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

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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…

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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

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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2. Wiseguy

By: Nicholas Pileggi

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Wiseguy" is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of li… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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3. Blood and Honor: Inside the Scarfo Mob--The Mafia's Most Violent Family

By: George Anastasia

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Here is the inside story about the rise and fall of Philadelphia's notorious Scarfo organization. I… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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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

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Murder Machine: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and the Mafia

By: Gene Mustain , Jerry Capeci

3.77

Format: None pages,

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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6. The Last Don

By: Mario Puzo

3.79

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The last don is Domenico Clericuzio, a wise and ruthless man who is determined to see his heirs est… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
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7. Casino

By: Nicholas Pileggi

4.09

Format: 148 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From the author of the best-selling Mafia expose, Wiseguy, comes this inside story of the billion-d… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime

8. 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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9. 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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10. Donnie Brasco

By: Richard Woodley , Joseph D. Pistone

2.82

Format: 3 pages, Paperback

Posing as jewel thief "Donnie Brasco," FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone carried out the most audacious s… read more

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Cover of The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) by Mario Puzo, Peter Bart, Robert Thompson

11. The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

By: Mario Puzo , Peter Bart , Robert Thompson

4.39

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The Godfather—the epic tale of crime and betrayal that became a global phenomenon. Almost fifty … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"Life is so beautiful"

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

12. 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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13. 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

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

14. The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer

By: Philip Carlo

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

There were times at home when Richard would have one of his outbursts and break things and then loc… read more

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15. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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

16. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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17. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

By: David Grann

4.14

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklaho… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"An Indian Affairs agent said, 'The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?"

-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

"The Osage elders sang the traditional songs for the dead, only now the songs seemed for the living, for those who had to endure this world of killing."

-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

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18. The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob

By: T.J. English

4.05

Format: 538 pages, Kindle Edition

In the tradition of The Godfather, The Westies is a powerful tale spanning 60 years. A gang of Iris… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. 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
  • history
  • true crime
  • politics
  • 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

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20. Gangsters and Goodfellas: The Mob, Witness Protection, and Life on the Run

By: Henry Hill

4.15

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

"At the age of twelve, my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy was better than being … read more

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  • true crime
Cover of The Hoffa Wars: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa (Forbidden Bookshelf) by Dan E. Moldea

21. The Hoffa Wars: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa (Forbidden Bookshelf)

By: Dan E. Moldea

3.70

Format: 706 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive portrait of the powerful, corruption-ridden Teamsters union and its legendary presid… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime

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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8 Top true crime books like Gangsters and Goodfellas: The Mob, Witness Protection, and Life on the Run by Henry Hill

Transform Your Habits

Gangsters and Goodfellas: Wiseguys . . . and Life on the Run

Gus Russo , Henry Hill

0.00

Transform Your Habits

Practice to Deceive

Ann Rule

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Sins of the Son

Carlton Stowers

3.91

Transform Your Habits

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

Charles Brandt

4.12

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