The Greatest Books of All Time on Wealth

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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
5368 The Way the World Works Jude Wanniski 1978 American English
5420 A Hungarian Nabob Mór Jókai 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
5509 The Visit Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 Swiss German
5618 Wealth and Poverty George Gilder 1981 American English
5664 Rich Man, Poor Man Irwin Shaw 1969 American English
5694 Not A Penny More,Not A Penny Less Jeffrey Archer 1976 British English
5814 Epigrams Martial 86 Latin Latin
5832 Satires Persius 62 Latin Latin
5850 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
5887 The Girl With The Golden Eyes Honoré de Balzac 1835 French French
5947 Cigarettes Harry Mathews 1987 American English
6002 Master And Man Leo Tolstoy 1895 Russian Russian
6240 Volpone Ben Jonson 1607 British English
6455 The Needle's Eye Margaret Drabble 1972 British English
6478 The Stoic Theodore Dreiser 1947 American English
6506 Arcadia Jim Crace 1992 British English
6710 Ooga-Booga Frederick Seidel 2006 American English
6761 The World's Illusion Jakob Wassermann 1920 German German
6766 Poor Richard Improved, The Way To Wealth Benjamin Franklin 1758 American English
6821 Donald Duck Carl Barks, Walt Disney 1942 American English
6821 Tales Of The Jazz Age F. Scott Fitzgerald 1922 American English
6921 São Bernardo Graciliano Ramos 1934 Brazilian Portuguese
7067 O Testamento Do Sr. Napumoceno Da Silva Araújo Germano Almeida 1989 Cape Verdean Portuguese
7099 The Dutch House Ann Patchett 2019 American English
7147 Captains And The Kings Taylor Caldwell 1972 American English
7152 Gateway Frederik Pohl 1977 American English
7215 The Man Of Mode George Etherege 1676 British English
7215 The Beaux' Strategem George Farquhar 1707 British English
7215 Ursule Mirouet Honoré de Balzac 1842 French French
7215 The Entail John Galt 1823 Scottish English
7215 Unto This Last John Ruskin 1860 British English
7215 Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1858 British English
7215 The Duke's Children Anthony Trollope 1880 British English
7215 The Conduct Of Life Ralph Waldo Emerson 1860 American English
7215 The Awkward Age Henry James 1899 British English
7572 The House of Morgan Ron Chernow 1990 American English
7595 Wealth And Power Orville Schell, John Delury 2013 Chinese English
7648 Jalna Mazo de La Roche 1927 Canadian English
7729 Fraternity John Galsworthy 1909 British English
8105 Kelroy Rebecca Rush 1812 American English
8297 Empire Of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 American English
8468 Babylon Revisited And Other Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald 1960 American English
8468 The Patrick Melrose Novels Edward St Aubyn 1992 British English
8697 Blacklist Sara Paretsky 2003 American English
9052 The Late George Apley John P. Marquand 1937 American English
9111 Collected Short Stories Edith Wharton 1968 American English
9258 Absurdistan Gary Shteyngart 2006 Russian English
9372 Saint Leon William Godwin 1799 British English
9569 Jenny Treibel Theodor Fontane 1892 German German
9579 Edith Wharton R. W. B. Lewis 1975 American English
9584 The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1855 British English
9715 Laxdæla Saga Unknown 1245 Icelandic Old norse
9797 I Will Fear No Evil Robert A. Heinlein 1970 American English
9908 The Capitalist Revolution Peter Berger 1986 American English
10130 Advances Anita Burgh 1998 British English
10239 The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone Tennessee Williams 1950 American English
10303 The Conquest Of Bread Petr Kropotkin 1892 Russian French
10604 The Alchemist Ben Jonson 1610 British English
10762 An Embarrassment Of Riches Simon Schama 1987 British English
10794 A Woman Of Substance Barbara Taylor Bradford 1979 British English
10815 An Untamed State Roxane Gay 2014 American English
10880 A Man In Full (A Novel) Tom Wolfe 1998 American English
10893 After Many A Summer Dies The Swan Aldous Huxley 1939 British English
11159 The Destroyers Christopher Bollen 2017 American English
11187 Rules Of Civility Amor Towles 2011 American English
11449 Journey in the Dark Martin Flavin 1943 American English
11544 Ten Thousand A Year Samuel Warren 1839 British English
11636 Principles Of Political Economy John Stuart Mill 1848 British English
11660 The Patriarch David Nasaw 2012 American English
11660 Loon Lake E. L. Doctorow 1980 American English
11660 The Embarrassment Of Riches Simon Schama 1987 British English
11660 Winners Take All Anand Giridharadas 2018 American English
11841 Freaks Of Fortune Jonathan Levy 2012 American English
11899 Loving And Giving Molly Keane 1988 Irish English
12324 The Life Of Nelson A. Rockefeller Cary Reich 1996 American English
12324 Titan Ron Chernow 1998 American English
12682 Children Of The Rich Lu Ling 1940 Chinese Unknown
12832 Princess Jean Sasson 1992 American English
13256 The Great Escape Angus Deaton 2013 British English
13359 Past And Present Thomas Carlyle 1843 British English
13359 Marriage Susan Ferrier 1818 British English
13574 The Young Duke Benjamin Disraeli 1831 British English
13817 Ferocity Nicola Lagioia 2014 Italian Italian
14061 Buffett Roger Lowenstein 1995 American English
14159 The Great Crash, 1929 John Kenneth Galbraith 1955 Canadian English
14162 The Little Foxes Lillian Hellman 1939 American English
14232 Means Of Ascent Robert Caro 1990 American English
14389 The Lockwood Concern John O'Hara 1965 American English
14403 The Titan Theodore Dreiser 1914 American English
14410 Auntie Mame Patrick Dennis 1955 American English
14427 The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1907 British English
14434 Foma Gordeyev Maxim Gorky 1899 Russian Russian
14455 The Spell Of The Yukon Robert W. Service 1907 British English
14488 A Certain Rich Man William Allen White 1909 American English
14519 The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald 1989 American English
14519 The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley 2010 British English
14553 The Better Sort Henry James 1903 British English
14679 The Country House John Galsworthy 1907 British English
14757 The Dyskolos Menander -316 Greek Ancient greek
14830 Billion Dollar Whale Tom Wright, Bradley Hope 2018 American English
14957 The High Window Raymond Chandler 1942 American English
14983 Payback Margaret Atwood 2008 Canadian English
14983 Six Degrees Of Separation John Guare 1990 American English
15586 Jennie Ralph G. Martin 1969 American English
15608 Chance Joseph Conrad 1913 British English
15647 Hu Xueyan Gao Yang 2007 Chinese Chinese
15646 The Mercy Of Allah Hilaire Belloc 1922 British English
15649 Certain People Of Importance Kathleen Thompson Norris 1922 American English
15659 Supermoney George Goodman 1972 American English
15669 His Children's Children Arthur Cheney Train 1923 American English
15733 A Mad World, My Masters Thomas Middleton 1605 British English
15839 La Triologia Della Villegiatura Carlo Goldoni 1761 Italian Italian
15871 The Richest Man In Babylon GEORGE S. CLASON 1926 American English
15897 The Acquisitive Society R. H. Tawney 1920 British English
15897 The Financial Expert R. K. Narayan 1952 Indian English
15897 From The Terrace John O'Hara 1958 American English
15897 The Caxtons Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1849 British English
15897 The Harsh Voice Rebecca West 1935 British English
15897 The Masters Of Capital John Moody 1919 American English
15890 God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Kurt Vonnegut 1965 American English