The Greatest Books of All Time on Management

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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
2089 Parkinson's Law C. Northcote Parkinson 1957 British English
2685 The Managerial Revolution James Burnham 1941 American English
2897 Moneyball Michael M. Lewis 2003 American English
6379 The Principles Of Scientific Management Frederick Winslow Taylor 1911 American English
6512 The Control Revolution James R. Beniger 1986 American English
6518 Management Peter Drucker 1973 American English
7576 The Innovator's Dilemma Clayton M. Christensen 1997 American English
8677 Adapt Tim Harford 2011 British English
9325 In Search Of Excellence Tom Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Jr. 1982 American English
14051 The Power To Compete Hiroshi Mikitani, Ryoichi Mikitani 2014 Japanese English
14061 Buffett Roger Lowenstein 1995 American English
14498 Health Care Will Not Reform Itself George C. Halvorson 2009 American English
14519 Stretching The School Dollar Frederick M. Hess 2010 American English
14598 Tap Dancing To Work Carol J. Loomis 2012 American English
14730 Measure What Matters John Doerr 2017 American English
14830 Blitzscaling Reid Hoffman 2018 American English
14830 Railroader Howard Green 2018 Canadian English
14983 Alex Ferguson Sir Alex Ferguson 2013 British English
15559 Loonshots Safi Bahcall 2019 American English
15559 The Ride Of A Lifetime Robert Iger 2019 American English
15586 The Peter Principle Laurence J. Peter 1969 Canadian English
15608 Play Nice But Win Michael Dell 2021 American English
17117 The Visible Hand Alfred D. Chandler, Jr 1977 American English
17117 Games Mother Never Taught You Betty Lehan Harragan 1977 American English
17117 Good To Great Jim Collins 2001 American English
17117 The Unaccountability Machine Dan Davies 2024 Unknown English
17117 Only The Paranoid Survive Andrew S. Grove 1996 American English
17117 The Breaks Of The Game David Halberstam 1981 American English
17117 The Geek Way Andrew McAfee 2023 American English
17117 Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17117 Thinking In Systems Donella H. Meadows 2008 American English
17117 I'm Feeling Lucky Douglas Edwards 2011 American English
17117 Omnisophie Gunter Dueck German German