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
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The Sovereign Individualscore 98 · 162 · 4.67 / 5James Dale Davidson - 2
Mastering Bitcoinscore 82 · 115 · 5.00 / 5Andreas M. Antonopoulos - 3
The Bitcoin Standardscore 78 · 155 · 5.00 / 5Saifedean Ammous - 4
Broken Moneyscore 70 · 21 · 5.00 / 5Lyn Alden - 5
The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchainsscore 68 · 99 · 4.33 / 5Antony Lewis - 6
Bitcoin Billionairesscore 68 · 20 · 4.67 / 5Ben Mezrich - 7
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologiesscore 65 · 42 · 4.50 / 5Arvind Narayanan - 8
Digital Goldscore 61 · 42 · 4.00 / 5Nathaniel Popper - 9
The Fiat Standardscore 60 · 27 · 0.00 / 5Saifedean Ammous - 10
Bitcoin for Dummiesscore 56 · 34 · 0.00 / 5Prypto - 11
Bitcoin: The Future of Money?score 56 · 5 · 4.50 / 5Dominic Frisby - 12
The Age of Cryptocurrencyscore 54 · 17 · 4.00 / 5Paul Vigna - 13
The Price of Tomorrowscore 53 · 20 · 0.00 / 5Jeff Booth - 14
The Bitcoin Guidebookscore 51 · 5 · 0.00 / 5Ian DeMartino - 15
The Bullish Case for Bitcoinscore 49 · 5 · 0.00 / 5Vijay Boyapati - 16
Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematicsscore 49 · 4 · 0.00 / 5Knut Svanholm - 17
Layered Moneyscore 48 · 9 · 0.00 / 5Nik Bhatia - 18
The Book of Satoshiscore 48 · 9 · 0.00 / 5Phil Champagne - 19
Grokking Bitcoinscore 47 · 8 · 0.00 / 5Kalle Rosenbaum - 20
Understanding Bitcoinscore 46 · 3 · 0.00 / 5Pedro Franco - 21
Bitcoin: And the Future of Moneyscore 45 · 2 · 0.00 / 5Jose Pagliery - 22
The Internet of Money Volume Twoscore 44 · 15 · 0.00 / 5Andreas M. Antonopoulos - 23
Mastering the Lightning Networkscore 43 · 3 · 0.00 / 5Andreas M. Antonopoulos - 24
The Blocksize Warscore 43 · 3 · 0.00 / 5Jonathan Bier - 25Bitcoin: A Primer for Policymakersscore 43 · 3 · 0.00 / 5Jerry Brito
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Thank God for Bitcoinscore 41 · 4 · 0.00 / 5Jimmy Song - 27
Bitcoin for the Befuddledscore 41 · 4 · 0.00 / 5Conrad Barski - 28Fiat Ruins Everythingscore 40 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Jimmy Song
- 29Beyond Bitcoinscore 40 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Hanna Halaburda
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Programming Bitcoinscore 38 · 5 · 0.00 / 5Jimmy Song - 31
Bitcoin Essentialsscore 38 · 3 · 0.00 / 5Albert Szmigielski - 32Bitcoin Red Pillscore 38 · 5 · 0.00 / 5Renato Amoedo & Alan Schramm
- 33Hidden Repressionscore 35 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Alex Gladstein
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What's the Big Deal About Bitcoin?score 35 · 4 · 0.00 / 5Steve Patterson - 35
Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can't F*ck Withscore 32 · 3 · 0.00 / 5Jason A. Williams - 36Bitcoin Is Venicescore 31 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Allen Farrington
- 37Check Your Financial Privilegescore 31 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Alex Gladstein
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Bitcoin Moneyscore 31 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Michael Caras - 39
The Bitcoin Big Bangscore 31 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Brian Kelly - 40
Bitcoin for Nonmathematiciansscore 31 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Slava Gomzin - 41
The Internet of Moneyscore 31 · 20 · 1.00 / 5Andreas M. Antonopoulos - 42A Progressive's Case for Bitcoinscore 29 · 0 · 0.00 / 5Jason Maier
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Bitcoin Clarityscore 26 · 3 · 4.00 / 5Kiara Bickers - 44
Inventing Bitcoinscore 25 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Yan Pritzker - 45
Why Buy Bitcoinscore 25 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Andy Edstrom - 46
The 7th Propertyscore 25 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Eric Yakes - 47
Bitcoin and Lightning Network on Raspberry Piscore 25 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Harris Brakmic - 48Bitcoin and Blockchain Securityscore 25 · 1 · 0.00 / 5Ghassan Karame & Elli Androulaki
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Gradually, Then Suddenlyscore 24 · 0 · 0.00 / 5Parker Lewis - 50
21 Lessonsscore 19 · 0 · 0.00 / 5Gigi - 51
The Little Bitcoin Bookscore 19 · 0 · 0.00 / 5Alex Gladstein, Jimmy Song et al.