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A harrowing, globe-spanning descent into the dark economic forces and escalating violence of the international cocaine trade. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with ZeroZeroZero.
- dread-soaked
- tense
- dark
- unsettling
- 01
Gomorrah
Roberto Saviano
A visceral, blood-pumping descent into the sprawling, inescapable machinery of modern organized crime.
- 02
Moneyland
Oliver Bullough
A globe-trotting, infuriating tour through the hidden financial plumbing of the ultra-rich.
- 03
Dreamland
Sam Quinones
A gripping, panoramic autopsy of an epidemic that reads like a thriller while breaking your heart.
- 04
The power of the dog
Don Winslow
A sprawling, blood-soaked epic that drags you into the darkest, most morally compromised corners of a decades-long war.
- 05
The Mastermind
Evan Ratliff
A globe-spanning true crime thriller that exposes the terrifying intersection of Silicon Valley savvy and ruthless cartel violence.
- 06
Five Families
Selwyn Raab · 2005
An exhaustive, gripping descent into the ruthless mechanics and sprawling history of America's most notorious criminal empire.
- 07
Chasing the Scream
Johann Hari
An urgent, globe-trotting investigation that dismantles everything you thought you knew about addiction and the war on drugs.
- 08
Down the rabbit hole
Juan Pablo Villalobos
A darkly comic and delirious fever dream of corrupted innocence inside a cartel hideout.
- 09
Tracers in the Dark
Andy Greenberg
A high-stakes, globe-trotting cyber-thriller that proves the internet's darkest corners are never as anonymous as they seem.
- 10
The Devil's Highway
Luis Alberto Urrea
A harrowing, beautifully written descent into the unforgiving desert that exposes the human cost of a broken border.
- 11
Dirty Wars
Jeremy Scahill
A gripping, dread-soaked descent into the hidden machinery of modern American warfare.
- 12
Extra virginity
Tom Mueller
A fascinating, globe-trotting investigation that pours over the sacred history of a culinary staple before plunging into the murky, corrupt underworld of modern food fraud.
