Rich People Problems
All the money in the world : the outrageous fortune and misfortunes of the heirs of J. Paul Getty
Pearson, John, 1930- author
2017
The Bettencourt affair : the world's richest woman and the scandal that rocked Paris
Sancton, Thomas (Thomas Alexander), 1949- author
2017
The dead duke, his secret wife, and the missing corpse : an extraordinary Edwardian case of deception and intrigue
Eatwell, Piu Marie, author
2015
Empty mansions : the mysterious life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a great American fortune
Dedman, Bill, author
2014
Golden boy : a murder among the Manhattan elite
Glatt, John, author
2021
By all accounts, Thomas Gilbert Jr. led a charmed life. The son of a wealthy hedge fund manager and a financier, he grew up surrounded by a loving family and all the luxury an Upper East Side childhood could provide ... But Tommy always felt different, and the cracks in his facade began to show. What started as quiet exhaustion turned into warning signs of OCD, increasing paranoia, and--most troubling--an indescribable, inexplicable hatred of his father ... [One day] he arrived at his parents' apartment, calmly asked his mother to leave, and shot his father point-blank in the head. Now, journalist John Glatt takes an in-depth look at the ... crime that rocked Manhattan's upper class.
The house of Gucci : a sensational story of murder, madness, glamour, and greed
Forden, Sara Gay.
2000
A hundred summers
Williams, Beatriz , author
2014
Returning to an idyllic Rhode Island oceanfront community for the summer of 1938, New York socialite Lily Dane is devastated by the appearance of her newly married ex-fiance and her former best friend.
The last castle : the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home
Kiernan, Denise, author
2017
The nest
Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix, author.
2021
Gathering to confront their older brother, who has recently been released from rehab after a drunk driving accident, the Plumb siblings watch as the trust fund left by their father rises and falls according to self-inflicted problems.
Red roulette : an insider's story of wealth, power, corruption, and vengeance in today's China
Shum, Desmond, author.
2021
""After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum's grandfather was marked as belonging to a "black category" that included former landlords and rich peasants--meaning the Shums would be stigmatized and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity Shum earned an American college degree and returned to China to establish himself in business. There, he met his future wife, the highly intelligent and equally ambitious Whitney Duan who was determined to make her mark within China's male-dominated society. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed with top members of the red aristocracy, vaulted into China's billionaire class. Soon they were developing the massive air cargo facility at Beijing International Airport, and they followed that feat with the creation of one of Beijing's premier hotels. They were dazzlingly successful, traveling in private jets, funding multi-million-dollar buildings and endowments, and purchasing expensive homes, vehicles, and art. But in 2017, their fates diverged irrevocably when Desmond, while residing overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had vanished along with three coworkers. This is both Desmond's story and Whitney's, because she cannot tell it herself."--Amazon.
The unfinished palazzo : life, love and art in Venice : the stories of Luisa Casati, Doris Castlerosse and Peggy Guggenheim
Mackrell, Judith, author.
2017
Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty
Cooper, Anderson, author
2021
Cornelius Vanderbilt's great-great-great-grandson, Anderson Cooper, joins historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their remarkable influence. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of Staten Island to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts Europe, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American family unlike any other.
