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
2090 Parkinson's Law C. Northcote Parkinson 1957 British English
2686 The Managerial Revolution James Burnham 1941 American English
2899 Moneyball Michael M. Lewis 2003 American English
6382 The Principles Of Scientific Management Frederick Winslow Taylor 1911 American English
6514 The Control Revolution James R. Beniger 1986 American English
6520 Management Peter Drucker 1973 American English
7577 The Innovator's Dilemma Clayton M. Christensen 1997 American English
8681 Adapt Tim Harford 2011 British English
9330 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
14499 Health Care Will Not Reform Itself George C. Halvorson 2009 American English
14520 Stretching The School Dollar Frederick M. Hess 2010 American English
14599 Tap Dancing To Work Carol J. Loomis 2012 American English
14731 Measure What Matters John Doerr 2017 American English
14833 Blitzscaling Reid Hoffman 2018 American English
14833 Railroader Howard Green 2018 Canadian English
14985 Alex Ferguson Sir Alex Ferguson 2013 British English
15567 Loonshots Safi Bahcall 2019 American English
15567 The Ride Of A Lifetime Robert Iger 2019 American English
15594 The Peter Principle Laurence J. Peter 1969 Canadian English
15616 Play Nice But Win Michael Dell 2021 American English
17161 The Visible Hand Alfred D. Chandler, Jr 1977 American English
17161 Games Mother Never Taught You Betty Lehan Harragan 1977 American English
17161 Good To Great Jim Collins 2001 American English
17161 The Unaccountability Machine Dan Davies 2024 Unknown English
17161 Only The Paranoid Survive Andrew S. Grove 1996 American English
17161 The Breaks Of The Game David Halberstam 1981 American English
17161 The Geek Way Andrew McAfee 2023 American English
17161 Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17161 Thinking In Systems Donella H. Meadows 2008 American English
17161 I'm Feeling Lucky Douglas Edwards 2011 American English
17161 Omnisophie Gunter Dueck German German
17161 Losing The Signal McNish, Jacquie, Silcoff, Sean 2015 Canadian English