The Greatest Books of All Time on Strategy

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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
15897 Taiko Eiji Yoshikawa 1941 Japanese Japanese
16688 El Príncipe Nicolás Maquiavelo 1532 Italian Italian
17117 An Army at Dawn Rick Atkinson 2002 American English
17117 The Organization and Administration of the Union Army Fred Albert Shannon 1928 American English
17117 The War of Independence Claude H. Van Tyne 1929 American English
17117 My Experiences in the World War John J. Pershing 1931 American English
17117 Scientists Against Time James Phinney Baxter III 1946 American English
17117 Embers of War Fredrik Logevall 2012 American English
17117 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17117 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner 2010 American English
17117 On Basilisk Station David Weber 1993 American English
17117 A Ship Of The Line C. S. Forester 1938 British English
17117 Keep Moving, Keep Shooting Clay E. Novak 2022 American Unknown
17117 A Line In The Sand James Barr 2011 British English
17117 Rogue Heroes Ben Macintyre 2016 British English
17117 Games Mother Never Taught You Betty Lehan Harragan 1977 American English
17117 The Politics Of War Walter Karp 1979 American English
17117 Anatomy Of A War Gabriel Kolko 1985 American English
17117 The Thirty Years’ War Andrew Kopkind 1996 American Unknown
17117 Persian Fire Tom Holland 2005 British English
17117 Good To Great Jim Collins 2001 American English
17117 Red Storm Rising Tom Clancy 1986 American English
17117 The Bear And The Dragon Tom Clancy 2000 American English
17117 Engineers Of Victory Paul Kennedy 2013 British English
17117 The Last Full Measure Jeff Shaara 1998 American English
17117 1776 David McCullough 2005 American English
17117 To The Last Man Jeff Shaara 2004 American English
17117 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17033 The Guns Of Avalon Roger Zelazny 1972 American English
17117 The Art Of Seduction Robert Greene 2001 American English
17117 The 33 Strategies Of War New Edition By Robert Greene Paperback Robert Greene 2006 American English
17117 The Science Of Hitting Ted Williams, John Underwood 1971 American English
17117 Hue 1968 Mark Bowden 2017 American English
17117 The Washing Of The Spears Donald R. Morris 1965 American English
17117 Jameson's Raid Elizabeth Longford 1982 British English
17117 Churchill Martin Gilbert 1991 British English
17117 Guadalcanal Richard B. Frank 1990 American English
17117 Mother Of Learning Domagoj Kurmaić 2011 Unknown English
17117 The Emperor Of Nihon Ja John Flanagan 2010 Australian English
17117 Where Eagles Dare Alistair MacLean 1967 British English
17117 The Unconquerable Game Callaway, Ely Unknown Unknown
17117 Besieger Of Cities Alfred Duggan 1963 British English
17117 The Greek General's Talk Phillip Paroti Unknown Unknown
17117 The Trojan Generals Talk Phillip Paroti 1986 Unknown English
17117 Pericles The Athenian Rex Warner 1963 British English
17117 Three's Company Alfred Duggan 1958 British English
17117 Hannibal Ross Leckie 1995 British English
17117 Caesar Allan Massie 1993 British English
17117 Armada Charles Gidley 1987 Unknown English
17117 Guns Of Burgoyne Bruce Lancaster 1975 American English
17117 A Road We Do Not Know Frederick J. Chiaventone 1996 Unknown English
17117 The Old Lion Jeff Shaara 2023 American English
17117 The Combat Codes Charles Darwin Unknown Unknown
17117 Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17117 The 48 Laws Of Power robert green 1998 Unknown English
17117 A History Of Warfare John Keegan 1993 British English
17117 No Easy Day Mark Owen 2012 American English
17117 Competitive Strategy Michael E. Porter 1980 American English
17117 The World Played Chess Robert Dugoni American English