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
2128 Will O' The Wisp Willem Elsschot 1947 Belgian Dutch
2339 Personal History Katharine Graham 1997 American English
2541 The Artamonov Business Maxim Gorky 1925 Russian Russian
2615 The Rise Of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells 1885 American English
2626 Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty 2013 French French
2663 Debit And Credit Gustav Freytag 1855 German German
2685 The Managerial Revolution James Burnham 1941 American English
2894 Teahouse Lao She 1957 Chinese Chinese
2897 Moneyball Michael M. Lewis 2003 American English
2951 Exit, Voice, And Loyalty Albert Hirschman 1970 American English
2966 Kane and Abel Jeffrey Archer 1979 British English
2992 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
3381 Der Laden Erwin Strittmatter 1983 German German
3518 Bureaucracy Ludwig von Mises 1944 Austrian English
3638 Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home Emily Post 1922 American English
3638 Who Once Eats Out Of The Tin Bowl Hans Fallada 1934 German German
3852 JR William Gaddis 1975 American English
4168 The History of the Standard Oil Company Ida Tarbell 1904 American English
4420 The Madras House Harley Granville Barker 1910 British English
4445 Verzameld Werk Willem Elsschot 1957 Belgian Dutch
4478 The Economy of Cities Jane Jacobs 1969 American English
4764 400 Million Customers Carl Crow 1937 American English
4886 The Crimson Petal And The White Michel Faber 2002 British English
5589 L'argent Émile Zola 1891 French French
5767 The Businessman Thomas M. Disch 1984 American English
6334 The Worldly Philosophers Robert Heilbroner 1953 American English
6478 The Stoic Theodore Dreiser 1947 American English
6635 The Curse Of Lono Hunter S. Thompson 1983 American English
7182 When The Going Was Good Graydon Carter, James Fox 1946 Canadian English
7215 The Rise Of David Levinsky Abraham Cahan 1917 American English
7576 The Innovator's Dilemma Clayton M. Christensen 1997 American English
7708 Moral Hazard Kate Jennings 2002 Australian English
7784 Close To The Machine Ellen Ullman 1997 American English
7933 Mr. China Tim Clissold 2004 British English
7952 The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 1957 American English
8209 China Shakes The World James Kynge 2006 British English
8266 A Caribbean Heiress In Paris Adriana Herrera 2022 American English
8297 Empire Of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 American English
8322 American Buffalo David Mamet 1975 American English
8443 Die Dunkle Seite Des Mondes Martin Suter 2000 Swiss German
8464 Griftopia Matt Taibbi 2010 American English
8464 Being Wrong Kathryn Schulz 2010 American English
8679 Adapt Tim Harford 2011 British English
8899 Vendor Of Sweets R. K. Narayan 1967 Indian English
8991 The Deal Of The Century Steve Coll 1986 American English
9176 China's Second Continent Howard W. French 2014 American English
9191 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9237 Lightning Rods Helen DeWitt 2011 American English
9328 In Search Of Excellence Tom Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr. 1982 American English
9751 Talking From 9 To 5 Deborah Tannen 1994 American English
10082 Disciplined Minds Jeff Schmidt 2000 American English
10135 Dealers Of Lightning Michael Hiltzik 2000 American English
10168 Dragon's Teeth Upton Sinclair 1942 American English
10438 There Must Be A Pony In Here Somewhere Kara Swisher 2003 American English
10449 Luce and His Empire W. A. Swanberg 1972 American English
10450 A Hologram For The King Dave Eggers 2012 American English
10532 Ai Superpowers Kai-Fu Lee 2018 Chinese English
10537 Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams 2025 Unknown English
10685 Your Face Belongs To Us Kashmir Hill 2024 American English
10680 Unscripted James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams 2023 Unknown English
10796 A Woman Of Substance Barbara Taylor Bradford 1979 British English
10882 A Man In Full (A Novel) Tom Wolfe 1998 American English
10920 Women Don’t Ask Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever 2003 American English
11034 Empire Of Ai Karen Hao 2025 American English
11299 Spam Finn Brunton 2013 American English
11660 The Patriarch David Nasaw 2012 American English
11660 Winners Take All Anand Giridharadas 2018 American English
11660 We The Corporations Adam Winkler 2018 American English
11801 The Attention Merchants Tim Wu 2016 American English
11934 Super Pumped Mike Isaac 2019 American English
12108 American Kings Seth Wickersham 2025 American English
12127 Bad Company Megan Greenwell 2025 American English
12136 The Powers That Be David Halberstam 1979 American English
12157 Capitalism And Its Critics John Cassidy 2025 British English
12164 Little Bosses Everywhere Bridget Read 2025 Unknown English
12166 Mood Machine Liz Pelly 2025 Unknown English
12205 Apple In China Patrick McGee 2025 Unknown English
12233 The Killing Fields Of East New York Stacy Horn 2025 American English
12236 I Deliver Parcels In Beijing Hu Anyan 2023 Chinese English
12304 1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin 2025 Unknown English
12324 The Life Of Nelson A. Rockefeller Cary Reich 1996 American English
12324 Titan Ron Chernow 1998 American English
12324 Morgan Jean Strouse 1999 American English
12434 The Technological Republic Alexander C. Karp Unknown English
12497 No More Tears Gardiner Harris 2025 American English
12562 Breakneck Dan Wang Unknown English
12572 The Corporation In The 21st Century John Kay 2024 British English
12586 Geeks Jon Katz 2000 American English
12595 The History Of Money David McWilliams 2024 Irish English
12696 No Filter Sarah Frier 2020 American English
12877 The Spinach King John Seabrook 2025 American English
12915 Like, Comment, Subscribe Mark Bergen 2022 Unknown English
12984 Chokepoints Fishman, Edward 2025 Unknown English
12985 Why Nothing Works Marc J. Dunkelman 2025 American English
12986 The Hour Of The Predator Giuliano da Empoli 2025 Unknown English
13014 House Of Huawei Eva Dou 2025 American English
13015 The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt 2025 Unknown English
13018 The Genius Myth Helen Lewis 2025 British English
13079 More Everything Forever Adam Becker 2025 American English
13096 Empty Vessel Ian Kumekawa 2025 Unknown English
13359 Business Adventures John Brooks 1969 American English
13702 Poor Charlie's Almanack Charlie Munger 2005 American English