Blockers
nonfiction · First published 2026
Author guide
Michael Lewis Books in Order
Michael Monroe Lewis is an American author and financial journalist. After working as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s, he became a writer whose narrative nonfiction combines reported character studies with analysis of markets, institutions, and culture. His books include Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Big Short, The Blind Side, Flash Boys, The Fifth Risk, The Premonition, and Going Infinite. He has also written essay collections and Audible Original nonfiction.
narrative nonfictionbusiness and financesportspoliticstechnologymemoirjournalism
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Michael Lewis's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
A widely accessible introduction to Lewis's character-driven approach and his recurring interest in how institutions measure talent and value.
Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
The foundational Wall Street memoir that established Lewis's voice and perspective on finance.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
A fast-moving account of the financial crisis that exemplifies his narrative treatment of complex systems.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (15)
- Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
nonfiction · 1989
- Pacific Rift
nonfiction · 1991
Discusses the cultural rift between America and Japan, focusing on a Harvard-educated Japanese man in New York and an American living in Tokyo
- The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
nonfiction · 1999
" ... describes a vast paradigm shift in American culture: a shift away from conventional business models and definitions of success, and toward a new way of thinking about the world and our control over it. The rules of American…
- Next: The Future Just Happened
nonfiction · 2001
In <i>Liar's Poker</i> barbarians seized control of the bond markets. In <i>The New New Thing</i> some guys from Silicon Valley redefined the American economy. Now, with his knowing eye and wicked pen, Michael Lewis reveals how the…
- Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
nonfiction · 2003
- The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
nonfiction · 2006
"Lewis has such a gift for storytelling... he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons."--Janet Maslin, New York Times When we first meet Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted…
- The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
nonfiction · 2010
Die wahre Geschichte hinter der großen Finanzkrise – spannend wie ein Krimi Das ganze Geld ist nicht weg – es hat nur die Besitzer gewechselt. Was genau sich kurz vor der großen Finanzkrise hinter den Kulissen der Wall Street abspielte,…
- Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
nonfiction · 2011
“Lewis shows again why he is the leading journalist of his generation.”—Kyle Smith, Forbes The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation,…
- Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
nonfiction · 2014
- The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
nonfiction · 2016
“Brilliant. . . . Lewis has given us a spectacular account of two great men who faced up to uncertainty and the limits of human reason.” —William Easterly, Wall Street Journal Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and…
- The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
nonfiction · 2018
Michael Lewis's brilliant narrative takes us into the engine rooms of a government under attack by its own leaders. In Agriculture the funding of vital programs like food stamps and school lunches is being slashed. The Commerce Department…
- The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
nonfiction · 2021
How three groups — a California public health official, an incidental virologist, and a presidential pandemic task force — came together to deal with viral infections, including COVID, and the American public-health system, including the…
- Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
nonfiction · 2023
From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and…
- Blockers
nonfiction · 2026
Nonfiction (1)
- Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life
memoir · 2005
Essays and speeches (2)
- The Money Culture
essay_collection · 1991
A collection of columns describing Wall Street and finance during the late 1980s and early 1990s, mostly concerned with the effects of taking on massive debt to carry out leveraged buy-outs.
- Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood
essay_collection · 2009
Fatherhood for dummies—a perfectly frank and mercilessly funny account. When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn't feel, and to do things that he couldn't see the point of doing. At first…
Other (2)
- The Coming Storm
audio_original · 2018
Tornadoes, cyclones, tsunamis…Weather can be deadly—especially when it strikes without warning. Millions of Americans could soon find themselves at the mercy of violent weather if the public data behind lifesaving storm alerts gets…
- Playing to Win
audio_original · 2020
Frequently asked questions about Michael Lewis
What is Michael Lewis best known for?
Michael Lewis is an American nonfiction author and financial journalist known for narrative reporting on finance, business, sports, technology, politics, and public institutions. His book Moneyball helped bring sabermetrics into mainstream baseball discussion.
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Where was Michael Lewis born and educated?
He was born in New Orleans and earned a bachelor’s degree in art history from Princeton University, followed by a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics.
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How did Michael Lewis become a writer?
After studying economics at the London School of Economics, Lewis worked as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers during the 1980s. He drew on that experience to begin a career in journalism and narrative nonfiction.
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Which writers influenced Michael Lewis?
Lewis has said that his writing was shaped by Mark Twain, Tom Wolfe, and George Orwell.
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What major awards and honors has Michael Lewis received?
Among his honors are the 2007 Alex Award for The Blind Side, the 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Current Interest for The Big Short, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023.
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