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The '''Bibliography of Bullshit''' is Bullshitopedia's founding reading list: 50 books that document, analyze or practice deception. Each book has its own Library page with a summary and links into the [[Project:Taxonomy|taxonomy]].
The '''Bibliography of Bullshit''' is Bullshitopedia's founding reading list: 76 books that document, analyze or practice deception. Each book has its own Library page with a summary and links into the [[Project:Taxonomy|taxonomy]].


Books are marked by '''role''': [[:Category:Library – Analysis|Analysis]] (studies deception) or [[:Category:Library – Primary source|Primary source]] (written by a practitioner). Some are also flagged as a [[:Category:Library – Specimen|Specimen]], meaning the work or its author has its own documented credibility problem.
Books are marked by '''role''': [[:Category:Library – Analysis|Analysis]] (studies deception) or [[:Category:Library – Primary source|Primary source]] (written by a practitioner). Some are also flagged as a [[:Category:Library – Specimen|Specimen]], meaning the work or its author has its own documented credibility problem.
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| 50 || ''[[Library:Liars|Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception]]'' || Cass R. Sunstein || 2021 || Analysis || Politics & Elections, Technology & Media
| 50 || ''[[Library:Liars|Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception]]'' || Cass R. Sunstein || 2021 || Analysis || Politics & Elections, Technology & Media
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| 51 || ''[[Library:The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit|The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit]]'' || John V. Petrocelli || 2021 || Analysis || Culture, Religion & Society, Business, Finance & Scams
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| 52 || ''[[Library:Where Are the Customers' Yachts?|Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Or, A Good Hard Look at Wall Street]]'' || Fred Schwed Jr. || 1940 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 53 || ''[[Library:The Great Crash, 1929|The Great Crash, 1929]]'' || John Kenneth Galbraith || 1955 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams, History
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| 54 || ''[[Library:A Random Walk Down Wall Street|A Random Walk Down Wall Street]]'' || Burton G. Malkiel || 1973 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 55 || ''[[Library:Catch Me If You Can|Catch Me If You Can]]'' || Frank W. Abagnale with Stan Redding || 1980 || Primary source || Business, Finance & Scams, Technology & Media
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| 56 || ''[[Library:Liar's Poker|Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street]]'' || Michael Lewis || 1989 || Primary source || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 57 || ''[[Library:Barbarians at the Gate|Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco]]'' || Bryan Burrough & John Helyar || 1990 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 58 || ''[[Library:Den of Thieves|Den of Thieves]]'' || James B. Stewart || 1991 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams, Crime & Public Safety
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| 59 || ''[[Library:F.I.A.S.C.O.|F.I.A.S.C.O.: Blood in the Water on Wall Street]]'' || Frank Partnoy || 1997 || Primary source || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 60 || ''[[Library:Devil Take the Hindmost|Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation]]'' || Edward Chancellor || 1999 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams, History
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| 61 || ''[[Library:When Genius Failed|When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management]]'' || Roger Lowenstein || 2000 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 62 || ''[[Library:Fooled by Randomness|Fooled by Randomness]]'' || Nassim Nicholas Taleb || 2001 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams, Culture, Religion & Society
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| 63 || ''[[Library:Ponzi's Scheme|Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend]]'' || Mitchell Zuckoff || 2005 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams, History
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| 64 || ''[[Library:The Wolf of Wall Street|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' || Jordan Belfort || 2007 || Primary source || Business, Finance & Scams, Crime & Public Safety
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| 65 || ''[[Library:Extraordinary Circumstances|Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower]]'' || Cynthia Cooper || 2008 || Primary source || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 66 || ''[[Library:No One Would Listen|No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller]]'' || Harry Markopolos || 2010 || Primary source || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 67 || ''[[Library:All the Devils Are Here|All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis]]'' || Bethany McLean & Joe Nocera || 2010 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 68 || ''[[Library:The Wizard of Lies|The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust]]'' || Diana B. Henriques || 2011 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams, Crime & Public Safety
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| 69 || ''[[Library:The Spider Network|The Spider Network]]'' || David Enrich || 2017 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 70 || ''[[Library:Black Edge|Black Edge]]'' || Sheelah Kolhatkar || 2017 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams, Crime & Public Safety
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| 71 || ''[[Library:Lying for Money|Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of the World]]'' || Dan Davies || 2018 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 72 || ''[[Library:Billion Dollar Whale|Billion Dollar Whale]]'' || Tom Wright & Bradley Hope || 2018 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams, Politics & Elections
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| 73 || ''[[Library:The Cult of We|The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion]]'' || Eliot Brown & Maureen Farrell || 2021 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 74 || ''[[Library:Empire of Pain|Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty]]'' || Patrick Radden Keefe || 2021 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams, Health & Medicine
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| 75 || ''[[Library:Money Men|Money Men: A Hot Startup, a Billion Dollar Fraud, a Fight for the Truth]]'' || Dan McCrum || 2022 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams
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| 76 || ''[[Library:Number Go Up|Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall]]'' || Zeke Faux || 2023 || Analysis || Business, Finance & Scams, Technology & Media
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Latest revision as of 09:35, 27 October 2026

The Bibliography of Bullshit is Bullshitopedia's founding reading list: 76 books that document, analyze or practice deception. Each book has its own Library page with a summary and links into the taxonomy.

Books are marked by role: Analysis (studies deception) or Primary source (written by a practitioner). Some are also flagged as a Specimen, meaning the work or its author has its own documented credibility problem.

Browse by domain: Politics & Elections · Health & Medicine · Science & Environment · History · Business, Finance & Scams · Technology & Media · Crime & Public Safety · Culture, Religion & Society

# Title Author Year Role Domains
1 On Bullshit Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 Analysis Culture, Religion & Society
2 Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World Carl T. Bergstrom & Jevin D. West 2020 Analysis Science & Environment, Technology & Media
3 How to Lie with Statistics Darrell Huff 1954 Analysis · Specimen Science & Environment
4 The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Carl Sagan 1995 Analysis Science & Environment, Health & Medicine
5 Merchants of Doubt Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway 2010 Analysis Science & Environment, Health & Medicine
6 Bad Science Ben Goldacre 2008 Analysis Health & Medicine
7 Bad Pharma Ben Goldacre 2012 Analysis Health & Medicine, Business, Finance & Scams
8 Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 Analysis · Specimen History, Business, Finance & Scams
9 Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science Martin Gardner 1952 Analysis Science & Environment, Health & Medicine
10 Why People Believe Weird Things Michael Shermer 1997 Analysis Culture, Religion & Society, Science & Environment
11 Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky 1988 Analysis Politics & Elections, Technology & Media
12 Propaganda Edward Bernays 1928 Primary source Business, Finance & Scams, Politics & Elections
13 Public Opinion Walter Lippmann 1922 Analysis Politics & Elections, Technology & Media
14 The Hidden Persuaders Vance Packard 1957 Analysis · Specimen Business, Finance & Scams, Technology & Media
15 Amusing Ourselves to Death Neil Postman 1985 Analysis Technology & Media, Politics & Elections
16 Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator Ryan Holiday 2012 Primary source Technology & Media
17 The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread Cailin O'Connor & James Owen Weatherall 2019 Analysis Science & Environment, Technology & Media
18 Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare Thomas Rid 2020 Analysis Politics & Elections, History
19 This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality Peter Pomerantsev 2019 Analysis Politics & Elections, Technology & Media
20 Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible Peter Pomerantsev 2014 Analysis Politics & Elections, Technology & Media
21 Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup John Carreyrou 2018 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, Health & Medicine
22 The Smartest Guys in the Room Bethany McLean & Peter Elkind 2003 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
23 The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Michael Lewis 2010 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
24 Doubt Is Their Product David Michaels 2008 Analysis Health & Medicine, Science & Environment
25 Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! John Stauber & Sheldon Rampton 1995 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, Technology & Media
26 The Death of Expertise Tom Nichols 2017 Analysis Culture, Religion & Society, Science & Environment
27 Post-Truth Lee McIntyre 2018 Analysis Politics & Elections, Culture, Religion & Society
28 Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science Alan Sokal & Jean Bricmont 1998 Analysis Science & Environment, Culture, Religion & Society
29 The Honest Truth About Dishonesty Dan Ariely 2012 Analysis · Specimen Business, Finance & Scams, Culture, Religion & Society
30 Trick or Treatment: Alternative Medicine on Trial Simon Singh & Edzard Ernst 2008 Analysis Health & Medicine
31 The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man David W. Maurer 1940 Analysis Crime & Public Safety, Business, Finance & Scams
32 The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It … Every Time Maria Konnikova 2016 Analysis Crime & Public Safety, Business, Finance & Scams
33 Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory Deborah E. Lipstadt 1993 Analysis History
34 The Paranoid Style in American Politics Richard Hofstadter 1965 Analysis Politics & Elections, History
35 Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History David Aaronovitch 2009 Analysis History, Politics & Elections
36 Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth Stuart Ritchie 2020 Analysis Science & Environment, Health & Medicine
37 Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Carol Tavris & Elliot Aronson 2007 Analysis Culture, Religion & Society
38 Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions James Randi 1980 Analysis Culture, Religion & Society, Science & Environment
39 The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Steven Novella et al. 2018 Analysis Science & Environment, Health & Medicine
40 Bullshit Jobs: A Theory David Graeber 2018 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
41 A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age Daniel J. Levitin 2016 Analysis Science & Environment, Technology & Media
42 Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers Charles Seife 2010 Analysis Politics & Elections, Science & Environment
43 The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon 2002 Primary source Technology & Media, Crime & Public Safety
44 LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media P. W. Singer & Emerson T. Brooking 2018 Analysis Technology & Media, Politics & Elections
45 Network Propaganda Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris & Hal Roberts 2018 Analysis Politics & Elections, Technology & Media
46 The Hype Machine Sinan Aral 2020 Analysis Technology & Media
47 Truth Decay Jennifer Kavanagh & Michael D. Rich 2018 Analysis Politics & Elections, Technology & Media
48 The Cigarette Century Allan M. Brandt 2007 Analysis Health & Medicine, Business, Finance & Scams, History
49 Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception Timothy R. Levine 2019 Analysis Culture, Religion & Society
50 Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception Cass R. Sunstein 2021 Analysis Politics & Elections, Technology & Media
51 The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit John V. Petrocelli 2021 Analysis Culture, Religion & Society, Business, Finance & Scams
52 Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Or, A Good Hard Look at Wall Street Fred Schwed Jr. 1940 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
53 The Great Crash, 1929 John Kenneth Galbraith 1955 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, History
54 A Random Walk Down Wall Street Burton G. Malkiel 1973 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
55 Catch Me If You Can Frank W. Abagnale with Stan Redding 1980 Primary source Business, Finance & Scams, Technology & Media
56 Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Michael Lewis 1989 Primary source Business, Finance & Scams
57 Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco Bryan Burrough & John Helyar 1990 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
58 Den of Thieves James B. Stewart 1991 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, Crime & Public Safety
59 F.I.A.S.C.O.: Blood in the Water on Wall Street Frank Partnoy 1997 Primary source Business, Finance & Scams
60 Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation Edward Chancellor 1999 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, History
61 When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management Roger Lowenstein 2000 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
62 Fooled by Randomness Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2001 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, Culture, Religion & Society
63 Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend Mitchell Zuckoff 2005 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, History
64 The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort 2007 Primary source Business, Finance & Scams, Crime & Public Safety
65 Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower Cynthia Cooper 2008 Primary source Business, Finance & Scams
66 No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller Harry Markopolos 2010 Primary source Business, Finance & Scams
67 All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis Bethany McLean & Joe Nocera 2010 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
68 The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust Diana B. Henriques 2011 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, Crime & Public Safety
69 The Spider Network David Enrich 2017 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
70 Black Edge Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, Crime & Public Safety
71 Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of the World Dan Davies 2018 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
72 Billion Dollar Whale Tom Wright & Bradley Hope 2018 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, Politics & Elections
73 The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion Eliot Brown & Maureen Farrell 2021 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
74 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, Health & Medicine
75 Money Men: A Hot Startup, a Billion Dollar Fraud, a Fight for the Truth Dan McCrum 2022 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams
76 Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall Zeke Faux 2023 Analysis Business, Finance & Scams, Technology & Media
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