Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and ThemselvesModern · Business, Nonfiction, Finance
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
2009 · 600 pages · Nonfiction
45
Modern
★ 4.17 on Goodreads · 45K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 15 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Baillie Gifford Prize finalist (2010). 4.17★ from 45K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
45Must-Read Score
- Readers75 out of 100 · counts 40%+34
- Critics24 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+9
- Bestseller16 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #16 of the 25 self-help and business books we rank
- #307 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #680 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Baillie Gifford Prize finalist (2010)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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