5. Moneyball

Year: 2003

 Michael Lewis wrote this book about the 2002 Oakland Athletics, who put together one of the best teams in professional baseball despite a budget less than one-third of the league-leading New York Yankees, reports Inc.com about the plot of the book.

Conflict

The major concern of the Oakland Athletics team is to hire top notch players of the league with very minimal budget. The basic signing amount of the players is high and the team could barely buy a player or two considering the money standards and the then player rankings.

 Solution

The manager of the team plots a completely new and un-experimented way to hire players according to a computer generated ranking devised by a novel algorithm. The team went on to revolutionize the ranking and hiring standards of the Major league Baseball and won 20 games straight in a row. The book also covers the lives and careers of several baseball personalities.