Best Cryptocurrency Books, Ranked

Most "best cryptocurrency books" lists are one person's opinion. This one is data: the top 25 books from the 15 cryptocurrency thought leaders we track, ranked by Amazon readership — and every author carries a Modern Mentor AI credibility rating, so you can see who actually deserves your reading time. Updated as ratings and our author roster change.

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   The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

   by Saifedean Ammous · credibility 97/1000

   4.7· 7,097 Amazon ratings

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   The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them (Cryptography, Derivatives Investments, Futures Trading, Digital Assets, NFT)

   by Antony Lewis · credibility 33/1000

   4.5· 2,440 Amazon ratings

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   The Internet of Money

   by Andreas M. Antonopoulos · credibility 36/1000

   4.6· 1,966 Amazon ratings

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   Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain

   by Andreas M. Antonopoulos · credibility 36/1000

   4.7· 1,233 Amazon ratings

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   The Fiat Standard: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization

   by Saifedean Ammous · credibility 97/1000

   4.7· 937 Amazon ratings

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   The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-Hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum

   by Camila Russo · credibility 38/1000

   4.5· 805 Amazon ratings

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   Inventing Bitcoin: The Technology Behind The First Truly Scarce and Decentralized Money Explained

   by Yan Pritzker · credibility 42/1000

   4.7· 682 Amazon ratings

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   The Internet of Money Volume Two

   by Andreas M. Antonopoulos · credibility 36/1000

   4.7· 663 Amazon ratings

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   The Little Bitcoin Book: Why Bitcoin Matters for Your Freedom, Finances, and Future

   by Jimmy Song · credibility 43/1000

   4.6· 644 Amazon ratings

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    Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money

    by Jimmy Song · credibility 43/1000

    4.6· 563 Amazon ratings

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    Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps

    by Andreas M. Antonopoulos · credibility 36/1000

    4.7· 423 Amazon ratings

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    Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

    by Chris Dixon · credibility 38/1000

    4.5· 392 Amazon ratings

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    The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze

    by Laura Shin · credibility 36/1000

    4.3· 318 Amazon ratings

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    The Internet of Money Volume Three: A collection of talks by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

    by Andreas M. Antonopoulos · credibility 36/1000

    4.6· 281 Amazon ratings

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    Bitcoin is for Everyone: Why our financial system is broken and Bitcoin is the solution

    by Natalie Brunell · credibility 170/1000

    4.6· 208 Amazon ratings

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    Bitcoin: Everything divided by 21 million

    by Knut Svanholm · credibility 28/1000

    4.6· 168 Amazon ratings

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    Principles of Economics

    by Saifedean Ammous · credibility 97/1000

    4.8· 152 Amazon ratings

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    Mastering the Lightning Network

    by Andreas M. Antonopoulos · credibility 36/1000

    4.8· 107 Amazon ratings

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    Praxeology: The invisible hand that feeds you

    by Knut Svanholm · credibility 28/1000

    4.6· 16 Amazon ratings

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    Achieving Wealth Through Real Estate: A Definitive Guide To Controlling Your Own Financial Destiny Through a Successful Real Estate Business

    by Anthony Pompliano · credibility 169/1000

    4.9· 12 Amazon ratings

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    La máquina infinita: Cómo un ejército de cripto-hackers crea el Internet del futuro con Ethereum

    by Camila Russo · credibility 38/1000

    4.6· 11 Amazon ratings

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    The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa

    by Paul Barron · credibility 89/1000

    4.4· 11 Amazon ratings

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    Three Minute Reads on Bitcoin: A year of thoughts

    by Knut Svanholm · credibility 28/1000

    4.3· 10 Amazon ratings

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    Il Manuale di Bitcoin e Blockchain: Comprendere le Criptovalute e le loro tecnologie (Italian Edition)

    by Antony Lewis · credibility 33/1000

    3.6· 9 Amazon ratings

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    African Americans and the Pacific War, 1941–1945: Race, Nationality, and the Fight for Freedom

    by Chris Dixon · credibility 38/1000

    5· 3 Amazon ratings

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