The Greatest Books of All Time on Entrepreneurship

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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
664 Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Joseph A. Schumpeter 1942 Austrian English
1759 Bai Ganyo Aleko Konstantinov 1895 Bulgarian Bulgarian
2972 The White Tiger Aravind Adiga 2008 Indian English
3638 Der Moderne Kapitalismus Werner Sombart 1902 German German
4478 The Economy of Cities Jane Jacobs 1969 American English
4869 Human Action Ludwig von Mises 1949 Austrian English
4993 Kristy’s Great Idea Ann M. Martin 1986 American English
5590 Love Among The Chickens P. G. Wodehouse 1906 British English
5619 Wealth and Poverty George Gilder 1981 American English
6905 The Van Roddy Doyle 1991 Irish English
7576 The Innovator's Dilemma Clayton M. Christensen 1997 American English
9051 Built From The Fire Victor Luckerson 2023 Unknown English
9252 The Entrepreneurial State Mariana Mazzucato 2013 British English
9328 In Search Of Excellence Tom Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr. 1982 American English
9909 The Capitalist Revolution Peter Berger 1986 American English
10135 Dealers Of Lightning Michael Hiltzik 2000 American English
10785 The First Tycoon T. J. Stiles 2009 American English
11452 Martin Dressler Steven Millhauser 1996 American English
11934 Super Pumped Mike Isaac 2019 American English
12696 No Filter Sarah Frier 2020 American English
12698 Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson 2011 American English
12960 Matriarch Tina Knowles, Kevin Carr O'Leary 2025 American English
13015 The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt 2025 Unknown English
13246 The Henna Wars Adiba Jaigirdar 2020 Irish English
13359 Business Adventures John Brooks 1969 American English
14051 The Power To Compete Hiroshi Mikitani, Ryoichi Mikitani 2014 Japanese English
14090 Shoe Dog Phil Knight 2016 American English
14410 Science Business Gary P. Pisano 2006 American English
14598 Abundance Peter Diamandis 2012 American English
14598 The Art Of Being Unreasonable Eli Broad 2012 American English
14679 The Oranging of America Max Apple 1976 American English
14679 Becoming Steve Jobs Brent Schlender 2015 American English
14697 The Bright Continent Dayo Olopade 2014 Unknown English
14711 Parnassus On Wheels Christopher Morley 1917 American English
14831 Blitzscaling Reid Hoffman 2018 American English
14884 The Theory of Economic Development Joseph A. Schumpeter 1911 Austrian German
15561 Loonshots Safi Bahcall 2019 American English
15561 From The Ground Up Howard Schultz 2019 American English
15588 Broken Genius Joel N. Shurkin 2020 American English
15610 Play Nice But Win Michael Dell 2021 American English
15899 The Masters Of Capital John Moody 1919 American English
17120 The Visible Hand Alfred D. Chandler, Jr 1977 American English
17120 The Franchiser Stanley Elkin 1976 American English
17043 The Man Who Sold The Moon Robert A. Heinlein 1950 American English
17120 Radio Golf August Wilson 2007 American English
17120 Zero To One Peter Thiel 2014 American English
17120 Benjamin Franklin Walter Isaacson 2003 American English
17120 The E Myth Revisited Michael E. Gerber 1995 American English
17120 The Monk Of Mokha Dave Eggers 2018 American English
17120 Only The Paranoid Survive Andrew S. Grove 1996 American English
17120 For Blood And Money Nathan Vardi 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Money Kings Daniel Schulman 2023 Unknown Unknown
17120 Going Infinite Michael Lewis 2023 American English
17120 Glossy Marisa Meltzer 2023 Unknown English
17120 India’s Techade Nalin Mehta 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Geek Way Andrew McAfee 2023 American English
17120 Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17120 Tim Ferriss the four hour workweek 2007 Unknown English
17120 I'm Feeling Lucky Douglas Edwards 2011 American English