Books to Read

Looking for book recommendations in the form of stories rather than bios or mindset or investing books. Thinking about other books in the same category as Barbarians at the Gate, Den of Thieves, Caesars Palace Coup, etc. Also really enjoyed things like The Buyside (Turney Duff) and Discussion Materials by Bill Keenan so if you have similar books to that would gladly take those recs. 

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I recently read the book "Life in the Gorbals" written by Kate Donne, a published author. The fictional story follows the life of a boy growing up in the Gorbals during the late 1960s. Kate Donne's writing takes the reader on a journey through life in the Gorbals. You can give it a try to read.

 
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Had to put Discussion Materials down because I started to disassociate - it's the closest you'll get to the real experience currently - I couldn't tell where my life stopped and the book started. 

  • Accidental Investment Banker is memoir by Jonathan Knee (early EVR partner) about post-VP life in IBD
  • Young Money about Analysts to PE track circa 2013 or so 
  • Consulting Demons is out of print but can find used, obv about consulting but very good imo. There's also House of Lies which the show with Don Cheadle is based on
  • The Deal Maker - Guy Hands (founder of Terra Firma) 
  • What it Takes by Shwarzman (duh) 
  • Ride of a Lifetime (pre-Iger return memoir) is super heavy with M&A stories 
  • History of United States in Five Crashes
  • Red Notice - Bill Browder (some great perspectives via this memoir on how Russia actually works) 
  • Straight to Hell - Jon Lefevre (half these stories are prob made up but it's a good beach read - ECM jockey at Citi Hong Kong pre-China takeover in 2018) 
  • Bad Blood - John Carreyrou (guy who broke Elizabeth holmes story for WSJ, prob the closest thing to Barbarians you'll get)
  • Disrupted - Lyons , more senior writer goes to work for Hubspot during height of web 2.0 ZIRP bonanza, hilarity ensues when he works on a team of all 20-something women in Boston 
  • The Zeroes - Randall Lane, book about Pre-GFC excess and fall out, written by publisher of Trader Monthly 
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The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest. It's an incredibly impactful book that delves into the realms of self-discovery and personal growth.

 

Absolutely, I get what you're looking for! If you enjoyed books like ""Barbarians at the Gate"" and ""Den of Thieves,"" you might love ""The Smartest Guys in the Room"" by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind.

 

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