The Greatest Books of All Time on Crisis

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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
361 Foundation Isaac Asimov 1951 American English
417 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Thomas Kuhn 1962 American English
2564 The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology Edmund Husserl 1936 German German
3249 A Distant Mirror Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1978 American English
3638 Art In Crisis Hans Sedlmayr 1948 Austrian German
4365 The Anatomy Of A Moment Javier Cercas 2009 Spanish Spanish
5807 Five Days at Memorial Sheri Fink 2013 American English
6577 Crashed Adam Tooze 2018 British English
6734 The Poverty of Power Barry Commoner 1976 American English
6858 Young Man Luther Erik H. Erikson 1958 German English
7216 Man Against Himself Karl A. Menninger 1938 American English
8171 A Long Way Down Nick Hornby 2005 British English
8182 Timescape Gregory Benford 1980 American English
8466 Griftopia Matt Taibbi 2010 American English
8573 Fear Itself Ira Katznelson 2013 American English
8638 Somersault Kenzaburō Ōe 1999 Japanese Japanese
10454 Lords of Finance Liaquat Ahamed 2009 American English
10454 Dopesick Beth Macy 2018 American English
11663 The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark 2012 British English
11663 All Fall Down Gary Sick 1985 American English
13239 The Last Emperox John Scalzi 2020 American English
14324 Upheaval Jared Diamond 2019 American English
14499 Too Big To Fail Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 American English
14520 Beyond The Crash Gordon Brown 2010 British English
14630 The Bet Paul Sabin 2013 American English
14650 Stress Test Timothy F. Geithner 2014 American English
14833 Leadership Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 American English
14833 Presidents Of War Michael Beschloss 2018 American English
14985 Adults in the Room Yanis Varoufakis 2017 Greek English
15591 Belgium; A Personal Narrative Brand Whitlock 1919 American English
17163 The Coming of the War, 1914 Bernadotte E. Schmitt 1930 American English
17163 The Disruption of American Democracy Roy Franklin Nichols 1948 American English
17163 How Democracies Perish Jean François Revel 1983 French French
16887 The Crisis Of The Modern World (Guenon, Rene. Works.) René Guénon 1927 French French
16852 Revolt Against The Modern World Julius Evola 1934 Italian Italian
17163 Whoops! John Lanchester 2009 British English
17163 Three Roads Back Robert D. Richardson 2023 Unknown English
17163 When The News Broke Heather Hendershot 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Good Life Jay McInerney 2006 American English
17163 The Arrivals Meg Mitchell Moore 2013 American English
17163 A Thousand Pardons Jonathan Dee 2013 American English
17163 Wildlife Richard Ford 1990 American English