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
2563 The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology Edmund Husserl 1936 German German
3248 A Distant Mirror Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1978 American English
3638 Art In Crisis Hans Sedlmayr 1948 Austrian German
4364 The Anatomy Of A Moment Javier Cercas 2009 Spanish Spanish
5804 Five Days at Memorial Sheri Fink 2013 American English
6575 Crashed Adam Tooze 2018 British English
6733 The Poverty of Power Barry Commoner 1976 American English
6858 Young Man Luther Erik H. Erikson 1958 German English
7215 Man Against Himself Karl A. Menninger 1938 American English
8169 A Long Way Down Nick Hornby 2005 British English
8180 Timescape Gregory Benford 1980 American English
8461 Griftopia Matt Taibbi 2010 American English
8569 Fear Itself Ira Katznelson 2013 American English
8634 Somersault Kenzaburō Ōe 1999 Japanese Japanese
10448 Lords of Finance Liaquat Ahamed 2009 American English
10448 Dopesick Beth Macy 2018 American English
11660 The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark 2012 British English
11660 All Fall Down Gary Sick 1985 American English
13236 The Last Emperox John Scalzi 2020 American English
14323 Upheaval Jared Diamond 2019 American English
14498 Too Big To Fail Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 American English
14519 Beyond The Crash Gordon Brown 2010 British English
14629 The Bet Paul Sabin 2013 American English
14649 Stress Test Timothy F. Geithner 2014 American English
14830 Leadership Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 American English
14830 Presidents Of War Michael Beschloss 2018 American English
14983 Adults in the Room Yanis Varoufakis 2017 Greek English
15583 Belgium; A Personal Narrative Brand Whitlock 1919 American English
17117 The Coming of the War, 1914 Bernadotte E. Schmitt 1930 American English
17117 The Disruption of American Democracy Roy Franklin Nichols 1948 American English
17117 How Democracies Perish Jean François Revel 1983 French French
16840 The Crisis Of The Modern World (Guenon, Rene. Works.) René Guénon 1927 French French
16829 Revolt Against The Modern World Julius Evola 1934 Italian Italian
17117 Whoops! John Lanchester 2009 British English
17117 Three Roads Back Robert D. Richardson 2023 Unknown English
17117 When The News Broke Heather Hendershot 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Good Life Jay McInerney 2006 American English
17117 The Arrivals Meg Mitchell Moore 2013 American English
17117 A Thousand Pardons Jonathan Dee 2013 American English
17117 Wildlife Richard Ford 1990 American English