Top Economic History Books
2. 
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by:
Jared Diamond
4.04 avg rating — 445,042 ratings 3. 
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Volume I
by:
Fernand Braudel
4.34 avg rating — 1,282 ratings 4. 
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
by:
Gregory Clark
3.75 avg rating — 1,276 ratings 5. 
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by:
Daron Acemoğlu
4.09 avg rating — 59,216 ratings 6. 
Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol 2: The Wheels of Commerce
by:
Fernand Braudel
4.46 avg rating — 578 ratings 7. 
The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
by:
Kenneth Pomeranz
3.69 avg rating — 962 ratings 8. 
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The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1850 (The New Economic History of Britain seri)
by:
Joel Mokyr
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 143 ratings 9. 
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
by:
Niall Ferguson
3.90 avg rating — 30,147 ratings 11. 
The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress
by:
Joel Mokyr
4.05 avg rating — 296 ratings 12. 
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective (New Approaches to Economic and Social History)
by:
Robert C. Allen
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 254 ratings 12. 
Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 3: The Perspective of the World
by:
Fernand Braudel
4.42 avg rating — 478 ratings 14. 
Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History
by:
Angus Maddison
4.10 avg rating — 87 ratings 14. 
Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 1: The Structures of Everyday Life
by:
Fernand Braudel
4.35 avg rating — 1,711 ratings 14. 
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Volume II
by:
Fernand Braudel
4.47 avg rating — 583 ratings 17. 
An Agrarian History of Portugal, 1000-2000 : economic development on the european frontier (Library of Economic History, #7)
by:
Dulce Freire
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 17. 
The European Miracle: Environments, Economies and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia 3.76 avg rating — 68 ratings
17. 
Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy It 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
20. 
The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are
by:
Michael Pye
3.57 avg rating — 2,755 ratings 20. 
A formação do espaço económico nacional : Portugal, 1810 -1913 - volume I
by:
David Justino
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 20. 
Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium
by:
Ronald Findlay
4.16 avg rating — 346 ratings 20. 
Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy It 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
24. 
A formação do espaço económico nacional : Portugal, 1810 -1913 - volume II
by:
David Justino
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
27. 
Portugal e o Plano Marshall : da rejeição à solicitação da ajuda norte-americana (1947-1952) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
27. 
The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944: J.M. Keynes and the Reshaping of the Global Economy
by:
Ed Conway
4.07 avg rating — 277 ratings 29. 
Portugal e a reconstrução económica do pós-guerra : o Plano Marshall e a economia portuguesa dos anos 50 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
29. 
Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution
by:
Ludwig von Mises
4.29 avg rating — 319 ratings 31. 
The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present
by:
David S. Landes
3.96 avg rating — 153 ratings 
33. 
An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power 4.09 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
35. 
The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy
by:
Joel Mokyr
3.98 avg rating — 121 ratings 35. 
38. 
The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
by:
Gregory Clark
3.96 avg rating — 487 ratings 
