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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
The Great Impostor
Robert CrichtonFollows Ferdinand Demara, who took on many professional identities, including a surgeon and a prison chaplain.
Fake: The Story of Elmyr De Hory
Clifford IrvingTraces the forger Elmyr de Hory's career selling fake paintings to dealers and collectors.
The Hoax
Clifford IrvingIrving's own account of the fake Howard Hughes autobiography that he sold to publishers.
Catch Me If You Can
Stan ReddingAbagnale's memoir of posing as a pilot, doctor, and lawyer while passing bad checks in his teens and twenties.
Ponzi's Scheme
Mitchell ZuckoffCovers Charles Ponzi's 1920 scheme, the one that gave its name to the Ponzi structure.
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Catch Me If You CanFrank Abagnale2005 - The return of Martin Guerre
The return of Martin GuerreNatalie Zemon Davis1982 - My Friend Anna
My Friend AnnaRachel DeLoache Williams2019 - Blood will out
Blood will outWalter Kirn2014 - A Rake's Midnight Kiss
A Rake's Midnight KissAnna Campbell2013 - Anastasia
AnastasiaPeter Kurth1983 - An encyclopedia of claims, frauds, and hoaxes of the occult
An encyclopedia of claims, frauds, and hoaxes of the occult and supernaturalJames Randi1995 - The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
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