#white collar

[whitecollarcrimekids]

Peter watching Neal run around the world stealing things left and right: Oh hey wait, don’t steal that thing, thats bad. Don’t- ah shit that was actually kinda impressive. Too bad it’s my job to catch you. I can’t think of anyone Id rather chase- I mean catch

kill 'character did nothing wrong'. nurture 'character did everything wrong and i was whooping and cheering the whole time'

[tam--lin]

Books For People Who Liked Leverage and White Collar

I've always been a big non-fiction reader, and I'm particularly fond of frauds, scams, and white collar crime. Ever since I finished White Collar last year, I've been meaning to pull together a collection of related books. As you'll quickly learn if you dive into this list, the truth is often wilder than fiction. (A lot more FBI agents yelling FUCK YOU!! at each other across board room tables, for one thing.)

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Category #1: Stand Outs and All-Time Favorites

Bad Blood reads like a thriller, and I genuinely mean that. It's gripping, it's incredible reporting, it's just a jaw-dropping story. Theranos was one of the biggest corporate frauds in history, and Carreyrou masterfully details its rise and fall. Not to spoil what could be considered the book's big twist, but there's no one better to write it, either.

Empire of Pain is also masterful reporting by a well-regarded journalist, but it leans more family drama than thriller. This details the personal machinations that helped create the opioid crisis in America. [Leverage: Redemption 1x1, which IIRC was actually written before the Met removed the Sackler name from their exhibits. Also goes well paired with The Fall Of The House Of Usher.]

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks is a collection of Radden Keefe's writing for The New Yorker. It explores wine crime (Leverage 5x13 and White Collar 1x12 directly draw from this), a passionate defense attorney, whistle blowers, hit men, and international organized crime. While I recommend the book, much of this content is available for free at newyorker dot com / contributors / patrick-radden-keefe (you can use paywallreader dot com to legally get around the paywall).

Number Go Up moves quickly and is full of fascinating characters and unexpected celebrity cameos. You've got your cringe rappers, your coke-on-a-yacht billionaires, your Harry Potter rationalist poly cult. Seriously, I wish I could read this again for the first time.

Category #2: Odd, "Cozy", Strange

The Feather Thief covers a unique crime by a 20-year-old obsessed with fly fishing.

The Art Thief tells the story of Stéphane Bréitwieser, the most prolific art thief of all time. He stole during the day, from museums full of people, again and again - over 200 times, in fact. He kept his treasures in his bedroom. A fascinating portrait of a strange criminal.

Category #3: Grab Bag

Including stuff that's more adjacent to the topic but still of interest, books I got part way through, and books that are still on my TBR.

Chickenshit Club I'm part way through and enjoying, Never Split the Difference is GREAT and includes lots of true hostage negotiating stories, Fancy Bear Goes Phishing I couldn't get into but that could be because I don't need two pages of text explaining what a string is. (I'm planning on giving it another go.)

Anansi's Gold and The Corporation are both on my TBR; Con Queen of Hollywood is a riveting con story for the first half but gets a little bogged down in biography in the second half.

The Confidence Game is on my TBR and is a classic of the genre, Molly's Game is one of my partner's favorite books, and The Gospel Of Wellness does a great job at exposing how scammy the entire wellness industry is.

Genuinely there are SO many more books I could have included, and I might do another post at some point. Some books were left off intentionally, because I didn't care for them or because another book did it better. Some books were left off simply because my white collar/fraud/cons TBR is extensive and I can't include everything! And some were left off simply because I don't know about them. I'm always looking for quality non-fiction - please do share any related recommendations in the notes.

[suburbonlegends]

I love this scene so much you don't understand

[queenwholovestoread]

Neal proud face and Peter disappointed Dad face 🤣

WHITE COLLAR | 2.03 "Copycat Caffrey"

[elixyzlio]

I finished HouseMD and decided to start White Collar (Matt Bomer💗), but now I'm realizing the fandom is probably dead, and I'll have no one to make stupid jokes to on tumblr :( ..

[stompmesqueezeme]

The fucking push and pull tug of war of Neal between Peter and Mozzie is going to make me insane!! They both want something so different from him, working so hard to pull him in opposite directions, but neither is in the right nor wrong! They see different sides of Neal but neither are the full version of him or who he could be. They want their perfect Neal and aren’t willing to understand the real one in front of them. And that won’t allow Neal to come to full terms with who he wants to be and who he is at his core, because he feels pulled to be who each of them wants him to be and can’t find the balance

[queenwholovestoread]

White Collar(Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay, best duo in a crime series!), NCIS(My 3 Musketeers and Tiva🥹) (Tuesday nights the tv was mine🤣 ), Psych(my brothers quote this show on a daily basis 😂)

there's just something about crime shows made in the early to mid 2000s man

[joshuakellin]

NEAL USING A CANE I CANT I WILL BE WRITING 20 MILLION FANFICS ABT THIS

[biconbuckley]

love when neal says he's gonna check in with his "street contacts" but he's actually just calling mozzie

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Comparing your marriage to your husband’s relationship with his CI is CRAZY actually-

[divination1330]

All three from over here :)

Saw librarians first, binged it over quarantine with my partner with all of the movies and seasons. Then we watched leverage together. I watched white collar last with my parents

I’m curious and wondering about fandom overlap, so have another poll

[megalokiodinsonlove]

Now i need Neal with a baby 🤏🏻❤️

[gonnadosomethingwmylife]

peter burke is so funny bc he’s a completely normal guy except he’s been obsessed with two people to a point of stalking (his wife and the conman he chased for years) but it’s fine bc they’re just as obsessed with him 😭???

[jackharkness]

| WHITE COLLAR | 2.13 “Countermeasures”

[jadewolfy]

so I brought this up to my friend, and we both agreed we think it’s because guns are so desensitized in media

but like when Neal is being chased by the guy with the BOW it actually had my heart racing

it may be because guns are desensitized or it may be because I’ve seen what a arrow can really do, but honestly I want someone to use THAT

I like all these ideas, but I really wish someone would write a fic where Neal gets hit like in the shoulder or abdomen or maybe even thigh with a cut-on-contact tipped arrow

because yes

Do you have a whump trope that you would like to see in the revival of White Collar, especially for Neal?

Oh gosh yes. So many. I want to see him get shot. Like badly. For real this time. A wound like the finale but he isn't faking his own death please. I want him bleeding out and I want Peter to freak out. And worse than getting shot in the leg which while I enjoyed sooooo much you have no idea but I want more. Much more. More blood, more pain, more stakes. More. Shoot him.

I would love to see more kidnapped whump for Neal too. Dangerous criminal kidnapping him to either A) get at Peter or B) use him for their own nefarious purposes. Then of course please hurt him while you have him thank you.

I'm currently obsessed with the scenario of Neal being lent to another department or organization and the new temporary handler treating him like dirt. Kinda like that one episode where Ruiz gets him kidnapped kinda on purpose. But I want it big and I want him hurting and abused.

Near drowning. We haven't had that for Neal have we? I need that please. That would be a good trope to use on Neal.

A good classic sick episode would be great. We need a good ole sick Neal episode.

Oh maybe even a poisoning! One of the fun ones where they get progressively sicker through the episode as they run out of time to find an antidote. Love that stuff.