The Greatest Books of All Time on Nuclear Weapons

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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
411 Underworld Don DeLillo 1997 American English
5935 Der Bedrohte Friede Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker 1982 German German
6650 Fail Safe Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler 1962 American English
9705 Common Security The Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues 1982 Unknown English
9753 The Dead Hand David Hoffman 2009 American English
10400 Oh Pure And Radiant Heart Lydia Millet 2005 American English
10816 Skeleton Key Anthony Horowitz 2002 British English
11501 Hibakusha Gaynor Sekimori 1986 Hibakusha Unknown
11660 The Rosenberg File Ronald Radosh, Joyce Milton 1983 American English
11660 Deadly Gambits Strobe Talbott 1984 American English
12140 Yellow Blue Tibia Adam Roberts 2009 British English
12324 Stalin And The Bomb David Holloway 1994 American English
14663 Yellow Peril Wang Lixiong 1991 Chinese Chinese
16551 Moonraker Ian Fleming 1955 British English
17114 The New Men C. P. Snow 1954 British English
17114 Heisenberg's War Thomas Powers 1993 American English
17114 The Doomsday Machine Daniel Ellsberg 2017 American English
17114 The Threat Andrew Cockburn 1997 American English
17114 Harry Truman And The War Scare Of 1948 Frank Kofsky 1993 American English
17114 Never Ken Follett 2021 British English
17114 Los Alamos Joseph Kanon 1997 American English
17114 La Bombe Alcante 2020 Unknown French