Portrait of Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis books in order

Greek economist and politician

Born
1961
Country
Australia
Books
16

Yanis Varoufakis has published 3 novels, 9 non-fiction books and 4 other books, beginning with The Global Minotaur (2011). The best-known is Talking to My Daughter About the Economy (2017). The latest is Technofeudalism (2023).

Updated September 2026

Where to start with Yanis Varoufakis

Standalone novels in order

  1. Foundations of Economics (1998)

    396 pages

  2. Adults in the Room (2017)

    560 pagesAdapted for film

  3. Another Now (2020)

    224 pages

Non-fiction in order

  1. Game Theory (2001)

    369 pages

  2. Modern Political Economics (2010)

    512 pages

  3. Modern Political Economy (2010)

    530 pages

  4. The Global Minotaur (2011)

    272 pages

  5. The Global Minotaur America The True Origins Of The Financial Crisis And The Future Of The World Economy (2011)

    252 pages

  6. Economic Indeterminacy (2013)

    366 pages

  7. And the Weak Suffer What They Must? (2016)

    337 pages

  8. Talking to My Daughter About the Economy (2017)

    224 pages★ 4.1 (8 ratings)

  9. Technofeudalism (Sep 2023)

    304 pages

Other books in order

  1. Austerity (2018)

    144 pages

  2. Kızımla Ekonomi Sohbetleri (2019)

    165 pages

  3. Talking to My Daughter (2019)

    224 pages

  4. Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Resistance (Oct 2025)

    304 pages

Film and TV adaptations

About Yanis Varoufakis

Ioannis Georgiou "Yanis" Varoufakis is a Greek economist, academic, author, and politician. Since 2018, he has served as Secretary-General of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), a left-wing European political alliance he co-founded in 2016. Previously, he served as Minister of Finance in the government of Alexis Tsipras in 2015, during the 2009–2018 Greek government-debt crisis, where he became internationally known for opposing EU-imposed austerity measures.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Yanis Varoufakis FAQ

How many books has Yanis Varoufakis written?
Yanis Varoufakis has published 3 novels, 9 non-fiction books and 4 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
What order should I read Yanis Varoufakis's books in?
Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Talking to My Daughter About the Economy.
What is Yanis Varoufakis's latest book?
Technofeudalism (2023).
What is Yanis Varoufakis's most famous book?
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy (2017) is Yanis Varoufakis's most widely read book.
Which Yanis Varoufakis books have been adapted?
1 book has been adapted for film or TV, including Adults in the Room (film, 2019).

Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.