The Greatest Books of All Time on Philanthropy

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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
468 Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1876 British English
2250 Twenty Years at Hull-House Jane Addams 1910 American English
2413 The Americanization of Edward Bok Edward Bok 1920 American English
3323 Compassion Benito Pérez Galdós 1897 Spanish Spanish
3637 The Battle with the Slum Jacob A. Riis 1902 Danish English
3637 The House on Henry Street Lillian D. Wald 1915 American English
4310 Brewster's Millions Richard Greaves 1902 British English
4456 Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder 2003 American English
5855 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
6481 The Stoic Theodore Dreiser 1947 American English
8336 Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin 2006 American English
8763 Mrs. Humphry Ward John Sutherland 1990 British English
11663 The Patriarch David Nasaw 2012 American English
11663 Winners Take All Anand Giridharadas 2018 American English
12327 The Life Of Nelson A. Rockefeller Cary Reich 1996 American English
12327 Titan Ron Chernow 1998 American English
12327 Morgan Jean Strouse 1999 American English
12835 Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume One Blanche Wiesen Cook 1992 American English
13259 You Shall Know Our Velocity Dave Eggers 2002 American English
13260 The Idealist Nina Munk 2013 American English
14061 Buffett Roger Lowenstein 1995 American English
14435 The Foundation Joel L. Fleishman 2007 American English
14458 Money Well Spent Paul Brest, Hal Harvey 2008 American English
14499 Showing Up For Life Bill Gates 2009 American English
14520 Life Is What You Make It Peter Buffett 2010 American English
14554 Give Smart Thomas J. Tierney 2011 American English
14599 Tap Dancing To Work Carol J. Loomis 2012 American English
14680 A Full Life Jimmy Carter 2015 American English
15570 The Moment Of Lift Melinda Gates 2019 American English
15570 From The Ground Up Howard Schultz 2019 American English
15645 Surrender Bono 2022 Irish English
15911 God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Kurt Vonnegut 1965 American English
17173 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English