The Greatest Books of All Time on Success

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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
336 Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser 1900 American English
428 Death Of A Salesman Arthur Miller 1949 American English
434 The Fountainhead Ayn Rand 1943 American English
606 New Grub Street George Gissing 1891 British English
935 Martin Eden Jack London 1909 American English
1152 The Wapshot Chronicle John Cheever 1957 American English
2411 The Americanization of Edward Bok Edward Bok 1920 American English
3522 Balzac Stefan Zweig 1946 Austrian German
3600 Daisy Jones & The Six Taylor Jenkins Reid 2019 American English
3825 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell 2008 Canadian English
4521 Last Train to Memphis Peter Guralnick 1994 American English
5309 The Emperor's Children Claire Messud 2006 American English
5664 Rich Man, Poor Man Irwin Shaw 1969 American English
5930 Small Fry Lisa Brennan-Jobs 2018 American English
6643 It's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want To Be Paul Arden 2003 British English
6766 Poor Richard Improved, The Way To Wealth Benjamin Franklin 1758 American English
6766 Mark, The Match Boy Horatio Alger Jr. 1869 American English
6816 Open Andre Agassi 2009 American English
6957 There Will Be No Miracles Here Casey Gerald 2018 American English
7770 The Name Above the Title Frank Capra 1971 American English
9189 The Rise Sarah Lewis 2014 Unknown English
9558 Zuckerman Unbound Philip Roth 1981 American English
9656 The Student Gerber Unknown Unknown Unknown
10784 Jackson Pollock Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith 1989 American English
11349 The Interestings Meg Wolitzer 2013 American English
11451 Journey in the Dark Martin Flavin 1943 American English
11451 Martin Dressler Steven Millhauser 1996 American English
11544 Enemies of Promise Cyril Connolly 1938 British English
11660 Penelope Fitzgerald Hermione Lee 2013 British English
11660 Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009 American English
12194 Being Jordan Katie Price 2004 British English
12311 The Obstacle Is The Way Ryan Holiday 2014 American English
13738 Mindset Carol S. Dweck 2006 American English
13817 Inseparabili Alessandro Piperno 2012 Italian Italian
13878 Self Help Samuel Smiles 1859 British English
14090 Shoe Dog Phil Knight 2016 American English
14122 Principles Ray Dalio 2017 American English
14457 A Champion's Mind Pete Sampras 2008 American English
14498 Work Hard. Be Nice. Jay Mathews 2009 American English
14519 Life Is What You Make It Peter Buffett 2010 American English
14673 The Genius Theodore Dreiser 1915 American English
14730 Believe Me Eddie Izzard 2017 British English
14983 Make Your Bed William H. McRaven 2017 American English
14983 Alex Ferguson Sir Alex Ferguson 2013 British English
14983 Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis 2004 American English
15559 The Ride Of A Lifetime Robert Iger 2019 American English
15586 Broken Genius Joel N. Shurkin 2020 American English
15586 The Season William Goldman 1969 American English
15897 Study Is Hard Work William H. Armstrong 1956 American English
15897 Act One Moss Hart 1959 American English
16649 What Makes Sammy Run? Budd Schulberg 1941 American English
17119 The Franchiser Stanley Elkin 1976 American English
17119 Behind The Mask Tyson Fury 2019 British English
17119 Good Vibes, Good Life Vex King 2018 British English
17119 Finding Me Viola Davis 2022 American English
17119 Master Class Terrence McNally 1995 American English
17119 Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn 1972 British English
17119 The Golden Butterfly Walter Besant, James Rice 1876 British English
17119 Games Mother Never Taught You Betty Lehan Harragan 1977 American English
17119 Beyond The Story BTS, Myeongseok Kang 2021 South Korean Korean
17119 The Cliff Dwellers Henry Blake Fuller 1893 American English
17119 Good To Great Jim Collins 2001 American English
16971 Think And Grow Rich Napoleon Hill 1937 American English
17119 No Excuses! Brian Tracy 2010 American English
17119 Learned Optimism Martin E.P. Seligman 1990 American English
17119 The Last Black Unicorn Tiffany Haddish 2017 American English
17119 Failing Forward John C. Maxwell 2000 American English
17119 They Call Me Coach John Wooden, Jack Tobin 1972 American English
17119 Arnold Arnold Schwarzenegger, Douglas Kent Hall 1979 Unknown English
17119 Ego Is The Enemy Ryan Holiday 2016 American English
17119 I Can't Accept Not Trying Michael Jordan 1994 American English
17119 The Sunset Crowd Karin Tanabe 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Path To Paradise Sam Wasson 2023 Unknown English
17119 O Monge Que Vendeu O Seu Ferrari Kriti Sharma 1997 Unknown English
17119 The Five Major Pieces To The Life Puzzle Jim Rohn 1991 American English
16986 Think & Grow Rich / The Law Of Success Napoleon Hill 1937 American English
17119 Reach For The Stars Michael Cragg 2023 Unknown English
17119 The Go Giver Bob Burg 2007 American English
17119 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English