Best Bitcoin Books

The essential Bitcoin reading list.

Statistical ranking: Readership, reader ratings, how many editions are in print (our sales proxy), cultural reach and community discussion. Signals: Open Library readers (want-to-read + already-read) 30% · Reader rating (Bayesian average) 20% · Editions & translations (sales proxy) 15% · Wikipedia views (last month) 15% · Reddit mentions (90d, unique authors) 20%. Methodology

1. 1
   The Bitcoin Standard

   Saifedean Ammous
   1 upvote1
2. 2
   Mastering Bitcoin

   Andreas M. Antonopoulos
   1 upvote1
3. 3
   The Sovereign Individual

   James Dale Davidson
   1 upvote1
4. 4
   Bitcoin Billionaires

   Ben Mezrich
   1 upvote1
5. 5
   The Fiat Standard

   Saifedean Ammous
   0 upvotes0
6. 6
   Broken Money

   Lyn Alden
   0 upvotes0
7. 7
   Mastering the Lightning Network

   Andreas M. Antonopoulos
   0 upvotes0
8. 8
   The Blocksize War

   Jonathan Bier
   0 upvotes0
9. 9
   Layered Money

   Nik Bhatia
   0 upvotes0
10. 10
    Inventing Bitcoin

    Yan Pritzker
    0 upvotes0
11. 11
    The Internet of Money

    Andreas M. Antonopoulos
    0 upvotes0
12. 12
    Digital Gold

    Nathaniel Popper
    0 upvotes0
13. 13
    The Bullish Case for Bitcoin

    Vijay Boyapati
    0 upvotes0
14. 14
    The Price of Tomorrow

    Jeff Booth
    0 upvotes0
15. 15BI
    Bitcoin Is Venice

    Allen Farrington
    0 upvotes0
16. 16
    Thank God for Bitcoin

    Jimmy Song
    0 upvotes0
17. 17CY
    Check Your Financial Privilege

    Alex Gladstein
    0 upvotes0
18. 18
    Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can't F*ck With

    Jason A. Williams
    0 upvotes0
19. 19
    The Book of Satoshi

    Phil Champagne
    0 upvotes0
20. 20
    Grokking Bitcoin

    Kalle Rosenbaum
    0 upvotes0
21. 21
    Programming Bitcoin

    Jimmy Song
    0 upvotes0
22. 22
    21 Lessons

    Gigi
    0 upvotes0
23. 23
    Gradually, Then Suddenly

    Parker Lewis
    0 upvotes0
24. 24HR
    Hidden Repression

    Alex Gladstein
    0 upvotes0
25. 25
    Bitcoin Money

    Michael Caras
    0 upvotes0
26. 26
    Bitcoin Clarity

    Kiara Bickers
    0 upvotes0
27. 27AP
    A Progressive's Case for Bitcoin

    Jason Maier
    0 upvotes0
28. 28
    Why Buy Bitcoin

    Andy Edstrom
    0 upvotes0
29. 29
    The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains

    Antony Lewis
    0 upvotes0
30. 30
    Bitcoin for Dummies

    Prypto
    0 upvotes0
31. 31
    Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies

    Arvind Narayanan
    0 upvotes0
32. 32
    The 7th Property

    Eric Yakes
    0 upvotes0
33. 33
    Understanding Bitcoin

    Pedro Franco
    0 upvotes0
34. 34
    Bitcoin for the Befuddled

    Conrad Barski
    0 upvotes0
35. 35
    The Age of Cryptocurrency

    Paul Vigna
    0 upvotes0
36. 36
    Bitcoin and Lightning Network on Raspberry Pi

    Harris Brakmic
    0 upvotes0
37. 37
    The Bitcoin Big Bang

    Brian Kelly
    0 upvotes0
38. 38
    The Bitcoin Guidebook

    Ian DeMartino
    0 upvotes0
39. 39
    Bitcoin Essentials

    Albert Szmigielski
    0 upvotes0
40. 40
    The Little Bitcoin Book

    Alex Gladstein, Jimmy Song et al.
    0 upvotes0
41. 41
    Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics

    Knut Svanholm
    0 upvotes0
42. 42
    Bitcoin: And the Future of Money

    Jose Pagliery
    0 upvotes0
43. 43FR
    Fiat Ruins Everything

    Jimmy Song
    0 upvotes0
44. 44
    The Internet of Money Volume Two

    Andreas M. Antonopoulos
    0 upvotes0
45. 45
    Bitcoin for Nonmathematicians

    Slava Gomzin
    0 upvotes0
46. 46
    What's the Big Deal About Bitcoin?

    Steve Patterson
    0 upvotes0
47. 47BB
    Beyond Bitcoin

    Hanna Halaburda
    0 upvotes0
48. 48BA
    Bitcoin and Blockchain Security

    Ghassan Karame & Elli Androulaki
    0 upvotes0
49. 49BA
    Bitcoin: A Primer for Policymakers

    Jerry Brito
    0 upvotes0
50. 50
    Bitcoin: The Future of Money?

    Dominic Frisby
    0 upvotes0
51. 51BR
    Bitcoin Red Pill

    Renato Amoedo & Alan Schramm
    0 upvotes0