The Economist - Books of the Year 2013

1.
How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region 4.26 avg rating — 4,887 ratings
2.
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better 3.94 avg rating — 2,484 ratings
3.
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel 4.21 avg rating — 10,863 ratings
4.
Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present
Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present 3.95 avg rating — 746 ratings
5.
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 4.25 avg rating — 7,237 ratings
6.
Double Down: Game Change 2012
Double Down: Game Change 2012 3.88 avg rating — 7,436 ratings
7.
Coolidge
Coolidge 3.80 avg rating — 7,299 ratings
8.
Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal 4.04 avg rating — 18,912 ratings
9.
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon 4.14 avg rating — 76,316 ratings
10.
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way 4.07 avg rating — 15,166 ratings
11.
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven 4.08 avg rating — 1,681 ratings
12.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,506 ratings
13.
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. 3.29 avg rating — 18,097 ratings
14.
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands 4.17 avg rating — 1,211 ratings
15.
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion 4.30 avg rating — 3,077 ratings
16.
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety 4.27 avg rating — 14,177 ratings
17.
Red Fortress: History and Illusion in the Kremlin
Red Fortress: History and Illusion in the Kremlin 3.87 avg rating — 569 ratings
18.
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 4.13 avg rating — 2,581 ratings
19.
Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic
Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic 3.46 avg rating — 24 ratings
20.
Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945
Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945 4.13 avg rating — 2,173 ratings
21.
Iraq: From War To A New Authoritarianism (Adelphi Series)
Iraq: From War To A New Authoritarianism (Adelphi Series) 3.81 avg rating — 37 ratings
22.
Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy
Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy 3.77 avg rating — 104 ratings
23.
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail 4.32 avg rating — 2,439 ratings
24.
Thank You for Your Service
Thank You for Your Service 4.13 avg rating — 7,003 ratings
25.
The Blunders of Our Governments
The Blunders of Our Governments 3.82 avg rating — 728 ratings
26.
China Goes Global: The Partial Power
China Goes Global: The Partial Power 3.93 avg rating — 412 ratings
27.
Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela
Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela 3.89 avg rating — 618 ratings
28.
Johnny Cash: The Life
Johnny Cash: The Life 4.28 avg rating — 4,323 ratings
29.
Gabriele D'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War
Gabriele D'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War 4.16 avg rating — 684 ratings
30.
Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert
Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert 4.23 avg rating — 163 ratings
31.
Into Exile
Into Exile 4.70 avg rating — 233 ratings
32.
Year Zero: A History of 1945
Year Zero: A History of 1945 3.92 avg rating — 2,248 ratings
33.
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide 4.36 avg rating — 2,512 ratings
34.
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism 4.15 avg rating — 23,622 ratings
35.
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan 4.35 avg rating — 4,901 ratings
36.
Silence: A Christian History
Silence: A Christian History 3.71 avg rating — 361 ratings
37.
When the Money Runs Out: The End of Western Affluence
When the Money Runs Out: The End of Western Affluence 3.63 avg rating — 204 ratings
38.
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead 3.95 avg rating — 266,948 ratings
39.
Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars
Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars 3.87 avg rating — 952 ratings
40.
The Triumph of Human Empire: Verne, Morris, and Stevenson at the End of the World
The Triumph of Human Empire: Verne, Morris, and Stevenson at the End of the World 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings
41.
Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence, and Emperor Penguins
Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence, and Emperor Penguins 4.05 avg rating — 546 ratings
42.
The Book of My Lives
The Book of My Lives 4.18 avg rating — 3,433 ratings
43.
The Leonard Bernstein Letters
The Leonard Bernstein Letters 4.29 avg rating — 178 ratings
44.
The Trip to Echo Spring
The Trip to Echo Spring 3.75 avg rating — 3,553 ratings
45.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating — 84,461 ratings
46.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,984 ratings
47.
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go 3.85 avg rating — 12,203 ratings
48.
Norwegian by Night (Sheldon Horowitz #2)
Norwegian by Night (Sheldon Horowitz #2) 3.94 avg rating — 16,630 ratings