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
15914 Taiko Eiji Yoshikawa 1941 Japanese Japanese
16627 El Príncipe Nicolás Maquiavelo 1532 Italian Italian
17162 An Army at Dawn Rick Atkinson 2002 American English
17162 The Organization and Administration of the Union Army Fred Albert Shannon 1928 American English
17162 The War of Independence Claude H. Van Tyne 1929 American English
17162 My Experiences in the World War John J. Pershing 1931 American English
17162 Scientists Against Time James Phinney Baxter III 1946 American English
17162 Embers of War Fredrik Logevall 2012 American English
17162 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2000 American English
17162 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner 2010 American English
17162 On Basilisk Station David Weber 1993 American English
17162 A Ship Of The Line C. S. Forester 1938 British English
17162 Keep Moving, Keep Shooting Clay E. Novak 2022 American Unknown
17162 A Line In The Sand James Barr 2011 British English
17162 Rogue Heroes Ben Macintyre 2016 British English
17162 Games Mother Never Taught You Betty Lehan Harragan 1977 American English
17162 The Politics Of War Walter Karp 1979 American English
17162 Anatomy Of A War Gabriel Kolko 1985 American English
17162 The Thirty Years’ War Andrew Kopkind 1996 American Unknown
17162 Persian Fire Tom Holland 2005 British English
17162 Good To Great Jim Collins 2001 American English
17162 Red Storm Rising Tom Clancy 1986 American English
17162 The Bear And The Dragon Tom Clancy 2000 American English
17162 Engineers Of Victory Paul Kennedy 2013 British English
17162 The Last Full Measure Jeff Shaara 1998 American English
17162 1776 David McCullough 2005 American English
17162 To The Last Man Jeff Shaara 2004 American English
17162 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17074 The Guns Of Avalon Roger Zelazny 1972 American English
17162 The Art Of Seduction Robert Greene 2001 American English
17162 The 33 Strategies Of War New Edition By Robert Greene Paperback Robert Greene 2006 American English
17162 The Science Of Hitting Ted Williams, John Underwood 1971 American English
17162 Hue 1968 Mark Bowden 2017 American English
17162 The Washing Of The Spears Donald R. Morris 1965 American English
17162 Jameson's Raid Elizabeth Longford 1982 British English
17162 Churchill Martin Gilbert 1991 British English
17162 Guadalcanal Richard B. Frank 1990 American English
17162 Mother Of Learning Domagoj Kurmaić 2011 Unknown English
17162 The Emperor Of Nihon Ja John Flanagan 2010 Australian English
17162 Where Eagles Dare Alistair MacLean 1967 British English
17162 The Unconquerable Game Callaway, Ely Unknown Unknown
17162 Besieger Of Cities Alfred Duggan 1963 British English
17162 The Greek General's Talk Phillip Paroti Unknown Unknown
17162 The Trojan Generals Talk Phillip Paroti 1986 Unknown English
17162 Pericles The Athenian Rex Warner 1963 British English
17162 Three's Company Alfred Duggan 1958 British English
17162 Hannibal Ross Leckie 1995 British English
17162 Caesar Allan Massie 1993 British English
17162 Armada Charles Gidley 1987 Unknown English
17162 Guns Of Burgoyne Bruce Lancaster 1975 American English
17162 A Road We Do Not Know Frederick J. Chiaventone 1996 Unknown English
17162 The Old Lion Jeff Shaara 2023 American English
17162 The Combat Codes Charles Darwin Unknown Unknown
17162 Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson 2023 Unknown English
17162 The 48 Laws Of Power robert green 1998 Unknown English
17162 A History Of Warfare John Keegan 1993 British English
17162 No Easy Day Mark Owen 2012 American English
17162 Competitive Strategy Michael E. Porter 1980 American English
17162 The World Played Chess Robert Dugoni American English
17162 Classroom Of The Elite Syougo Kinugasa 2020 Japanese Japanese