Stay sharp — and remember: the truth is often buried beneath the bodies, the ballots, and the bribes.
Gary Jenkins
Books Featured on the Gangland Wire Podcast
Over the years on Gangland Wire, I’ve had the privilege of talking with authors, detectives, journalists, and insiders who’ve written some powerful books about organized crime, undercover work, and the mob’s reach into politics, labor, and everyday life.
This post is a handy reference for listeners who want to build their own true crime and mob history library. Every book listed below has been featured or discussed on the Gangland Wire podcast, and each title includes a link where you can search for and buy it on Amazon.
| # | Book | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mob Life: The Private World of Capone, Lansky, Gotti & Castellano – Jay Robert Baer | Buy on Amazon |
| 2 | Gun Smuggling, Castro, and the Pittsburgh Mafia – Rich Gazarik | Buy on Amazon |
| 3 | Flipping Capo – Séamus McElearney | Buy on Amazon |
| 4 | Crooks Kill and Cops Lie – Tim Richards | Buy on Amazon |
| 5 | Life in the Fishbowl (aka Deep Undercover) – Tegan Broadwater | Buy on Amazon |
| 6 | Abuse of Power – Mark Shaw | Buy on Amazon |
| 7 | Garden State Gangland – Scott M. Deitche | Buy on Amazon |
| 8 | Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob – Russell Shorto | Buy on Amazon |
| 9 | Boxing and the Mob – Jeffrey Sussman | Buy on Amazon |
| 10 | Big Apple Gangsters – Jeffrey Sussman | Buy on Amazon |
| 11 | Holocaust Fighters – Jeffrey Sussman | Buy on Amazon |
| 12 | The Incorruptibles – Dan Slater | Buy on Amazon |
| 13 | The Italian Squad – Paul Moses | Buy on Amazon |
| 14 | Steel City Mafia – Paul N. Hodos | Buy on Amazon |
| 15 | Unorganized Crime – Synova Cantrell | Buy on Amazon |
| 16 | Mafia Confessions – Nick Parisi | Buy on Amazon |
| 17 | The Mafia and the Gays – Phillip Crawford Jr. | Buy on Amazon |
| 18 | Wiseguys and the White House – Eric Dezenhall | Buy on Amazon |
| 19 | Black Truth: The Last Days of Gotti – Mark Black | Buy on Amazon |
| 20 | Hollywood Moguls – Michael Benson | Buy on Amazon |
| 21 | Top Hoodlum – Anthony DeStefano | Buy on Amazon |
| 22 | The Deadly Don – Anthony DeStefano | Buy on Amazon |
| 23 | Gotti’s Boys – Anthony DeStefano | Buy on Amazon |
| 24 | Last Don Standing – Larry McShane & Dan Pearson | Buy on Amazon |
| 25 | Chin: The Life and Crimes of Vincent Gigante – Larry McShane | Buy on Amazon |
| 26 | Breakshot – Kenny “Kenji” Gallo | Buy on Amazon |
As I keep recording new episodes and talking with more authors, I’ll update this page with additional titles. In the meantime, if you pick up any of these books and enjoy them, let me know in the comments or drop me a line through the contact page — I always like hearing what listeners are reading.
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