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24 alternatives to Bringing Down the House

The story of six M.I.T. students who took Vegas for millions

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bringing Down the House launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Bringing Down The House ▲14

   A must have book on your way to Vegas

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Addiction by Design▲72

   Machine gambling in Las Vegas

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Alcoholics Anonymous▲70

   aka "The Big Book"

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Game▲63

   Penetrating the secret society of pickup artists

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Grinding It Out▲72

   The Making Of McDonald's

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   How to Win Friends and Influence People▲124

   "it changed my life" Warren Buffet

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Education of Millionaires▲65

   Everything you won't learn in college to be successful

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Lean Out▲101

   25 stories from the underrepresented in tech

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   BoBos in Paradise▲56

   The New Upper Class and How They Got There

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Ice Man▲80

    Confessions of a Mafia contract killer

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Ghettoside▲58

    A true story of murder in America

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Unleashing the ideavirus▲65

    Turn your ideas into epidemics

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Jacked▲71

    The outlaw story of Grand Theft Auto

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Vanishers▲68

    Power struggle between student and mentor

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Train Dreams▲55

    An American epic in miniature

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hackers▲75

    Heroes of the computer revolution

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Infinite Home▲65

    A study of different characters in a Brooklyn brownstone

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Billionaire Who Wasn't▲66

    How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Hiroshima▲71

    The stories of six survivors, told a year after the bomb

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    EDGY Conversations▲62

    How ordinary people can achieve outrageous success

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Boys Among Men▲67

    How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Valley of the Gods▲65

    A Silicon Valley story

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Outwitting the Devil▲55

    The secret to freedom and success

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Screw the Valley▲82

    A coast-to-coast tour of America’s new tech startup culture

    2015 · its alternatives →

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