18 best-selling nonfiction books like The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror by Frank DiMatteo

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The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror

By: Frank DiMatteo

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

From the godfathers of American Mafia history, the brutal and blood-stained biography of Carmine Ga…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror by Frank DiMatteo , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The Good Rat

By: Jimmy Breslin

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Of course Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin recognized Burton Kaplan right away as the Mafia witn… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true 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
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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3. 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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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Superthief: A Master Burglar, the Mafia and the Biggest Bank Heist in U.S. History by Rick Porrello

4. Superthief: A Master Burglar, the Mafia and the Biggest Bank Heist in U.S. History

By: Rick Porrello

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Superthief is a captivating first-hand look at the life of Phil Christopher, a career criminal, Maf… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

5. 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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6. Exile on Front Street: My Life as a Hells Angel . . . and Beyond

By: George Christie

4.10

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After forty years in the Hells Angels, George Christie was ready to retire. As president of the hig… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

7. No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels

By: Jay Dobyns , Nils Johnson-Shelton

3.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Here, from Jay Dobyns, the first federal agent to infiltrate the inner circle of the outlaw Hells A… read more

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8. 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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9. El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency

By: Ioan Grillo

3.69

Format: 47 pages, Hardcover

The world has watched stunned at the bloodshed in Mexico. Thirty thousand murdered since 2006; poli… read more

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10. 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
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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11. The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror

By: Frank DiMatteo

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

From the godfathers of American Mafia history, the brutal and blood-stained biography of Carmine Ga… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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12. American Black Widow

By: Gregg Olsen

3.75

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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13. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

By: Melissa L. Sevigny

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. The Gambino Mafia Crime Family: A Complete and Fascinating History of New York Criminal Organization (Five Families) (The Five Families)

By: Mafia Library

3.71

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

The Gambino family is a prime example of organized crime families, and their in-house fighting and … read more

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15. 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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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Real Sopranos : The DeCavalcante Mafia Crime Family : The Complete and Fascinating History of a New Jersey Criminal Organization That Inspired a Popular TV Hit by Mafia Library

16. Real Sopranos : The DeCavalcante Mafia Crime Family : The Complete and Fascinating History of a New Jersey Criminal Organization That Inspired a Popular TV Hit

By: Mafia Library

3.68

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you fascinated by the hidden world of organized crime?Do you want to find out which family serv… read more

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

17. 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

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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18. Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders

By: Mike Rothmiller

4.09

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

It was said of the young Frank Sinatra that he came across as "St Francis of Assisi with a shoulder… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of CARMINE and the 13th AVENUE BOYS: Surviving Brooklyn's Colombo Mob by Craig McGuire

19. CARMINE and the 13th AVENUE BOYS: Surviving Brooklyn's Colombo Mob

By: Craig McGuire

4.24

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the true story of Carmine Imbriale – a gambler, a brawler, a bandit, a bookie, an enforcer.… read more

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Cover of The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9) by Martin Cruz Smith

20. The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Gorky Park and Tatiana comes a breathtaking new novel… read more

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  • crime
"The one thing that stung Zhenya was the insinuation that he ducked the best players, "Anyone I play it's their choice," Zhenya said. "I can't help it if I'm better than they are. Sometimes I play a r…"

-Martin Cruz Smith, The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)

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21. Last Don standing

By: Larry McShane

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

As the last Don of the Philadelphia mob, Ralph Natale, the first-ever mob boss to turn state's evid… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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22. The Deadly Don: Vito Genovese, Mafia Boss

By: Anthony M. DeStefano

3.81

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

Pulizter Prize-winning journalist Anthony M. DeStefano’s latest in-depth history of organized crime… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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23. Steel City Mafia: Blood, Betrayal and Pittsburgh’s Last Don (True Crime)

By: Paul N. Hodos

3.63

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

Pittsburgh's small but lucrative Cosa Nostra mafia family was on the rise in 1985 with a newly crow… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Homicide Is My Business: Luigi the Zip―A Hitman’s Quest for Honor by Michael Vecchione

24. Homicide Is My Business: Luigi the Zip―A Hitman’s Quest for Honor

By: Michael Vecchione

4.16

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Luigi Ronsisvalle is an intimate look at the life of a professional killer. It is, in … read more

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  • history
  • true crime
Cover of The Genovese Mafia Crime Family: A Complete and Fascinating History of New York Criminal Organization (Five Families) (The Five Families) by Mafia Library

25. The Genovese Mafia Crime Family: A Complete and Fascinating History of New York Criminal Organization (Five Families) (The Five Families)

By: Mafia Library

4.16

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

The Genovese family created a name for themselves from their decades-long reign over the streets of… read more

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  • crime
Cover of Hoodlum Lawyer: The Untold Story of Joseph Imburgio Bulger, The Secret Mafia Leader of the Chicago Outfit by M. D. Jones

26. Hoodlum Lawyer: The Untold Story of Joseph Imburgio Bulger, The Secret Mafia Leader of the Chicago Outfit

By: M. D. Jones

3.61

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

You’ve probably never heard of Joseph Bulger. That’s by design. A shoeless dock hand from New Orlea… read more

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27. Chasing the Squirrel: The Pursuit of Notorious Drug Smuggler Wally Thrasher

By: Ron Peterson

4.30

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

CHASING THE SQUIRREL is the true story of notorious drug smuggler Wally Thrasher, whose investigati… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Bruno-Scarfo Mafia Crime Family: The Complete and Fascinating History of a Philadelphia Criminal Organization by Mafia Library

28. The Bruno-Scarfo Mafia Crime Family: The Complete and Fascinating History of a Philadelphia Criminal Organization

By: Mafia Library

3.96

Format: 108 pages, Kindle Edition

You may have heard of the Five Families of the New York Mafia.But have you heard of the Bruno-Scarf… read more

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  • crime
  • history
  • true crime
Cover of The Patriarca Mafia Crime Family: The Complete History of a New England Criminal Organization by Mafia Library

29. The Patriarca Mafia Crime Family: The Complete History of a New England Criminal Organization

By: Mafia Library

4.12

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Step into the shadowy realm of the Patriarca Mafia Crime Family, where power, deception, and ambiti… read more

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  • crime
Cover of Don Carlo: Boss of Bosses by Paul Meskil

30. Don Carlo: Boss of Bosses

By: Paul Meskil

4.09

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Witness the rise of Carlo Gambino, from penniless immigrant, to the boss of all bosses of the entir… read more

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  • history
  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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31. The Tangled Web: The Life and Death of Richard Cain-Chicago Cop and Hitman

By: Michael J. Cain

3.50

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tangled Web tells the dramatic story of Detective Richard Cain, the man the FBI described as “p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime

15 Best history books like The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror by Frank DiMatteo

Transform Your Habits

The Good Rat

Jimmy Breslin

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Wiseguy

Nicholas Pileggi

0.00

Transform Your Habits

Murder Machine: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and the Mafia

Gene Mustain , Jerry Capeci

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Superthief: A Master Burglar, the Mafia and the Biggest Bank Heist in U.S. History

Rick Porrello

3.79

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17 best-selling history books like King of the Godfathers by Anthony M. DeStefano

Transform Your Habits

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

Matt Birkbeck

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Above Suspicion

Joe Sharkey

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Wiseguy

Nicholas Pileggi

0.00

Transform Your Habits

Blood and Honor: Inside the Scarfo Mob--The Mafia's Most Violent Family

George Anastasia

3.79

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