This list is for the most well known Economics books on Goodreads.

For purposes of this list, only include books with over 1000 ratings and shelved at least 100 times as economics.

Anything with less than 1000 ratings or shelved less than 100 times as economics will be removed and without comment.

Economics By Decade:
2020s

By Year:
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023

See also:
Best Economics Books
The Austrian School of Economics

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message 1: by Jeffrey (new)

Jeffrey Gao Economics?! BO-RING!


message 2: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman Added a bunch more books. There are definitely some very readable very popular books on this list. An economist might not find them all that important. But check out anything on this list by Malcolm Gladwell or Michael Lewis or Steven D Levitt for something readable economics-y and not boring


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