Godfather

This "American saga" of the New York underworld was first published in 1969 and has remained a worldwide bestseller ever since, long having become a cult classic novel. In it, the author captures the history of the Corleone clan's bloody war against four other families, a war waged in the spirit of the motto "Questa guerra e cosa nostra" – This is our thing. This excellent, evocative work about the boss of all bosses, whose influence extended from the police to financial magnates, gained popularity primarily because it portrayed the classic mafia in a specific time and place where it still exists today.