The most popular organized crime books

Books about organized crime open the door to mafias, gangs and cartels. Family loyalty, codes of silence, turf wars and the pull of easy money drive sweeping novels and true accounts by reporters and former insiders. Power, betrayal and violence are never far away.

See also Mafia romance

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Omert
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Omert

Mario Puzo, Joe Mantegna

2000 · 2009 edition

432 pages

The Witness
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The Witness

Sandra Brown

Published 1995

422 pages

I Am the Cheese
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I Am the Cheese

Robert Cormier

1974 · 2005 edition

259 pages

Wiseguy
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Wiseguy

Nicholas Pileggi

Published 1985

256 pages

Sleepers
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Sleepers

Lorenzo Carcaterra

1995 · 1996 edition

336 pages

World Gone by
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World Gone by

Dennis Lehane

2015 · 2021 edition

320 pages

The Tesseract
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The Tesseract

Alex Garland

1999 · 2007 edition

352 pages

Burn
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Burn

James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

2014 · 2015 edition

416 pages

After Death
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After Death

Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray)

Published 2023

Mr Nice
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Mr Nice

Howard Marks

1996 · 2010 edition

558 pages

Eight Men Out
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Eight Men Out

Eliot Asinof

1977 · 1996 edition

512 pages