The most popular international relations books

International relations books explain how countries deal with one another. Diplomacy, war and peace, alliances, trade and global institutions are the subjects, along with the rise and fall of great powers. Useful for making sense of world news and where it might be heading.

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Upheaval
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Upheaval

Jared Diamond

1997 · 2019 edition

500 pages

Say Nothing
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Say Nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe

Published 2018

336 pages

Careless People
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Careless People

Sarah Wynn-Williams

Published 2025

400 pages

World Is Flat
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World Is Flat

Thomas L. Friedman, Oliver Wyman

1985 · 2006 edition

600 pages

A Distant Mirror
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A Distant Mirror

Barbara W. Tuchman

1978 · 1979 edition

681 pages

Ultimate Powers
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Ultimate Powers

Richard Rhodes - undifferentiated

Published 1986

785 pages

Fascism
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Fascism

Madeleine Korbel Albright

Published 2018

304 pages

Bloodlands
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Bloodlands

Timothy Snyder, Jesús de Cos Pinto

Published 2010

524 pages