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Economics Books Worth Reading

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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

1. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition
Dan Ariely
Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
2. The Art of Thinking Clearly
Rolf Dobelli
The Art of Thinking Clearly: Hardcover – May 14, 2013
3. The Trading Game
Gary Stevenson
The Trading Game: A Confession
4. Pathogenesis
Jonathan Kennedy
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
5. Less is More
Jason Hickel
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
6. Overdressed
Elizabeth L. Cline
Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
7. Discrimination and Disparities
Thomas Sowell
Discrimination and Disparities: Hardcover – March 5, 2019
8. Dark Pools
Scott Patterson
Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market
9. The Thinking Machine
Stephen Witt
The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip
10. The World in a Grain
Vince Beiser
The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
11. The New Market Wizards
Jack D. Schwager
The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders
12. Milk!
Mark Kurlansky
Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
13. Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition
Devora Zack
Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Second Edition: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected
14. How to Invest
David M. Rubenstein
How to Invest: Masters on the Craft
15. Here Comes the Sun
Bill McKibben
Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization
16. Floating Coast
Bathsheba Demuth
Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait
17. The Powerhouse
Steve LeVine
The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War
18. Heads I Win, Tails I Win
Spencer Jakab
Heads I Win, Tails I Win: Why Smart Investors Fail and How to Tilt the Odds in Your Favor
19. The Madman Theory
Jim Sciutto
The Madman Theory: Trump Takes On the World
20. Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition
Steven D. Levitt
Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
21. Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich, Sara Bershtel
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (20th Anniversary Edition)
22. The Black Swan: Second Edition
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
23. Moneyball
Michael Lewis
Moneyball: The Art Of Winning An Unfair Game
24. Kickback
David Montero
Kickback: Exposing the Global Corporate Bribery Network

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