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
5370 The Way the World Works Jude Wanniski 1978 American English
5423 A Hungarian Nabob Mór Jókai 1899 Hungarian Hungarian
5512 The Visit Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 Swiss German
5621 Wealth and Poverty George Gilder 1981 American English
5667 Rich Man, Poor Man Irwin Shaw 1969 American English
5697 Not A Penny More,Not A Penny Less Jeffrey Archer 1976 British English
5817 Epigrams Martial 86 Latin Latin
5835 Satires Persius 62 Latin Latin
5854 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
5890 The Girl With The Golden Eyes Honoré de Balzac 1835 French French
5951 Cigarettes Harry Mathews 1987 American English
6005 Master And Man Leo Tolstoy 1895 Russian Russian
6244 Volpone Ben Jonson 1607 British English
6457 The Needle's Eye Margaret Drabble 1972 British English
6480 The Stoic Theodore Dreiser 1947 American English
6508 Arcadia Jim Crace 1992 British English
6711 Ooga-Booga Frederick Seidel 2006 American English
6762 The World's Illusion Jakob Wassermann 1920 German German
6767 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
7216 The Man Of Mode George Etherege 1676 British English
7216 The Beaux' Strategem George Farquhar 1707 British English
7216 Ursule Mirouet Honoré de Balzac 1842 French French
7216 The Entail John Galt 1823 Scottish English
7216 Unto This Last John Ruskin 1860 British English
7216 Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1858 British English
7216 The Duke's Children Anthony Trollope 1880 British English
7216 The Conduct Of Life Ralph Waldo Emerson 1860 American English
7216 The Awkward Age Henry James 1899 British English
7573 The House of Morgan Ron Chernow 1990 American English
7596 Wealth And Power Orville Schell, John Delury 2013 Chinese English
7649 Jalna Mazo de La Roche 1927 Canadian English
7731 Fraternity John Galsworthy 1909 British English
8107 Kelroy Rebecca Rush 1812 American English
8299 Empire Of Pain Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 American English
8473 Babylon Revisited And Other Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald 1960 American English
8473 The Patrick Melrose Novels Edward St Aubyn 1992 British English
8701 Blacklist Sara Paretsky 2003 American English
9057 The Late George Apley John P. Marquand 1937 American English
9116 Collected Short Stories Edith Wharton 1968 American English
9262 Absurdistan Gary Shteyngart 2006 Russian English
9377 Saint Leon William Godwin 1799 British English
9574 Jenny Treibel Theodor Fontane 1892 German German
9584 Edith Wharton R. W. B. Lewis 1975 American English
9589 The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1855 British English
9718 Laxdæla Saga Unknown 1245 Icelandic Old norse
9800 I Will Fear No Evil Robert A. Heinlein 1970 American English
9911 The Capitalist Revolution Peter Berger 1986 American English
10134 Advances Anita Burgh 1998 British English
10245 The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone Tennessee Williams 1950 American English
10308 The Conquest Of Bread Petr Kropotkin 1892 Russian French
10610 The Alchemist Ben Jonson 1610 British English
10768 An Embarrassment Of Riches Simon Schama 1987 British English
10800 A Woman Of Substance Barbara Taylor Bradford 1979 British English
10821 An Untamed State Roxane Gay 2014 American English
10887 A Man In Full (A Novel) Tom Wolfe 1998 American English
10900 After Many A Summer Dies The Swan Aldous Huxley 1939 British English
11166 The Destroyers Christopher Bollen 2017 American English
11194 Rules Of Civility Amor Towles 2011 American English
11455 Journey in the Dark Martin Flavin 1943 American English
11547 Ten Thousand A Year Samuel Warren 1839 British English
11639 Principles Of Political Economy John Stuart Mill 1848 British English
11663 The Patriarch David Nasaw 2012 American English
11663 Loon Lake E. L. Doctorow 1980 American English
11663 The Embarrassment Of Riches Simon Schama 1987 British English
11663 Winners Take All Anand Giridharadas 2018 American English
11843 Freaks Of Fortune Jonathan Levy 2012 American English
11901 Loving And Giving Molly Keane 1988 Irish English
12326 The Life Of Nelson A. Rockefeller Cary Reich 1996 American English
12326 Titan Ron Chernow 1998 American English
12684 Children Of The Rich Lu Ling 1940 Chinese Unknown
12834 Princess Jean Sasson 1992 American English
13259 The Great Escape Angus Deaton 2013 British English
13362 Past And Present Thomas Carlyle 1843 British English
13362 Marriage Susan Ferrier 1818 British English
13575 The Young Duke Benjamin Disraeli 1831 British English
13818 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
14390 The Lockwood Concern John O'Hara 1965 American English
14404 The Titan Theodore Dreiser 1914 American English
14411 Auntie Mame Patrick Dennis 1955 American English
14428 The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1907 British English
14435 Foma Gordeyev Maxim Gorky 1899 Russian Russian
14456 The Spell Of The Yukon Robert W. Service 1907 British English
14489 A Certain Rich Man William Allen White 1909 American English
14520 The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald 1989 American English
14520 The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley 2010 British English
14554 The Better Sort Henry James 1903 British English
14680 The Country House John Galsworthy 1907 British English
14759 The Dyskolos Menander -316 Greek Ancient greek
14834 Billion Dollar Whale Tom Wright, Bradley Hope 2018 American English
14957 The High Window Raymond Chandler 1942 American English
14985 Payback Margaret Atwood 2008 Canadian English
14985 Six Degrees Of Separation John Guare 1990 American English
15594 Jennie Ralph G. Martin 1969 American English
15616 Chance Joseph Conrad 1913 British English
15655 Hu Xueyan Gao Yang 2007 Chinese Chinese
15654 The Mercy Of Allah Hilaire Belloc 1922 British English
15657 Certain People Of Importance Kathleen Thompson Norris 1922 American English
15667 Supermoney George Goodman 1972 American English
15677 His Children's Children Arthur Cheney Train 1923 American English
15742 A Mad World, My Masters Thomas Middleton 1605 British English
15853 La Triologia Della Villegiatura Carlo Goldoni 1761 Italian Italian
15873 The Richest Man In Babylon GEORGE S. CLASON 1926 American English
15849 The Earth Is The Lord's Taylor Caldwell 1940 American English
15916 The Acquisitive Society R. H. Tawney 1920 British English
15916 The Financial Expert R. K. Narayan 1952 Indian English
15916 From The Terrace John O'Hara 1958 American English
15916 The Caxtons Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1849 British English
15916 The Harsh Voice Rebecca West 1935 British English
15916 The Masters Of Capital John Moody 1919 American English