The Economist - Books of the Year 2007

1.
The Uncommon Reader
The Uncommon Reader 3.73 avg rating — 58,252 ratings
2.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable 3.96 avg rating — 119,243 ratings
3.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) 4.62 avg rating — 4,009,284 ratings
4.
Mister Pip
Mister Pip 3.68 avg rating — 23,797 ratings
5.
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy 4.39 avg rating — 18,029 ratings
6.
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court 4.09 avg rating — 18,283 ratings
7.
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature 4.07 avg rating — 2,173 ratings
8.
God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World 3.78 avg rating — 314 ratings
9.
Gomorrah
Gomorrah 3.80 avg rating — 21,835 ratings
10.
The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune
The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune 4.10 avg rating — 1,127 ratings
11.
On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach 3.62 avg rating — 99,815 ratings
12.
The Septembers of Shiraz
The Septembers of Shiraz 3.83 avg rating — 8,351 ratings
13.
The Ghost
The Ghost 3.82 avg rating — 19,862 ratings
13.
The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers
The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers 3.92 avg rating — 658 ratings
15.
Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race 3.96 avg rating — 827 ratings
16.
1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East
1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East
by: Tom Segev
3.98 avg rating — 455 ratings
17.
The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. 3.86 avg rating — 1,196 ratings
18.
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA 3.95 avg rating — 14,506 ratings
19.
How Capitalism Was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia
How Capitalism Was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia 3.62 avg rating — 50 ratings
20.
Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815
Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815 3.70 avg rating — 649 ratings
21.
God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain 4.17 avg rating — 105 ratings
22.
The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?
The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? 4.16 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
23.
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton 3.92 avg rating — 1,151 ratings
24.
The Wagner Clan
The Wagner Clan 3.70 avg rating — 122 ratings
25.
Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice
Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice 3.64 avg rating — 877 ratings
26.
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
by: Tim Jeal
4.12 avg rating — 876 ratings
27.
The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America
The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America 4.08 avg rating — 489 ratings
28.
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire 3.91 avg rating — 2,789 ratings
29.
The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I
The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I 4.52 avg rating — 50 ratings
30.
The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain: 1789-1837
The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain: 1789-1837 3.86 avg rating — 148 ratings
31.
The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England
The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England 3.92 avg rating — 217 ratings
32.
The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor
The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor 3.62 avg rating — 395 ratings
33.
The Eight O'Clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Seeking Justice In Guantanamo Bay
The Eight O'Clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Seeking Justice In Guantanamo Bay 3.96 avg rating — 74 ratings
34.
Through the Darkness: A Life in Zimbabwe
Through the Darkness: A Life in Zimbabwe 3.53 avg rating — 34 ratings
35.
The Age of Turbulence
The Age of Turbulence 3.65 avg rating — 7,226 ratings
36.
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything 3.73 avg rating — 10,986 ratings
37.
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession 4.11 avg rating — 44 ratings
38.
Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits
Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits 3.81 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
39.
Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
by: Ian Ayres
3.72 avg rating — 5,974 ratings
40.
Carpentaria
Carpentaria 3.74 avg rating — 1,990 ratings
41.
The Scandal of the Season
The Scandal of the Season 3.11 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
42.
Other Country
Other Country 3.83 avg rating — 36 ratings
43.
Isolarion: A Different Oxford Journey
Isolarion: A Different Oxford Journey 3.66 avg rating — 111 ratings
44.
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
by: Alex Ross
4.10 avg rating — 15,700 ratings
45.
Letters of Ted Hughes
Letters of Ted Hughes 4.11 avg rating — 425 ratings
46.
The Domesday Book of Giant Salmon
The Domesday Book of Giant Salmon 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings