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
2249 Twenty Years at Hull-House Jane Addams 1910 American English
2411 The Americanization of Edward Bok Edward Bok 1920 American English
3325 Compassion Benito Pérez Galdós 1897 Spanish Spanish
3638 The Battle with the Slum Jacob A. Riis 1902 Danish English
3638 The House on Henry Street Lillian D. Wald 1915 American English
4309 Brewster's Millions Richard Greaves 1902 British English
4455 Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder 2003 American English
5852 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
6479 The Stoic Theodore Dreiser 1947 American English
8333 Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin 2006 American English
8758 Mrs. Humphry Ward John Sutherland 1990 British English
11661 The Patriarch David Nasaw 2012 American English
11661 Winners Take All Anand Giridharadas 2018 American English
12324 The Life Of Nelson A. Rockefeller Cary Reich 1996 American English
12324 Titan Ron Chernow 1998 American English
12324 Morgan Jean Strouse 1999 American English
12832 Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume One Blanche Wiesen Cook 1992 American English
13255 You Shall Know Our Velocity Dave Eggers 2002 American English
13256 The Idealist Nina Munk 2013 American English
14061 Buffett Roger Lowenstein 1995 American English
14434 The Foundation Joel L. Fleishman 2007 American English
14457 Money Well Spent Paul Brest, Hal Harvey 2008 American English
14498 Showing Up For Life Bill Gates 2009 American English
14519 Life Is What You Make It Peter Buffett 2010 American English
14553 Give Smart Thomas J. Tierney 2011 American English
14598 Tap Dancing To Work Carol J. Loomis 2012 American English
14679 A Full Life Jimmy Carter 2015 American English
15561 The Moment Of Lift Melinda Gates 2019 American English
15561 From The Ground Up Howard Schultz 2019 American English
15636 Surrender Bono 2022 Irish English
15892 God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Kurt Vonnegut 1965 American English
17120 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English