12 Best International Relations Books
Goal: Find the best International Relations books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best international relations books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
12 Best International Relations Books
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Prisoners of Geography
Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
by Tim Marshall
Also recommended by:
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
Also recommended by:
Joe Rogan, Bill Gates, Charlie Munger, Simon Sinek, Daniel Ek, Jesse Williams, Stewart Brand, James Clear, Margaret Atwood, Mark Manson, Jamie Dimon, Patrick Arnold
The Great Transformation
The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
by Karl Polanyi
Also recommended by:
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott
Also recommended by:
Arms and Influence
by Thomas C. Schelling
Diplomacy
by Henry Kissinger
Man, the State, and War
A Theoretical Analysis
by Kenneth Waltz
Nations and Nationalism
by Ernest Gellner
The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam
The Oxford Handbook of International Relations
by Christian Reus-Smit
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer
War on Peace
The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
by Ronan Farrow
Sources
- 1
My “top ten” books every student of International Relations should read – Foreign Policy
foreignpolicy.com
- 2
100 Best International Relations Books of All Time (Updated for 2021)
shortform.com
- 3
Beyond the classics: A fresh international relations reading list for students | Brookings
brookings.edu
- 4
Oxford Global | Top 10 Books About International Relations
oxfordglobal.org
- 5
10 Best Books of International Relations - Ranking Books
rankingbooks.com
