44 books
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7 voters
Gambling Books
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Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.94 — 26,742 ratings — published 2002
The Gambler (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.91 — 119,330 ratings — published 1866
Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,052 ratings — published 2003
A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.92 — 46,392 ratings — published 2012
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,183 ratings — published 2005
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,527 ratings — published 2006
Busting Vega$: A True Story of Monumental Excess, Sex, Love, Violence, and Beating the Odds
by (shelved 18 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,763 ratings — published 2005
Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,497 ratings — published
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,685 ratings — published 2020
Dreaming of You (The Gamblers of Craven's, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.16 — 47,353 ratings — published 1994
The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,800 ratings — published 1983
Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.15 — 836 ratings — published 1966
One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey, 'The Kid', Ungar, The World's Greatest Poker Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,647 ratings — published 2005
Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.74 — 95,414 ratings — published 1953
Tishomingo Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.72 — 9,811 ratings — published 2002
The Logic Of Sports Betting (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.97 — 877 ratings — published
The Biggest Game in Town (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,067 ratings — published 1983
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.24 — 7,822 ratings — published 2016
Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.84 — 24,728 ratings — published 2014
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.39 — 3,392 ratings — published 2014
Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,045 ratings — published 2010
Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.00 — 707,267 ratings — published 2011
The Man with the $100,000 Breasts: And Other Gambling Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.71 — 199 ratings — published 1999
Poker Nation: A High-Stakes, Low-Life Adventure into the Heart of a Gambling Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.58 — 582 ratings — published 2002
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (The Rules of Scoundrels, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.86 — 23,879 ratings — published 2013
Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order )
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,396 ratings — published 2013
Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.46 — 784 ratings — published 2010
Doyle Brunson's Super System (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,445 ratings — published 1979
Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.85 — 877 ratings — published 1987
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.02 — 34,355 ratings — published 2013
The Odds: A Love Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.35 — 3,552 ratings — published 2007
Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.20 — 98,476 ratings — published 2006
The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers, and the Death of Their Las Vegas (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.78 — 550 ratings — published 2001
24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.88 — 178 ratings — published 1999
Whale Hunt in the Desert: Secrets of a Vegas Superhost (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.77 — 396 ratings — published 2004
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,172 ratings — published 2012
The Music of Chance (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.93 — 13,264 ratings — published 1990
Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire--and How It All Came Crashing Down . . . (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,151 ratings — published 2013
Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big with Expert Play (Small Stakes Poker Games)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.09 — 755 ratings — published 2004
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.64 — 449 ratings — published 2009
The Smart Money: How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.91 — 490 ratings — published 2005
Every Hand Revealed (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,784 ratings — published 2008
Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments, Volume I: Strategic Play (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,521 ratings — published 2004
Caro's Book of Poker Tells: The Psychology and Body Language of Poker (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,504 ratings — published 1984
The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told: A True Tale of Three Gamblers, The Kentucky Derby, and the Mexican Cartel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,612 ratings — published 2020
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.82 — 22,958 ratings — published 2018
My Once and Future Duke (The Wagers of Sin, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,411 ratings — published 2018
Then Came You (The Gamblers of Craven's, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.94 — 33,582 ratings — published 1993
Telling Lies and Getting Paid: Gambling Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.62 — 84 ratings — published 2001
Reality Check (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.60 — 2,522 ratings — published 2009
“Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table - when he sees that all that lies between himself and death is his last crown”
― The Wild Ass's Skin
― The Wild Ass's Skin
“The first thing he noticed was that Las Vegas seemed to have invented a new school of functional architecture, 'The Gilded Mousetrap School' he thought it might be called, whose main purpose was to channel the customer-mouse into the central gambling trap whether he wanted the cheese or not.”
― Diamonds Are Forever
― Diamonds Are Forever












