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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 411 | Underworld | Don DeLillo | 1997 | American | English | |
| 5939 | Der Bedrohte Friede | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker | 1982 | German | German | |
| 6652 | Fail Safe | Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler | 1962 | American | English | |
| 9709 | Common Security | The Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues | 1982 | Unknown | English | |
| 9756 | The Dead Hand | David Hoffman | 2009 | American | English | |
| 10405 | Oh Pure And Radiant Heart | Lydia Millet | 2005 | American | English | |
| 10822 | Skeleton Key | Anthony Horowitz | 2002 | British | English | |
| 11503 | Hibakusha | Gaynor Sekimori | 1986 | Hibakusha | Unknown | |
| 11662 | The Rosenberg File | Ronald Radosh, Joyce Milton | 1983 | American | English | |
| 11662 | Deadly Gambits | Strobe Talbott | 1984 | American | English | |
| 12141 | Yellow Blue Tibia | Adam Roberts | 2009 | British | English | |
| 12326 | Stalin And The Bomb | David Holloway | 1994 | American | English | |
| 14664 | Yellow Peril | Wang Lixiong | 1991 | Chinese | Chinese | |
| 16572 | Moonraker | Ian Fleming | 1955 | British | English | |
| 17161 | The New Men | C. P. Snow | 1954 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Heisenberg's War | Thomas Powers | 1993 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Doomsday Machine | Daniel Ellsberg | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Threat | Andrew Cockburn | 1997 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Harry Truman And The War Scare Of 1948 | Frank Kofsky | 1993 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Never | Ken Follett | 2021 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Los Alamos | Joseph Kanon | 1997 | American | English | |
| 17161 | La Bombe | Alcante | 2020 | Unknown | French |