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Character-driven gangsters -
Arresting gangsters -
American mobs -
The darkly insane world of NYC in the 1980s -
Mob stories that tell it like it is -
Action with thrills that could really happen -
Non-fiction on the New York mafia -
American historical crime -
Guilt and suspense -
The human capacity to rise above prejudice -
Books by BIPOC writers that will scare the living daylights out of you -
Mystery books with a beautiful aesthetic -
Life in the Mafia -
Nonfiction books that read like a novel -
Details of legal and definitely illegal professions -
Beyond romance, motherhood, or emulating men
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Ruthless social climbers -
Crime stories of the past 50 years -
Murder in America’s Gilded Age -
Love and friendship set in Europe