Books

1. Log-rolling

• “The Logic of Collective Action” by Mancur Olson
• “The Calculus of Consent” by James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock
• “Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House” by Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins
• “Congress: The Electoral Connection” by David R. Mayhew
• “Political Bargaining: Theory, Practice, and Process” by Gideon Doron and Itai Sened

2. State Capture

• “State Capture: How Conservative Activists, Big Businesses, and Wealthy Donors Reshaped the American State” by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
• “Why Nations Fail” by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
• “Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World” by Tom Burgis
• “State Capture, Political Risks and International Business” by Mohamed A. Ramady
• “The Politics of Corruption: Organized Crime in an American City” by David H. Bayley

3. Bribery

• “Bribes, Bullets, and Intimidation: Drug Trafficking and the Law in Central America” by Julie Marie Bunck and Michael Ross Fowler
• “Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America’s Economic History” by Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin
• “Bribery and Corruption Casebook: The View from Under the Table” by Joseph T. Wells and Laura Hymes
• “Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United” by Zephyr Teachout
• “The Anatomy of Corruption: An Approach to Preventive Corruption Policies” by Jana Kunicová

4. Embezzlement

• “The Forensic Accounting Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Financial Investigation and Analysis for Family Lawyers” by Miles Mason Sr.
• “The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly” by Ian D. Gow and Stuart Kells
• “Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports” by Howard Schilit
• “Money Laundering: A Guide for Criminal Investigators” by John Madinger
• “Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination” by William S. Hopwood, Jay J. Leiner, and George R. Young

5. Nepotism

• “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power” by Jeff Sharlet
• “Nepotism in Organizations” by Robert G. Jones
• “The Meritocracy Trap” by Daniel Markovits
• “The Anatomy of Nepotism: The Historical Roots and Development of the Modern Concept” by Edward Alexander Westermarck
• “Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From the Medici to the Papal State” by Mary Hollingsworth

6. Clientelism

• “Clientelism, Capitalism, and Democracy: The Rise of Programmatic Politics in the United States” by Didi Kuo
• “Patrons, Clients, and Policies: Patterns of Democratic Accountability and Political Competition” by Herbert Kitschelt and Steven I. Wilkinson
• “The Politics of Clientelism: Democracy and the State in Colombia” by Jonathan Fox
• “Clientelism in Everyday Latin American Politics” by Tina Hilgers
• “Political Clientelism, Patronage, and Development” by Allen Hicken

7. Graft

• “Graft: Great Britain and Global Corruption” by Thomas Crofts
• “The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers, and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth” by Tom Burgis
• “The Price of Power: Corruption in the Global Economy” by James B. Lieber
• “Graft in British Politics” by Arnold J. Heidenheimer
• “Criminal Capital: How the Finance Industry Facilitates Crime” by Stephen Platt

8. Patronage

• “Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From the Medici to the Papal State” by Mary Hollingsworth
• “The Patron’s Payoff: Conspicuous Commissions in Italian Renaissance Art” by Jonathan K. Nelson and Richard J. Zeckhauser
• “Political Patronage in Pakistan” by Ayesha Jalal
• “Patronage and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Brazil” by Richard Graham
• “Patronage and Power: Local State Networks and Party-State Resilience in Rural China” by Ben Hillman

9. Money Laundering

• “Moneyland: Why Thieves And Crooks Now Rule The World And How To Take It Back” by Oliver Bullough
• “Laundering: A World History of Money and Crime” by Roberto Saviano
• “Money Laundering Compliance” by Tim Parkman
• “Money Laundering: A Guide for Criminal Investigators” by John Madinger
• “Global Shell Games: Experiments in Transnational Relations, Crime, and Terrorism” by Michael Findley, Daniel Nielson, and Jason Sharman

10. Cronyism

• “Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines” by David C. Kang
• “Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform” by Susan Rose-Ackerman
• “Crony Capitalism in America: 2008–2012” by Hunter Lewis
• “The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics” by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith
• “Privatizing Pensions: The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform” by Mitchell A. Orenstein

11. Influence Peddling

• “The Art of Lobbying: Building Trust and Selling Policy” by Bertram J. Levine
• “Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why” by Frank R. Baumgartner, Jeffrey M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki, David C. Kimball, and Beth L. Leech
• “The Third House: Lobbyists and Lobbying in the States” by Alan Rosenthal
• “Shadow Lobbying: Managing Influence and Preserving Corruption” by Chiara Ruffa
• “The Selling of the President” by Joe McGinniss

12. Vote Buying

• “Buying Voters: Distribution, Clientelism, and Electoral Persuasion” by Lisa Zanotti
• “Vote Buying in Latin America” by Frederic C. Schaffer
• “Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia: Money Politics, Patronage and Clientelism at the Grassroots” by Edward Aspinall and Mada Sukmajati
• “Clientelism, Social Policy, and the Quality of Democracy” by Diego Abente-Brun and Larry Diamond
• “The Price of a Vote in the Middle East: Clientelism and Communal Politics in Lebanon and Yemen” by Costanza Musu

13. Kickbacks

• “Bribery and Corruption: How to Be an Impeccable and Profitable Company” by Jeffrey Robinson
• “Kickbacks, Bribes, and Payoffs” by William Chambliss
• “Corruption and American Politics” edited by Michael A. Genovese and Victoria A. Farrar-Myers
• “The Corruption Cure: How Citizens and Leaders Can Combat Graft” by Robert I. Rotberg
• “The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science” by Cass R. Sunstein

14. Extortion

• “Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets” by Peter Schweizer
• “Racketeer for Life: Fighting the Culture of Death from the Sidewalk to the Supreme Court” by Joseph M. Scheidler
• “Corruption: A Study in Political Economy” by Susan Rose-Ackerman
• “Mafia State: How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New Russia” by Luke Harding
• “The Informant: A True Story” by Kurt Eichenwald

15. Insider Trading

• “The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors Are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda” by Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik, and David Pitt-Watson
• “Chasing Goldman Sachs” by Suzanne McGee
• “Corporate Governance Matters: A Closer Look at Organizational Choices and Their Consequences” by David Larcker and Brian Tayan
• “The Crisis of Crowding: Quant Copycats, Ugly Models, and the New Crash Normal” by Ludwig B. Chincarini
• “No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller” by Harry Markopolos

16. Misappropriation

• “The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly” by Ian D. Gow and Stuart Kells
• “Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports” by Howard Schilit
• “The Laundrymen: Inside Money Laundering, the World’s Third-Largest Business” by Jeffrey Robinson
• “Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent” by Ryan Russell
• “International Fraud Handbook” by Joseph T. Wells and Laura Hymes

17. Conflict of Interest

• “Conflicts of Interest in Business and the Professions: Law and Compliance” by John Boatright
• “The Paradox of Loyalty: An Ethical Analysis of the Conflict of Interest in the Professions” by Kenneth Kipnis
• “Conflicts of Interest: Challenges and Solutions in Business, Law, Medicine, and Public Policy” by Don A. Moore, Daylian M. Cain, George Loewenstein, and Max H. Bazerman
• “The Modern Firm: Organizational Design for Performance and Growth” by John Roberts
• “Competing Interests in Conflict: The Rise and Fall of the Conflict of Interest Disclosures” by Gary P. Pisano

18. Fraud

• “Financial Fraud Prevention and Detection: Governance and Effective Practices” by Michael R. Young
• “Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff” by Edward J. Balleisen
• “The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How Not to Be Your Own Worst Enemy” by James Montier
• “The Devil’s Financial Dictionary” by Jason Zweig
• “Den of Thieves” by James B. Stewart

19. Lobbying

• “The Art of Lobbying: Building Trust and Selling Policy” by Bertram J. Levine
• “Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why” by Frank R. Baumgartner, Jeffrey M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki, David C. Kimball, and Beth L. Leech
• “Shadow Lobbying: Managing Influence and Preserving Corruption” by Chiara Ruffa
• “The Influence of Interest Groups in American Politics: Power and Influence” by Kenneth M. Goldstein
• “The Selling of the President” by Joe McGinniss

20. Regulatory Capture

• “Regulatory Capitalism: How It Works, Ideas for Making It Work Better” by John Braithwaite
• “The Politics of Regulation: Institutions and Regulatory Reforms for the Age of Governance” by Jacint Jordana and David Levi-Faur
• “Regulation and Regulatory Processes” by Cary Coglianese and Robert A. Kagan
• “The Limits of Regulation: Regulatory Failure and the Regulatory Dilemma” by Kenneth A. Bamberger
• “The Regulatory State: Constitutional Implications” by Dawn Oliver, Tony Prosser, and Richard Rawlings

21. Corporate Governance

• “Corporate Governance Matters: A Closer Look at Organizational Choices and Their Consequences” by David Larcker and Brian Tayan
• “The Corporate Governance of Listed Companies” by Lorne N. Switzer
• “The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors Are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda” by Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik, and David Pitt-Watson
• “The Shareholder Value Myth” by Lynn Stout
• “Governance and Risk: An Analytical Handbook for Investors, Managers, Directors & Stakeholders” by George Dallas

22. Shadow Economy

• “The Informal Economy in Developing Nations: Hidden Engine of Innovation?” by Erika Kraemer-Mbula and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
• “The Shadow Economy: An International Survey” by Friedrich Schneider and Dominik H. Enste
• “The Economy of Africa: An Annotated Bibliography of Africa’s Informal Economy” by Deborah Bryceson
• “The Parallel Economy” by Friedrich Schneider
• “The Undeclared War: The Battle to Control the World’s Black Economy” by Moisés Naím

23. Whistleblowing

• “Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump” by Allison Stanger
• “Whistleblowing in the World: From South Africa to Japan” by A. J. Brown and David Lewis
• “Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power” by C. Fred Alford
• “The Ethical Tragedy of Whistleblowing” by C. Fred Alford
• “Whistleblowing and Organizational Social Responsibility: A Global Assessment” by David B. Lewis

24. Accountability

• “The Global Accountability Report: Holding Power to Account” by One World Trust
• “Accountability Without Democracy: Solidary Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China” by Lily L. Tsai
• “Governing Without Governance: How Bureaucrats Can Implement Accountability and Transparency Policies” by Rasmus H. Pedersen
• “Public Sector Transparency and Accountability: Making It Happen” by World Bank Publications
• “The Logic of Accountability: Control, Reform, and the Welfare State” by Matthew Flinders

25. Transparency

• “The Transparency Society” by Byung-Chul Han
• “The Politics of Disclosure: How Government Transparency Undermines State Capacity” by Mark Fenster
• “The Transparency Fix: Secrets, Leaks, and Uncontrollable Government Information” by Mark Fenster
• “Transparency and Secrecy: A Reader Linking Literature and Contemporary Debate” by Suzanne J. Piotrowski
• “Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada” by Colin J. Bennett, Kevin D. Haggerty, and David Lyon

These books are widely regarded and often cited in academic discussions related to corruption, governance, and related topics. If you need more information or further recommendations, feel free to ask!