True Crime

1. Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice

   Kevin Cullen, Shelley Murphy

   This unforgettable narrative follows the astonishing career and epic manhunt for Whitey Bulger—a gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction.More

2. Cosa Nostra: An Illustrated History of the Mafia

   Massimo Picozzi

   Stunning photographs illuminate the bloody story of the first 150 years.More

3. Siberian Education: Growing Up in a Criminal Underworld

   Nicolai Lilin, Jonathan Hunt

   "Marvelous and Illuminating. . . . Forces us to reassess our notions of good and evil." —Irvine WelshMore

4. Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything

   Kevin Cook

   “The ultimate hustler . . . a rollicking tale.”—Sports IllustratedMore

5. Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped

   A. Roger Ekirch

   "Ekirch out-kidnaps Stevenson in this thrilling, thoroughly documented story." —Booklist, starred reviewMore

6. Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd

   Michael Wallis

   "This engaging biography exactly and vividly catches the tone of a region, a time, and a man."—Larry McMurtryMore

7. Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride

   Michael Wallis

   “Countless books have been written about the infamous outlaw ... this is surely one of the best.”—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMore

8. Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O. J. Simpson Got Away with Murder

   Vincent Bugliosi

   “Provocative and entertaining. ... A powerful and damning diatribe on Simpson’s acquittal.”—PeopleMore

9. Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties

   Michael Lesy

   Michael Lesy’s disturbingly satisfying account of Chicago in the 1920s—the epicenter of murder in America—could be fiction, but it’s not.More

10. A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York

    Timothy J. Gilfoyle

    "A remarkable tale."—Chicago TribuneMore

11. A Death in Belmont

    Sebastian Junger

    A fatal collision of three lives in the most intriguing and original crime story since In Cold Blood.More

12. And the Sea Will Tell

    Vincent Bugliosi

    "Grips you by the throat from beginning to end."—Cleveland Plain DealerMore

13. A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial

    Suzanne Lebsock

    "[Makes] history, with all its messiness, ugliness, and even humanity, come vividly alive."—Chicago TribuneMore

14. Where the Money Is: True Tales from the Bank Robbery Capital of the World

    Gordon Dillow, William J. Rehder

    "With the style and pacing of a good novel...should become a standard in the genre."—Publishers WeeklyMore

15. Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery

    Vincent Bugliosi, Ken Hurwitz

    "Bugliosi, the quintessential prosecutor, has written a crime book that should be read by every lawyer and judge in America."—F. Lee BaileyMore