Works Written About This Topic of Mafia - Cosa Nostra

Snow Crash is Neal Stephenson's third novel, published in 1992. Like many of Stephenson's other novels it references history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, and philosophy. Stephenson...

x The Sicilian

Mario Puzo

Nov 1984

The Sicilian is a novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo. Published in 1984 by Random House Publishing Group (ISBN 0-671-43564-7), it is based on Puzo's most famous work, The Godfather. It is regarded as The Godfather's literary sequel. In this...

x The Godfather

Mario Puzo

Mar 10, 1969

The Godfather is a crime novel written by American author Mario Puzo, originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It details the story of a fictitious Sicilian Mafia family based in New York City (and Long Beach, NY) and headed by Don Vito...

x The Godfather Returns

Mark Winegardner

Nov 16, 2004

The Godfather Returns is a novel written by author Mark Winegardner, published in 2004. It is the sequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather, which was originally published in 1969, and The Sicilian (1984). As the original novel covered the years 1945 to...

x Red Square

Martin Cruz Smith

1991

Red Square is a crime novel by Martin Cruz Smith, set in the Soviet Union in the year 1991. It is a sequel to Gorky Park and Polar Star and features Investigator Arkady Renko. As the existing social and economic structure of the Soviet Union breaks...

x And Then You Die

Michael Dibdin

Apr 1, 2002

And Then You Die is a novel by Michael Dibdin, and is the eighth entry in the popular Aurelio Zen series. Aurelio Zen is back, but nobody's supposed to know it...After months in hospital recovering from a bomb attack on his car, Zen is lying low...

x Firewall

Andy McNab

2000

Firewall is a novel written by the ex-SAS member turned author Andy McNab. Released in 2000 it is the third book written about the fictional character Nick Stone. Nick Stone needs money to pay for psychiatric treatment for his traumatised god...

x The Client

John Grisham

The Client (1994) is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham, set mostly in Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a mix with various legal elements and suspense. The Client begins with eleven-year old boy, Mark Sway...

x The Firm

John Grisham

The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller and the second novel by John Grisham. It was his first widely recognized piece of work, and in 1993, was made into a film starring Tom Cruise. Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill, was successful but did not bring...

x Gangster

Lorenzo Carcaterra

2001

Gangster is a novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra, published in 2001, narrating the life of Angelo Vestieri from the early 20th Century until his death, and his rise to power in the New York City underground. The novel opens in the 1996 as Gabe, now middle...

x Bone in the Throat

Anthony Bourdain

x The Last Don

Mario Puzo

The Last Don is a novel by Mario Puzo, best known as the author of The Godfather. The story alternates between the movie industry and the Las Vegas casinos, showing how the Mafia is linked to them both. The last plan of Don Domenico Clericuzio, an...

x The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America

Gus Russo

x Wiseguy

Nicholas Pileggi

Wiseguy (ISBN 0671447343) is a 1986 non-fiction book by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi about life in the American Mafia. It tells the story about mobster turned informant Henry Hill with his first encounter, his experience and activities in the...

x Road to paradise