Books like The Luciano story by Sid Feder

In the 1960s, Joseph Valachi, a former Genovese family soldier, broke the Mafia’s code of silence, revealing the organization’s inner workings and leading to the arrest of major crime figures.

A concise biography of John Gotti, the notorious New York mob boss whose criminal career left a lasting imprint on American organized crime.

The last testament of Lucky Luciano, an inside chronicle dictated by the famed gangster to film producer Martin A. Gosch in his final months.

One of the most sought-after criminals of the Depression era, Ralph Fults began his career of crime at the improbable age of fourteen. At nineteen he met Clyde Barrow in a Texas prison, and the two men together founded what would later be known as the Barrow gang. Running with Bonnie and Clyde is the story of Fults's experiences in the Texas criminal underworld between the years 1925 and 1935 and the gripping account of his involvement with the Barrow gang, particularly its notorious duo, Bonnie and Clyde. Although basing his account primarily on Fults's testimony, Phillips substantiates that viewpoint with references to scores of eyewitness interviews, police files and court documents, and contemporary news accounts. An important contribution to criminal and social history, Running with Bonnie and Clyde will be fascinating reading for scholars and general readers alike.

The Mafia Encyclopedia, Third Edition, Carl Sifakis once again provides a fascinating survey of the mob's most influential perpetrators and personalities, including their hangouts and hideaways, their plays for power, their schemes and crimes, and their unique culture and jargon.