The Greatest Books of All Time on Business

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
90 Buddenbrooks Thomas Mann 1901 German German
147 Confessions of Zeno Italo Svevo 1923 Italian Italian
256 Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1922 American English
319 The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money John Maynard Keynes 1936 British English
390 The Old Wives' Tale Arnold Bennett 1908 British English
506 The Affluent Society John Kenneth Galbraith 1958 American English
531 The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith 1776 Scottish English
775 Cheese Willem Elsschot 1933 Belgian Dutch
784 Rabbit at Rest John Updike 1990 American English
1036 The Fortunes Of Richard Mahony Henry Handel Richardson 1917 Australian English
1170 Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman 1962 American English
1207 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie 1936 American English
1483 Tono Bungay H. G. Wells 1909 British English
1763 Small Is Beautiful E. F. Schumacher 1973 British English
1901 The Power Broker Robert Caro 1974 American English
2129 Will O' The Wisp Willem Elsschot 1947 Belgian Dutch
2341 Personal History Katharine Graham 1997 American English
2543 The Artamonov Business Maxim Gorky 1925 Russian Russian
2616 The Rise Of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells 1885 American English
2627 Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty 2013 French French
2664 Debit And Credit Gustav Freytag 1855 German German
2686 The Managerial Revolution James Burnham 1941 American English
2895 Teahouse Lao She 1957 Chinese Chinese
2898 Moneyball Michael M. Lewis 2003 American English
2952 Exit, Voice, And Loyalty Albert Hirschman 1970 American English
2967 Kane and Abel Jeffrey Archer 1979 British English
2993 Clayhanger Arnold Bennett 1910 British English
3170 The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell 2000 American English
3204 When We Cease To Understand The World Adrian Nathan West, Benjamin Labatut 2020 Chilean Spanish
3233 Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner 2005 American English
3380 Der Laden Erwin Strittmatter 1983 German German
3517 Bureaucracy Ludwig von Mises 1944 Austrian English
3637 Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home Emily Post 1922 American English
3637 Who Once Eats Out Of The Tin Bowl Hans Fallada 1934 German German
3851 JR William Gaddis 1975 American English
4169 The History of the Standard Oil Company Ida Tarbell 1904 American English
4421 The Madras House Harley Granville Barker 1910 British English
4446 Verzameld Werk Willem Elsschot 1957 Belgian Dutch
4479 The Economy of Cities Jane Jacobs 1969 American English
4765 400 Million Customers Carl Crow 1937 American English
4887 The Crimson Petal And The White Michel Faber 2002 British English
5592 L'argent Émile Zola 1891 French French
5770 The Businessman Thomas M. Disch 1984 American English
6337 The Worldly Philosophers Robert Heilbroner 1953 American English
6480 The Stoic Theodore Dreiser 1947 American English
6637 The Curse Of Lono Hunter S. Thompson 1983 American English
7183 When The Going Was Good Graydon Carter, James Fox 1946 Canadian English
7216 The Rise Of David Levinsky Abraham Cahan 1917 American English
7577 The Innovator's Dilemma Clayton M. Christensen 1997 American English
7709 Moral Hazard Kate Jennings 2002 Australian English
7785 Close To The Machine Ellen Ullman 1997 American English
7934 Mr. China Tim Clissold 2004 British English
7953 The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 1957 American English
8211 China Shakes The World James Kynge 2006 British English
8269 A Caribbean Heiress In Paris Adriana Herrera 2022 American English
8300 Empire Of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 American English
8325 American Buffalo David Mamet 1975 American English
8446 Die Dunkle Seite Des Mondes Martin Suter 2000 Swiss German
8467 Griftopia Matt Taibbi 2010 American English
8467 Being Wrong Kathryn Schulz 2010 American English
8683 Adapt Tim Harford 2011 British English
8903 Vendor Of Sweets R. K. Narayan 1967 Indian English
8995 The Deal Of The Century Steve Coll 1986 American English
9179 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
9194 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9240 Lightning Rods Helen DeWitt 2011 American English
9331 In Search Of Excellence Tom Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr. 1982 American English
9755 Talking From 9 To 5 Deborah Tannen 1994 American English
10087 Disciplined Minds Jeff Schmidt 2000 American English
10139 Dealers Of Lightning Michael Hiltzik 2000 American English
10172 Dragon's Teeth Upton Sinclair 1942 American English
10442 There Must Be A Pony In Here Somewhere Kara Swisher 2003 American English
10453 Luce and His Empire W. A. Swanberg 1972 American English
10454 A Hologram For The King Dave Eggers 2012 American English
10536 Ai Superpowers Kai-Fu Lee 2018 Chinese English
10541 Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams 2025 Unknown English
10690 Your Face Belongs To Us Kashmir Hill 2024 American English
10685 Unscripted James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams 2023 Unknown English
10801 A Woman Of Substance Barbara Taylor Bradford 1979 British English
10887 A Man In Full (A Novel) Tom Wolfe 1998 American English
10925 Women Don’t Ask Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever 2003 American English
11039 Empire Of Ai Karen Hao 2025 American English
11304 Spam Finn Brunton 2013 American English
11663 The Patriarch David Nasaw 2012 American English
11663 Winners Take All Anand Giridharadas 2018 American English
11663 We The Corporations Adam Winkler 2018 American English
11803 The Attention Merchants Tim Wu 2016 American English
11936 Super Pumped Mike Isaac 2019 American English
12109 American Kings Seth Wickersham 2025 American English
12128 Bad Company Megan Greenwell 2025 American English
12137 The Powers That Be David Halberstam 1979 American English
12158 Capitalism And Its Critics John Cassidy 2025 British English
12165 Little Bosses Everywhere Bridget Read 2025 Unknown English
12167 Mood Machine Liz Pelly 2025 Unknown English
12206 Apple In China Patrick McGee 2025 Unknown English
12234 The Killing Fields Of East New York Stacy Horn 2025 American English
12237 I Deliver Parcels In Beijing Hu Anyan 2023 Chinese English
12305 1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin 2025 Unknown English
12326 The Life Of Nelson A. Rockefeller Cary Reich 1996 American English
12326 Titan Ron Chernow 1998 American English
12326 Morgan Jean Strouse 1999 American English
12436 The Technological Republic Alexander C. Karp Unknown English
12499 No More Tears Gardiner Harris 2025 American English
12564 Breakneck Dan Wang Unknown English
12574 The Corporation In The 21st Century John Kay 2024 British English
12588 Geeks Jon Katz 2000 American English
12597 The History Of Money David McWilliams 2024 Irish English
12698 No Filter Sarah Frier 2020 American English
12879 The Spinach King John Seabrook 2025 American English
12917 Like, Comment, Subscribe Mark Bergen 2022 Unknown English
12987 Chokepoints Fishman, Edward 2025 Unknown English
12988 Why Nothing Works Marc J. Dunkelman 2025 American English
12989 The Hour Of The Predator Giuliano da Empoli 2025 Unknown English
13017 House Of Huawei Eva Dou 2025 American English
13018 The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt 2025 Unknown English
13021 The Genius Myth Helen Lewis 2025 British English
13082 More Everything Forever Adam Becker 2025 American English
13099 Empty Vessel Ian Kumekawa 2025 Unknown English
13362 Business Adventures John Brooks 1969 American English
13703 Poor Charlie's Almanack Charlie Munger 2005 American English