Underworld Reading List (48 books)

Underworld is a podcast about organized crime around the world, by reporters Danny Gold and Sean Williams. This list is compromised of the books that are mentioned on the podcast or used for preparation of the episodes. Link to the podcast: https://www.underworldpod.com/

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1	Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy 4.07 avg rating — 19,667 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels—From the Jungles to the Streets by Toby Muse (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 1,486 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Black Caesar: The Rise and Disappearance of Frank Matthews, Kingpin by Ron Chepesiuk 3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Lethal Doses: The Story Behind "The Godfather Of Fentanyl" by John Madinger (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Dancing with the Devil in the City of God: Rio de Janeiro on the Brink by Juliana Barbassa (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 643 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Nemesis: One Man and the Battle For Rio by Misha Glenny (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 2,053 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Albanian Mafia Wars: The Rise of Europe's Deadliest Narcos by John Lucas 3.87 avg rating — 116 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Decoding Albanian Organized Crime: Culture, Politics, and Globalization by Jana Arsovska 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	1312: Among the Ultras, A journey with the world's most extreme fans by James Montague (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 995 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War by Peter Maass 4.39 avg rating — 1,567 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football by Jonathan Wilson 4.08 avg rating — 1,541 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Hunting the Tiger: The Fast Life and Violent Death of the Balkans' Most Dangerous Man by Christopher S. Stewart (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 130 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Arabische Clans: Die unterschätzte Gefahr by Ralph Ghadban 3.59 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Monk: The Life and Crimes of Ireland's Most Enigmatic Gang Boss by Paul Williams 4.22 avg rating — 751 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	White Devil: The True Story of the First White Asian Crime Boss by Bob Halloran 3.36 avg rating — 159 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade by Andrew Feinstein 3.92 avg rating — 646 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible by Stephen Braun 3.74 avg rating — 655 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America by Robert I. Friedman 3.86 avg rating — 422 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia by Mark Galeotti 3.79 avg rating — 1,565 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld by Junichi Saga 3.89 avg rating — 3,296 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld by David E. Kaplan 3.89 avg rating — 886 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	A Year Inside MS-13 : See, Hear, and Shut Up by Juan José Martínez D’aubuisson 3.99 avg rating — 168 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	MS-13: The Making of America's Most Notorious Gang by Steven Dudley (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 665 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	State of War: MS-13 and El Salvador's World of Violence by William Adolphus Wheeler 3.84 avg rating — 140 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency since 1948 by Bertil Lintner 4.27 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler 4.06 avg rating — 33,186 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family by Joaquín García 3.87 avg rating — 897 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Carl Williams by Adam Shand really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 88 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Hello, Shadowlands: Inside the Meth Fiefdoms, Rebel Hideouts and Bomb-Scarred Party Towns of Southeast Asia by Patrick Winn (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 461 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 17,659 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade by Peter Maguire (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 276 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels by Ioan Grillo 4.21 avg rating — 659 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America by Ioan Grillo 4.14 avg rating — 1,477 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency by Ioan Grillo 4.07 avg rating — 5,091 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Rodrigo Duterte: fire and fury in the Philippines by Jonathan Miller 3.64 avg rating — 129 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	McMafia: A Journey through the Global Criminal Underworld by Misha Glenny (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 4,982 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Chemical Cowboys: The DEA's Secret Mission to Hunt Down a Notorious Ecstasy Kingpin by Lisa Sweetingham 3.83 avg rating — 146 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Blood and Volume: Inside New York's Israeli Mafia by David Copeland 4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright 4.07 avg rating — 38,393 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 3,949 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, 'ndrangheta and Camorra from 1946 to the Present by John Dickie (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 405 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Mastermind: A True Story of Murder, Empire, and a New Kind of Crime Lord by Evan Ratliff 4.04 avg rating — 5,620 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Fat Freddie: A gangster’s life – the bloody career of Freddie Thompson by Stephen Breen 4.11 avg rating — 161 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta 3.95 avg rating — 11,298 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Shantaram: A Novel by Gregory David Roberts (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 240,854 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Every Day Is for the Thief by Teju Cole 3.69 avg rating — 7,925 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Cartel: The shocking true crime story of Ireland's Kinahan crime cartel by Stephen Breen 3.93 avg rating — 533 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Witness by Nicola Tallant 4.43 avg rating — 1,000 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars