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
2413 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
3824 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell 2008 Canadian English
4522 Last Train to Memphis Peter Guralnick 1994 American English
5310 The Emperor's Children Claire Messud 2006 American English
5667 Rich Man, Poor Man Irwin Shaw 1969 American English
5934 Small Fry Lisa Brennan-Jobs 2018 American English
6645 It's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want To Be Paul Arden 2003 British English
6767 Poor Richard Improved, The Way To Wealth Benjamin Franklin 1758 American English
6767 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
7772 The Name Above the Title Frank Capra 1971 American English
9192 The Rise Sarah Lewis 2014 Unknown English
9562 Zuckerman Unbound Philip Roth 1981 American English
9659 The Student Gerber Unknown Unknown Unknown
10788 Jackson Pollock Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith 1989 American English
11354 The Interestings Meg Wolitzer 2013 American English
11455 Journey in the Dark Martin Flavin 1943 American English
11455 Martin Dressler Steven Millhauser 1996 American English
11547 Enemies of Promise Cyril Connolly 1938 British English
11663 Penelope Fitzgerald Hermione Lee 2013 British English
11663 Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009 American English
12195 Being Jordan Katie Price 2004 British English
12313 The Obstacle Is The Way Ryan Holiday 2014 American English
13739 Mindset Carol S. Dweck 2006 American English
13818 Inseparabili Alessandro Piperno 2012 Italian Italian
13879 Self Help Samuel Smiles 1859 British English
14090 Shoe Dog Phil Knight 2016 American English
14122 Principles Ray Dalio 2017 American English
14458 A Champion's Mind Pete Sampras 2008 American English
14499 Work Hard. Be Nice. Jay Mathews 2009 American English
14520 Life Is What You Make It Peter Buffett 2010 American English
14674 The Genius Theodore Dreiser 1915 American English
14732 Believe Me Eddie Izzard 2017 British English
14985 Make Your Bed William H. McRaven 2017 American English
14985 Alex Ferguson Sir Alex Ferguson 2013 British English
14985 Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis 2004 American English
15567 The Ride Of A Lifetime Robert Iger 2019 American English
15594 Broken Genius Joel N. Shurkin 2020 American English
15594 The Season William Goldman 1969 American English
15914 Study Is Hard Work William H. Armstrong 1956 American English
15914 Act One Moss Hart 1959 American English
16536 What Makes Sammy Run? Budd Schulberg 1941 American English
17162 The Franchiser Stanley Elkin 1976 American English
17162 Behind The Mask Tyson Fury 2019 British English
17162 Good Vibes, Good Life Vex King 2018 British English
17162 Finding Me Viola Davis 2022 American English
17162 Master Class Terrence McNally 1995 American English
17162 Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn 1972 British English
17162 The Golden Butterfly Walter Besant, James Rice 1876 British English
17162 Games Mother Never Taught You Betty Lehan Harragan 1977 American English
17162 Beyond The Story BTS, Myeongseok Kang 2021 South Korean Korean
17162 The Cliff Dwellers Henry Blake Fuller 1893 American English
17162 Good To Great Jim Collins 2001 American English
16997 Think And Grow Rich Napoleon Hill 1937 American English
17162 No Excuses! Brian Tracy 2010 American English
17162 Learned Optimism Martin E.P. Seligman 1990 American English
17162 The Last Black Unicorn Tiffany Haddish 2017 American English
17162 Failing Forward John C. Maxwell 2000 American English
17162 They Call Me Coach John Wooden, Jack Tobin 1972 American English
17162 Arnold Arnold Schwarzenegger, Douglas Kent Hall 1979 Unknown English
17162 Ego Is The Enemy Ryan Holiday 2016 American English
17162 I Can't Accept Not Trying Michael Jordan 1994 American English
17162 The Sunset Crowd Karin Tanabe 2023 Unknown English
17162 The Path To Paradise Sam Wasson 2023 Unknown English
17162 O Monge Que Vendeu O Seu Ferrari Kriti Sharma 1997 Unknown English
17162 The Five Major Pieces To The Life Puzzle Jim Rohn 1991 American English
17016 Think & Grow Rich / The Law Of Success Napoleon Hill 1937 American English
17162 Reach For The Stars Michael Cragg 2023 Unknown English
17162 The Go Giver Bob Burg 2007 American English
17162 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English