The Big Short

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Hardcover edition
AuthorMichael Lewis
LanguageEnglish
GenreFinancial thriller
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
March 15, 2010
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages320 pp.
ISBN0-393-07223-1
OCLC567188407
LC ClassHC106.83 L5 2010
Preceded byHome Game 
Followed byBoomerang 

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine is a nonfiction book by Michael Lewis about the build-up of the United States housing bubble during the 2000s. It was released on March 15, 2010, by W. W. Norton & Company. It spent 28 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list, and was the basis for the 2015 film of the same name.