Fraud and con artists books
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The Big Con
David MaurerA linguist's study of American confidence games and their insider vocabulary, and one of the core texts on how big cons are structured.
Catch Me If You Can
Stan ReddingThe memoir of a teenage impostor who posed as a pilot, doctor and lawyer; it became the source for a well-known film and shaped popular ideas of the impostor.
The confidence game
Maria KonnikovaCombines the history of con artists with research on psychology and why people fall for them.
The Wizard of Lies
Diana B. HenriquesA detailed account of Bernard Madoff's investment fraud, based on court records and interviews.
Billion dollar whale
Bradley HopeA business-journalism investigation of the 1MDB scandal and the financier at its center, written by Wall Street Journal reporters.
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More fraud and con artists books
- Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsCharles MacKay - Ponzi's Scheme
Ponzi's SchemeMitchell Zuckoff - The Adversary
The AdversaryEmmanuel Carrère - My Friend Anna
My Friend AnnaRachel DeLoache Williams - American Buffalo
American BuffaloDavid Mamet - Games criminals play
Games criminals playBud Allen1981 - Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions
Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusionsCharles Mackay1841 - The rogues' trial
The rogues' trialAriano Suassuna1957 - How to cheat at everything
How to cheat at everythingSimon Lovell2006 - Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You CanFrank Abagnale2005 - Gambling scams
Gambling scamsDarwin Ortiz1984 - Parasite
ParasiteBong Joon Ho2020