[chumali]

This is just a broad list of econ type books with no discernible curation. I certainly wouldn't call it a list of the 'best' econ books even though there are some great reads in there.

It ranges from very specific works on central banking, finance and behavioural economics to an undergrad textbook covering most of Econ 101.

Some of these entries are only tangentially related to economic theory (Thinking Strategically, Capitalism vs. the Climate). There are also some glaring omissions (e.g. Radical Markets by Posner and Weyl).

[davidw]

Yes. A good list might start with some general, fairly neutral books. A lot of the books here are fairly biased or are trying to drive home some point or agenda.

Tim Harford's books are pretty good, in general in that he promotes "thinking like an economist" without going overboard in any direction.

[rchaud]

The reason it's titled "best" is for SEO purposes, nothing more. The author wants this page to rank for people's searches, and unfortunately people use terms like "best", "ultimate", "fastest", etc.

I mostly avoid clicking on links like this because these pages exist to make money, not inform the user or deliver a unique point of view. That much was obvious with the "free ebook" interstitial that came up the second the page loaded, and the smattering of Amazon affiliate links for every book listed.

[Matticus_Rex]

I found Radical Markets engaging (if not compelling), but I think it would be totally out of place on this list.