The Greatest Books of All Time on Policy

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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
5126 Killing The Black Body Dorothy E. Roberts 1997 American English
5370 The Way the World Works Jude Wanniski 1978 American English
6519 Free to Choose Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman 1980 American English
6577 Crashed Adam Tooze 2018 British English
7034 Democracy And Power In An American City Robert Dahl 1961 American English
9253 The Entrepreneurial State Mariana Mazzucato 2013 British English
9609 The 9/11 Commission Report 9/11 Commission 2004 American English
9774 Democracy For Realists Christopher H. Achen, Larry Bartels 2016 American English
9940 One Child Mei Fong 2016 Unknown English
9970 Politics Hendrik Hertzberg 2004 American English
10240 Race For Profit Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2019 American English
10453 Lords of Finance Liaquat Ahamed 2009 American English
10773 Halfway Home Reuben Jonathan Miller 2021 American English
11067 The Thatcher Decade Peter Riddell 1989 British English
11662 After The Music Stopped Alan S. Blinder 2013 American English
11662 Days Of Fire Peter Baker 2013 American English
11662 Keynes Robert Skidelsky 1983 British English
11940 Grover Cleveland Allan Nevins 1932 American English
14159 The Great Crash, 1929 John Kenneth Galbraith 1955 Canadian English
14335 Beyond Smoke And Mirrors Douglas S. Massey 2002 American English
14458 Tomorrow's Table Pamela C. Ronald 2008 American English
14458 Sustainable Energy David J. C. Mackay 2008 British English
14499 Too Big To Fail Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 American English
14499 Health Care Will Not Reform Itself George C. Halvorson 2009 American English
14499 Liberating Learning Terry M. Moe 2009 American English
14520 Educational Economics Marguerite Roza 2010 American English
14520 Stretching The School Dollar Frederick M. Hess 2010 American English
14520 Beyond The Crash Gordon Brown 2010 British English
14554 Reinventing Fire Amory Lovins 2011 American English
14554 Unlocking Energy Innovation Richard K. Lester 2011 American English
14554 Poor Economics Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2011 American English
14554 Class Warfare Steven Brill 2011 American English
14554 The Quest Daniel Yergin 2011 American English
14554 Value Added Measures In Education Douglas N. Harris 2011 American English
14554 Deng Xiaoping And The Transformation Of China Ezra F. Vogel 2011 American English
14599 One Billion Hungry Gordon Conway 2012 British English
14630 How Asia Works Joe Studwell 2013 British English
14630 Poor Numbers Morten Jerven 2013 Norwegian English
14630 The Bet Paul Sabin 2013 American English
14650 Stress Test Timothy F. Geithner 2014 American English
14985 Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond 2023 American English
15567 Good Economics For Hard Times Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2019 American English
15616 How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates 2021 American English
17161 Banks and Politics in America Bray Hammond 1957 American English
17161 The Republican Era Leonard D. White, Jean Schneider 1958 American English
17161 American Education Lawrence A. Cremin 1980 American English
17161 Prophets of Regulation Thomas K. McCraw 1984 American English
17161 Doughnut Economics Kate Raworth 2017 British English
17161 Revolting Prostitutes Molly Smith, Juno Mac 2018 British English
17161 How To Cool The Planet Jeff Goodell 2010 American English
17161 The Climate Book Greta Thunberg 2022 Swedish English
17161 Whitehall Peter Hennessy 1989 British English
17161 The End Of The Party Andrew Rawnsley 2010 British English
17161 The Hospital Brian Alexander 2021 Unknown English
17161 India’s Techade Nalin Mehta 2023 Unknown English
17161 Gradual Greg Berman, Aubrey Fox 2022 Unknown English
17161 The Price Of Peace Zachary D. Carter 2020 American English