit True Crime Chronicles sets forth the rich history of criminal activity in the Motor Cit… read more

Similar categories in Scott M. Burnstein's The Detroit True Crime Chronicles: Tales of Murder and Mayhem in the Motor City book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family by Frank DiMatteo

25. Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family

By: Frank DiMatteo

3.92

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The shocking true story of  the most ruthless and deadly mob boss in the annals of the American Maf… read more

Similar categories in Frank DiMatteo's Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas by Glenn Kenny

26. Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas

By: Glenn Kenny

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin S… read more

Similar categories in Glenn Kenny's Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
" Irwin Winkler did not share the credit of “Producer."

-Glenn Kenny, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas

"Barbara De Fina said that Irwin Winkler was, and has been, “ nothing but nasty "

-Glenn Kenny, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas

"Who found the material, who pursued the material and how, who bought the material, whose account is true or accurate: these might not seem consequential questions now. But they have definite implicat…"

-Glenn Kenny, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas

Cover of Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State by Barton Gellman

27. Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State

By: Barton Gellman

4.06

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Engrossing. . . . Gellman [is] a thorough, exacting reporter . . . a marvelous narrator for this p… read more

Similar categories in Barton Gellman's Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me by Jamie Foxx

28. Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me

By: Jamie Foxx

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From Academy Award-winning multi-talent Jamie Foxx, a hilariously candid look at the joys and pitfa… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Foxx's Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • nonfiction
Cover of Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop by Gus Garcia-Roberts

29. Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop

By: Gus Garcia-Roberts

3.87

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An incredible four-decade account of murder, power, and corruption in one of the country’s largest … read more

Similar categories in Gus Garcia-Roberts's Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss by Casey Sherman

30. Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss

By: Casey Sherman

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Based on exclusive, fresh reporting, the thrilling, definitive inside story of the pursuit, capture… read more

Similar categories in Casey Sherman's Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mob Killer: The Bloody Rampage of Charlie Carneglia, Mafia Hit Man by Anthony M. DeStefano

31. Mob Killer: The Bloody Rampage of Charlie Carneglia, Mafia Hit Man

By: Anthony M. DeStefano

3.57

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

A Crazed Killer He dissolved the bodies of some of his victims in acid and poured them down the sew… read more

Similar categories in Anthony M. DeStefano's Mob Killer: The Bloody Rampage of Charlie Carneglia, Mafia Hit Man book and George Anastasia's The Last Gangster

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

19 must-read history books like The Last Gangster by George Anastasia

Transform Your Habits

The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino

Matt Birkbeck

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family

None , Michael Levin , Joaquín "Jack" García

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper

Geoffrey Gray

3.22

Transform Your Habits

Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss

Philip Carlo

3.78

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5 must-read audiobook books like I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt

Transform Your Habits

Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss

Philip Carlo

3.78

Transform Your Habits

I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa

Charles Brandt

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob

T.J. English

4.05

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