The Greatest Books of All Time on Decision Making

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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
1588 The Guns of August Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1962 American English
2076 Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman 2011 Israeli English
3194 The Best And The Brightest David Halberstam 1972 American English
4506 Truman David McCullough 1992 American English
4606 The Dice Man Luke Rhinehart 1971 American English
4990 The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007 Lebanese English
5806 Five Days at Memorial Sheri Fink 2013 American English
6192 Stumbling On Happiness Daniel Gilbert 2006 American English
6520 Management Peter Drucker 1973 American English
6795 Models Of Man, Social And Rational Herbert Simon 1957 American English
7034 Democracy And Power In An American City Robert Dahl 1961 American English
11661 Days Of Fire Peter Baker 2013 American English
11661 The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark 2012 British English
11939 Roosevelt and Hopkins Robert E. Sherwood 1948 American English
13703 Poor Charlie's Almanack Charlie Munger 2005 American English
14122 Principles Ray Dalio 2017 American English
14138 The Lesser Evil Victor Klemperer German Unknown
14649 How Not To Be Wrong Jordan Ellenberg 2014 American English
14649 The Myth Of The Strong Leader Archie Brown 2014 British English
14831 Leadership Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 American English
14831 Presidents Of War Michael Beschloss 2018 American English
17131 Stuff Happens David Hare 2004 British English
17131 The Art Of Choosing Sheena Iyengar 2010 American English
17131 The Invisible Gorilla Christopher Chabris, Daniel Simons 2010 American English
17131 Street Level Bureaucracy (Publications Of Russell Sage Foundation) Michael Lipsky 1980 American English
17131 Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely 2008 American English
17131 Blink Malcolm Gladwell 2005 Canadian English
17131 The Idiot Brain Dean Burnett 2016 British English
17131 Same As Ever Morgan Housel 2023 American English
17131 An Ordinary Man Richard Norton Smith 2023 Unknown English
17131 The Tragic Mind Robert D. Kaplan 2023 American English
17131 Your Body Knows The Answer David I. Rome 2014 American English
17131 The World As It Is Ben Rhodes 2018 American English
17131 Psychology Of Money Morgan Housel 2020 American English