What are you reading?
What books are you guys reading, or have read/plan on reading? Fiction, non-fiction, biographies, do you guys have any great authors or historical figures who have written books or series of books that you absolutely recommend? Any great magazines or websites you guys turn to for quality, stimulating content? I feel like its essential to sanity always be reading something
I'm reading Epicurean Dealmaker's blog. Aside from the topics, The weird or ancient vocabulary entertains me as English language is my second language.
Also, Shakespeare was very wise man as well as great writer. He alone invented a few thousand words just to write his plays. Unfortunately, I understand nothing reading him.
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/curriculum-vitae
Good to know. For some people it is a tedious read. Anyway, Is he here? He's quite active on twitter.
With this comment I found something to replace Leveraged Sell-Out! Thank you!
Oh, if you've found Leveraged Sell-Out and Epicurean Dealmaker interesting, Equity Private's blog also can be interesting for you, if you are not familiar with her yet.
For books, I've recently finished Straight to Hell and When Genius Failed and I would recommend both of them (The former for laughs the latter for a good story)
As for magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Barron's would be my two favorites of the moment.
I know I'm in the minority here but I really hated When Genius Failed. It felt like an extended Wiki page about LT.
Yeah definitely agree with this at some points. For me its just another reminder that I'm not as smart an investor as I think I am.
i sneak into your moms room every night to read her diary
Just finished Albert Einstein's bio by Walter Isaacson. He was only 26 when he published 4 papers that completely changed our understanding of the universe (one of which would win him the Nobel Prize), and here I am almost 26 dicking around making powerpoint slides. Feelsbadman.jpg
lol
Take a step back here. It's not about who can do which tasks or which field is better. It's about achievements (regardless of domain) that permeate space and time, and Einstein had such achievements by 26.
Just finished Dune. Solid book that it kept my attention for a whole 800 pages but...overrated. I'd still recommend.
I enjoy biographies because they offer a glimpse into the minds of the most influential ppl. to ever roam the earth while putting our own struggles in perspective due to the resilience these highly accomplished ppl. often display. In the realm of biographies, i'd recommend Malcolm X autobio by Alex Haley, Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson, and Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.
I'm currently reading Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard, when I have the mental capacity left in a day to handle it. I'm also finishing up Left of Boom by Douglas Laux and Ralph Pezzullo. I highly recommend The Heart and the Fist by Eric Greitens. Up next will likely be Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
I often find myself scanning news.ycombinator.com for interesting content. Depends on your interests.
"Why Nations Fail" It's a book recommended for summer reading from one of my Econ professors. She used to work for Fed St.Louis and I really like and respect her. It's a 500-page book with some econ jargon in it, since it's written by two highly respected economists. Very insightful and fun to read.
Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow as well as Good to Great.
For fiction Lord of the Rings, call me a nerd but they're great books.
I've been reading [edit] mostly fiction lately. A few of my recent favorites:
The Sun Also Rises One Hundred Years of Solitude Down and Out in Paris and London
I thought that was non-fiction?
I'm reading Road to Wigan Pier. It's just okay. Going to read Underground Airlines next.
Yep you're right - good catch
I'm a bit of a voracious reader, its part compulsion and part enjoyment for me. I'm probably upwards of 50 books in the last year and a half, here's what I'd recommend out of those:
**Sapians/Homo Duex **- Both were fascinating and far-reaching. You may not agree with all the conclusions, but you'll find them thought-provoking nonetheless.
Not Fade Away/When Breath Becomes Air -- Different books, different authors, but similar stories. Both are accounts of dying by men confronting terminal illness in the prime of their lives. Its a a harrowing look at what its like trying to reconcile death with so much life still unlived. Both are a great source for renewed perspective on life and how fickle and unfair it can be.
An Uncomfortable Truth about Relationships -- Great for any guy who thinks he's not built for monogamy.
Filters Against Folly-- Published in 1985, but just as relevant today. The author is famous for having coined the phrase "the tragedy of the commons" The book is a paragon of clear, well articulated thinking. It will certainly provide some valuable mental models for analyzing the world.
The Immortal Irishman -- Fascinating biography very rich in Irish history
We Learn nothing-- A collection of essays worth reading for the prose and humor alone. His writing is unrivaled in my mind.
Recently, I've been reading a lot of Ken Wilbur. I'm on my third book by him but haven't made up my mind. He's another brilliant thinker with an immense ability to synthesize and distill large ideas that span history and different disciplines. However his work tends to venture further into the metaphysical than I can sometimes tolerate.
Currently Reading or Just Read: Good Strategy Bad Strategy - Best book on strategy I've come across. Difficult topic to conceptualize but gives a lot of useful case studies.
The Inner Game of Work - Have become increasingly interested in the mental side of business. Basically takes the mentality of a golfer, boxer, etc. and applies the principles to everyday work.
Principles by Ray Dalio - Really get an appreciation for what a deep thinker this guy is. Probably worth reading twice even if it is a bit extreme.
Blog Roll: WSO (obviously) HBR 25iq Farnam Street csinvesting ValueWalk Value Investors Club A bunch of other industry related stuff
"Prisoner but free" - it's a year or so old and it tells the story of Leopoldo Lopez. It really helps you understand how quickly everything has escalated in Venezuela.
I highly recommend it for anyone who doesn't have a clue of what's going on right now - good background/historical story and an overall captivating read.
DANGEROUS
How is it?
I like it so far - I am about 75% of the way through it. He has his expected comedic persona present in the book, but makes compelling intellectual arguments backed up by facts, which I wasn't expecting as much. Even touches a bit on some historical information to explain how we ended up in the current political climate. Breaks down to book into various groups of the political sphere who "hate" him - and explains why they do. Explains why he behaves how he does and tries to explain why people like him are necessary on the right.
Overall, it's enjoyable. I'm reading it for leisure , as I generally try to read books to make me better in business or life. I don't know if this book will make me "better" per se - but I think it would if I wanted to be a political commentator.
Against The Gods by Peter L. Bernstein- Excellent so far, would recommend to any guy that works or wants to work in high finance.
What is high Finance?
the STREET
Read it this summer as well, very good read. Curious if you came across it on the Reformed Broker (Josh Brown)'s summer reading list as well?
If you enjoyed Against the Gods, I'd recommend "How Not to Be Wrong - The Power of Mathematical Thinking". Its partly a historical account of the evolution of math, but also synthesizes a lot of economic, political, and social principles through math and statistics. It doesn't require much heavy lifting in terms of actual math either.
Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check that one out!
The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
By Pedro Domingos
FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY.
+1 .......... ;)
a book on churchill and orwell and some james rickards.
Recently read the Spider Network (by David Enrich), which is about the LIBOR fixing scandal. The book offers an interesting perspective on the guy who took the biggest punishment, Tom Hayes.
Is fan-fiction ok here? lol
anything goes lol
"Godel -Escher-Bach" A tiring but eye-opening book. It gives you a glimpse on how consciousness really arises
Just finished "The outliers" and the "Blink" from Gladwell and they are both exploring things that we see everyday but we never notice. Noticing those small things could change how you approach life.
Also Think fast and Slow from kahnemann was nothing less than revolutionary.
Red Notice by Bill Browder. Shocking book about how business is done in Russia. But if you are from Eastern Europe you may not be that shocked, its jungle everywhere not only in Russia. But I still couldnt believe what I am reading.
Just finished this book, it was awesome!
Red Notice is incredible. Would recommend it to anyone lurking the forms on here. I
ts more relevant than every as its rumoured Donald Trump Jr's secret Russian meeting centred around the key outcomes resulting from what Browder describes in the book.
Mystery/non-finance: The Secret History. Slow at the beginning, but hands down my favorite book Ive ever read. Semi-economicsy: Freakonomics Economics-based: Boomerang by Michael Lewis, so well written, articulated, planned, and flows impressively well for a book written on global economics written in laymans terms
Looks like we are all reading very boring staff
Just finished Dangerous by Milo. Quick read. Well done.
Since I practically have ADHD, I need to have several books started so I don't fall behind on my schedule. Right now there are three. For fiction, I have The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and on the breaks between pages all I can think is how awesome Mark Twain is. For non-fiction, there's Monkey Business, and I am finishing SuperFreakonomics (don't judge). I recently finished The Big Short and Straight to Hell. Damn It Feels Good to Be a Banker is ok, so if you're looking for a silly banker read, there's always that.
You look hawt though!
Dude that's not me If it was you'd probably get arrested for pedophilia, I'm in high school.
The Man in the High Tower-Couldn't get into the show but the premise makes for an interesting story line...what if the Germans/Japanese won World War II.
Good Profits - by Koch
Always disappointed with the lack of fiction being read by WSO users. There's just as much to be gained by reading something other than nonfiction works covering finance. Currently reading White Noise by Don DeLillo.
SBs to you and Big4please. Currently reading The Lady of the Lake from the witcher series. Sad it's the last one but highly recommend those books!
Reading some fantasy bullshit because I'm a nerd.
Essays by Warren Buffett and the Atlas Shrugged. Thought I had to give it a go. Cheers
Red Notice (by Bill Browder). This should be a must read given the friction between the US and Russia.
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road. The story itself is good, but it also gives you a lot to think about around the changes that may come with wider adoption of crypto-currency.
I would also second Against the Gods and the Einstein biography which were already mentioned.
Bill Browder is a legend
Just finished Hillbilly Elegy, which is an amazing memoir about a guy who grows up in the Rust Belt and despite his terrible home life and poor upbringing, makes it into Yale Law. An awesome read, I couldn't put the thing down and finished it in one weekend.
I'm now reading Tribe by Sebastian Junger on the recommendation of the Military guy from Wharton on here who recently did an AMA.
Hillbilly Elegy is a great book. I would definitely recommend to anyone. Especially someone who grew up in a blue collar family.
Currently (re)reading the art of war
I walked into a GS partner's office once for an internal mobility interview and I got the job solely because of the books I had been reading. Turns out he belonged to the same country club as William F Buckley.
Read, fellow monkeys, read often, read varied, read well. It will come in handy one day.
Was it reading Buckley's books that got you the job?
Being able to talk about his debates with Gore Vidal with just a casual mention of God & Man at Yale was enough that it was the only question asked on his end
Love this with that username
I hope you know it's a Bond villain lol. I'm not slamming chicks left and right
Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Some terrific recommendations on here. I've seen a large number of people in finance pick up Red Notice recently.
Here's my contribution to the thread:
Reading "King of Capital" and "The Hobbit"
Moneyball, Dynamic Hedging, every word that comes across my computer screen at all.
For heavy/frequent readers: How do you guys go about absorbing/retaining the content you read from books that take forever to finish?
Bump
Just finished The Strange Death of Europe by Murray. Moving to Taleb's Incerto.
They have some good recommendations: https://www.ft.com/summerbooks
The Gatekeepers
About the position of POTUS' Chief of Staff. Especially interesting read considering the drama in Trump's White House and the firing of Priebus and subsequent hiring of John Kelly.
I am currently readying The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It.
Pretty good book. Very similar to Liars Poker, which i read last summer and I highly recommend as well. Also try straight to hell. These are books that I find teach you a little about the industry, but also give you some laughs and you're not so bogged down in theory.
Currently reading "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie as well as Liar's Poker
Venture Deals is my current book.
I recently read Zero to One by Peter Thiel. Highly recommend. He thinks in a very different way.
Also read The Age of Cryptocurrency, the Upstarts, and Mastering the VC game.
I'm trying to learn the VC/Start-up industry so been blowing through these books.
The Fourth Part of The World was very good to me. It's about maps and might not have the best narrative, weaving through the story of how maps developed along with the explorers using them. But it's offers excellent insight into commerce and how people thought before the world became what we know it as today.
Just finished "The Tiger: A Story of Vengeance and Survival". Pretty bad ass story esp. if you're into wildlife/tigers and interested by Russia.
About to start "The Gulag Archipelago", which is about the forced labor camp system in the Soviet Union.
Mixing trading-related books with some fiction.
Last two I finished are:
Make Something Up by Chuck Palahniuk - some crazy shit in there. Was slightly annoyed by the Fight Club references.
Trend Following by Michael Covel - good read in the sense that I respect the balls all of the people featured in the book have shown in their trading. Offered a different perspective since I am mostly focused on arbitrage and special situations.
Just started reading Manias, Panics and Crashes but it seems kind of meh so far.
I try to mix reading/listening to books and professional development/fiction. This is what I've got going on right now.
Audiobook-** Lonesome Dove**- great trilogy about a couple of cowboys in the old west. This book would be brutal to read in paper format. The audiobook alone is 40 hrs. (Next up, 2nd book in trilogy)
Paper Fiction- Where The Rivers Change Direction- book about a kid who grew up on a dude ranch outside of Yellowstone. Talk about a badass way to grow up. It's a dangerous book though as it makes you want to quit everything and move out west. (Next up, The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy)
Paper Professional Development- The Real Estate Game- I haven't made it too far into it yet but the author explains things in a down to earth and humble tone which is refreshing in a real estate book. (Next up, The One Thing)
I actually hate reading but I realize it necessity both personally and professionally. If you also hate it, my biggest tip would be to get Audible. It is a subscription based audiobook service. You can "read" a book while doing other mundane tasks throughout the day.
Currently reading Shoe Dog, maybe my expectations were too high but I find it a tad overrated.
I also try to supplement any book I'm reading with an investment heavy read- currently its Quality of Earnings. A touch dry but finding it very useful and still relevant today.
Just finished Liar's Poker and now reading Lunar Park by Brett Easton Ellis. I enjoyed all the books he wrote except American Psycho. That is the only book I've ever read that I regret reading, based on how disturbing it is.
Currently reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King. First book i've read by him and its been pretty entertaining so far.
"The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit." This guy up and left everything at 20 years old, got out of his car and walked into the woods and lived there with basically no human interaction for almost 30 years. It's fascinating to hear how he did it and what he's like
I'm not reading, I'm writing ... a manifesto after @Angel Molester" denied me entry into a sex dungeon. The world will rue that day.
Fiction - The Fountainhead Finance - King of Capital Psychology - Influence (Cialdini) Women - The rational male Philosophy - The Daily Stoic Effectiveness - The 7 Habits of highly effective people
Have a long list from each of the above categories if anyone wants more. The above 6 will stand you in good stead for winning at life.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Lolita by Nabokov This book so good! My colleagues gave me a present. I was so happy!
My grandpa was a Freemason. He's been dead for awhile but my grandpa kept a lot of his stuff as is. I was looking through his office this summer when I was over at my grandma's, and I found the Freemason etiquette manual & history that is given to all brothers. Started reading out of sheer curiosity.
It's from the 1950s, so some of it might be out of date, but it's still pretty cool.
What is the most invaluable book you have ever read? What did you learn from it? (Originally Posted: 12/27/2016)
Mine was the rabbit and turtle race story. Too bad, it wasn't until I was older did I realize the significance of the moral story. I learned that slow and steady wins the race.
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. This book taught me a lot about patience and the power of now. If you want something to happen for you do it now because time is not guaranteed or the future. I really recommend this book, it is a MUST READ BEFORE YOU DIE.
Currently reading - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
vivid accounts from the daily life of a mortician. nearly 5 star reviews on Amazon. a must read if you're fascinated with the details of humanity post-death.
What Fiction Do You Read? (Originally Posted: 08/18/2012)
Andy note: "Blast from the past - Best of Eddie" - This one is originally from Nov. 2009 . If there's an old post from Eddie you'd like to see up again shoot me a message.
We spend a fair amount of time on this site discussing the best books for this or that discipline or books about the market in general. Lately, there has been a predictable spate of books published on the crisis, and most of them have been pretty good. But I got an interesting PM the other day, and I thought it was worth exploring with all of you.
Don't fret: Team Obama is still spending the country into oblivion, the vampire squid is hard at work enslaving humanity, and I'm mostly sober; in other words, it's a pretty average Friday. We therefore have the time to discuss something that might be a little departure from our normally high-minded and well-reasoned market debates.
The question I received was, "What fiction do you read?" I gave the questioner the benefit of the doubt and assumed by fiction he was referring to novels and such, and not the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee minutes or pronouncements from the Congressional Budget Office. It's an interesting question. I think most of us on WSO are pretty analytical and are therefore predisposed to concentrating on non-fiction. Plus there's the time considerations. If you're working 80 hours a week and spending a fair amount of your off-work time in a mostly futile effort to find willing (or at least not openly hostile) sex partners, it doesn't leave a lot of time for pleasure reading.
Fiction serves important purposes, though, and you might be missing out if your nightstand reading is all technical analysis and no fun and games. Your mind needs an escape, and television is far too vacuous to provide any real stimulation and relaxation. Your fiction should be enjoyable and escapist, preferably taking you far from your normal daily routine. Maybe it's a potboiler detective story or a trashy romance novel. Hell, for some of you it might even be Harry Potter, but I digress. Before you ask, Ayn Rand doesn't count. Not that you shouldn't read her (you should), you just shouldn't take her to bed.
What fiction do I read? Well, just last night I finished the Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest) and it was fantastic. It's translated from Swedish and it's about a girl who is an extremely gifted computer hacker but she's also not quite right and is prone to extreme violence. The whole series was deeply immersive, completely escapist, and very hard to put down. Unfortunately, the author mysteriously died after delivering the 3 manuscripts to his publisher, so these are the last we'll see from him.
Aside from that, I also read a good bit of historical fiction and my share of screwball crime fiction (Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, etc). I love stories of con men and other miscreants, and reading things like that really relaxes me.
So what I want to know is what fiction you guys read. Do you read fiction at all? If so, read any good books lately?
Thanks for the recommendations, that trilogy sounds fascinating. The author just died after completing the manuscripts? Just wow.
I usually read historical fiction. It's been a while since I have touched the genre, mainly because I can't find the time. But you should should give James Clavell (author of King Rat, Shogun, Taipan, Noble House, Gai-Jin, Whirlwind) a try.
completely forgot about clavell. i read shogun and it was awesome. i began reading very early on and was mostly reading fantasy and sci-fi until i exhausted the good ones (not many good authors in that field, and come to think of it, i haven't really gotten to asimov yet, tho he looks promising). but sometime late in highschool i began to read the classics like the three musketeers by dumas, tolstoy's war and peace, dostoevski's the idiot, had a small sortie to the complete hitchhiker's guide, and all of them are equally recommended. today i'm reading haruki murakami's norwegian wood - very nice, escapist, semi-pornographic even. but i can hardly find the time with all the coursework and me being a hopeless procrastinator... oh, and the complete works of lewis caroll - very idealist state of mind. no, i don't think he was a pedophile, i think he admired children and their innocence, but that's for another discussion.
"(The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest)"
Heard they were good a while ago from a friend of mine. Didn't give much thought about them since then. If you could recommend one to start with which one would it be? In other words, which was your favorite out of the three. Sounds interesting now that you shed some light on what's beneath the covers.
Start with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. You really need to read them in order. You won't be able to put them down.
Here's some really good info on the author and the books: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/13/stieg-larsson-nick-…
...SEC filings and equity research
Myself, have a few favorite authors, Tom Wolfe at the top of the list, also enjoyed Jonathan Safran Foer's first two books, haven't picked up Eating Animals yet (mostly because I like eating animals...)
I tend to like travel writting - guess there's the obvious escapism thing going on there. It always makes me feel like a looser who's wasting his youth in some shitty office though so maybe I should stop.
In terms of fiction the best book I read recently was The Road by McCarthy - at the time thought it was absolutely amazing but looking back it's good but not the classic in waiting ppl make it out to be.
The movie is coming out soon, starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo got a great review in The Economist, it's been on my list.
I second the recommendation for Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Quietly emotional and powerful. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by the same author is even better, I have never read anything that so completely drew me into the protagonist's world. Great storytelling, a bit on the lighthearted side.
Spring Snow is another great piece of Japanese literature. It's the magnum opus of Yukio Mishima, a celebrate post-war author who is notorious for having committed seppuku (ritual suicide). The incredibly beautiful prose survives the translation, though I can only imagine what it would be like to read it in Japanese. A really subtle psychological tale.
The Remains of the Day is a Japanese-British work, written by Kazuo Ishiguro. The subject matter seems rather uninspiring at first, but it is probably one of the most powerful works on regret and loss ever written. The author manages to perfectly construct the inner world of the main character and share all his feelings and flaws. It is a very good book for bankers to read, because it deals with issues of sacrificing one's self for the sake of his career - highly recommended.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is possibly one of the best books I've ever read. Oscar Wilde's prose and wit can never be replicated and is exhilarating.
FYI: The first two installments of the Millennium Trilogy have already been made into movies.
When I was reading them, I thought they would make good movies. Some books do and others don't, but I think this series lends itself well to film. I just hope they don't fuck it up.
American Psycho, of course.
Then I like dystopian books. The Ice People by Barjavel was awesome.
I also enjoy dystopian literature. Makes me wonder if there is an antisocial streak in Wall Street types.
Bret Easton Ellis actually writes in a very interesting style, although a bit much at times, I find the fascination around money and status quite interesting. I suppose I have been a bit cliche reading his books along with Bonfire of the Vanities, but it is whatever entertains you.
Martin Amis, Time's Arrow was great (pre Benjamin Button)
Anyone read Don Delillo?
obviously the most recent fiction edmundo has read is palin's latest autobiography
that's actually an autobiography i'd love to read, assuming, of course, that she wrote it all by her little'ole self. (fat chance)
New Trailer for the movie:
investment banking pitch books.
Daniel Craig signs on to play Mikael Blomkvist in the English language version of the movie due next year:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100727/D9H7IK0G1.html
I can see that working.
Too bad he thought his version of Blomkvist having a Swedish accent "would get in the way" of his acting.
My favorite book of the summer is Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man." After being booted from a southern Negro college in the mid 1900s, a young black man moves to Harlem and becomes involved with a communist brotherhood. At its most superficial level the book is about various kinds of racism in America. In the all-black college, the man meets a prominent white trustee from Boston who tells him that their destinies are connected, that the students at the school need to become successful for he himself to feel accomplished. In the North, the communist brotherhood is led by mostly unseen white men who manipulate the protagonist (and the rest of the young and confused black soldiers) to gain the support of poor and disgruntled black folks. The men of this brotherhood commonly refer to themselves as "scientists".
The questions this text opens up are far broader than racism. The anonymous protagonist is a young black man being used as a pawn in the grand schemes of more powerful white men. They don't see him, they see a means to an end, they see cheap capital for their own personal and sociopolitical ambitions. In the end, he decides to live off the grid, to be literally invisible--as opposed to the metaphorical when he was unseen through ignorance, delusion, etc.
I think it's ultimately about developing a self-identity while living a life as a cog in someone's machine. I think that this is a perfect metaphor for what most of you guys on here do, and is crucial for a meaningful and satisfying life.
I'm almost done with Orhan Pamuk's bestseller, called "Snow." It's about a writer who travels into the Turkish hinterlands from Istanbul to report on some Islamic girls who have committed suicide, but while he's there, a snowstorm blocks all the roads out of town. Interesting things start happening.
Favorite writer, by the way, is Leo Tolstoy. The man was a genius.
Currently I am reading the A Song of Fire and Ice series. One of the best fantasy series I've ever read.
I second this. Planning to read the third book once season three starts
I'll probably get the snoot award for saying this, but I think Jonathan Franzen is the best writer active today. He's not an action packed read, but if you like to get deep with a book that makes you think, and maybe cry a little, nothing better.
Just about the only fiction I enjoy are Tom Clancy. I find non-fiction to be a lot more entertaining. I enjoy military books, and books about baseball players because often times they're just as exciting as fictional books. I'm currently reading "Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power" and so far it's a pretty good read.
Zerohedge.
Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer, hands down!
All you bookaholics, check out this blog:
http://theliterarystew.blogspot.ca/
I haven't yet read any of the recommended books, but they seem to have good reviews. Hope it helps.
What do you guys read re: lifestyle, food, fashion, manly shit (Originally Posted: 09/16/2013)
What mags, sites, etc do you guys read - when you have time not connected to reading finance related stuff - to keep up with lifestyle trends, etc?
Maybe Thrillist, Art of Manliness, GQ (does anybody read Details anymore?)
I ask because a couple of guy friends of mine in food and drinks biz and men's fashion are looking to start an upscale email mag, sort of an anti-Thrillist, for affluentish (or guys well on their way) guys who are interested in less bro-y things. Basically for ballers (or pre-ballers) with taste. Think this would be something you guys would read?
so basically its a Sports Illustrated for kids version of GQ for wanna be ballers?
Basically, lol
Checkout these sites:
uncrate.com and coolmaterial.com - for gear and tech stuff
mensjournal.com- for all the above
I'd call it Dragon-ball-Z. Sounds quite ballsy!
Askmen.com is good for a good laugh from time to time.
Boatshoesandbeats.com isn't bad for random BS
I've checked out uncrate and coolmaterial, which they already knew about. Says the mag would be a cross between British GQ, CoolMaterial, FT's How To Spend It (with a little of the old Trader Daily's lifestyle section thrown in). If anybody's interested, send them a shout over at Alfred(at)alpha mag.co. I'm trying to get them to change the name...
@adapt or die ,I find this crazy..... I go onto that Boatshoesandbeats.com and on the homepage homeboy is wearing the same EXACT shit im wearing today to work.... eerie stuff... cardigan, collared shirt, khakis, boatshoes, wayfarers... well I guess that website is officially marked on my favs page LOL.
got some sites from this thread. Thanks
I am not metro; so I do not read that sort of stuff.
Best non-investing books (Originally Posted: 05/29/2014)
Following on from the best investing books post, I'm curious to hear about the best non-investing books you've read (fiction or non-fiction). I'm a huge reader and am looking to expand my reading list. Especially curious about great biographies/autobiographies.
I am reading few books on the Dalai Lama, a hero of mine and a great inspiration.
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell. Marilyn Manson
Sam Walton's Made In America, still business-oriented but great insight into his life
"Thinking, Fast and Slow" - Daniel Kahneman
"The World as Will and Representation" - Schopenhauer. Enlightening and scary at the same time. It taught me that the universe is apprehensible through introspection.
I love these threads. There are so many books I need to get to. I only get through like 3 books a month. I'm so bad about putting aside short-term bullshit like Tinder and general debauchery to read for a few hours.
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