David Graeber best books, ranked

David Graeber — 3 titles in the rankings, first published between 2011 and 2021. They average 8.2, above the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages.

Editor’s note American anthropologist and anarchist, a leading voice of Occupy Wall Street, who died in 2020. He wrote big, provocative books that question what we take for granted about money and work. Bullshit Jobs, his most read, argues that millions of people do work they themselves believe is pointless; Debt, his highest rated, retells five thousand years of history through credit and obligation; The Dawn of Everything, written with the archaeologist David Wengrow, challenges the usual story of how inequality began.

Ranked titles

3 books

Average score

8.2

Total ratings

681

First published

2011–2021

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