I recommend these books for their unique perspectives on trading and the markets. The author’s write compellingly, not only to educate, but also to generate questions and debate on topics highly relevant to this site:
The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Thomas Friedman
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip Heath
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
Roger Lowenstein
The Market Wizards
Jack Schwager
The New Market Wizards
Jack Schwager
PBS Special: Trillion Dollar Bet (LTCM)
PBS Video
Moneyball
Michael Lewis
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Peter L. Bernstein
Trading in the Zone:
Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline and a Winning Attitude
Mark Douglas
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
Human Action
Ludwig von Mises
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefevre
Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
Stephen Jay Gould
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Charles MacKay
Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
Michael Lewis
Den of Thieves
James B. Stewart
Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business
George Anders
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Innovator’s Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas are Born
Denise Shekerjian
If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence and Spirit
Brenda Ueland
Trend Following:
How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets
Michael Covel
All versions of Trend Following.
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