Like the title, what book do you guys/your peers/your bosses leisurely read to expand your mind professionally in this industry?
My MD frequently orders books from PEI's bookstore, cost him at least $400 - $500 a pop but the content is quite difficult for a junior like me to comprehend.
I'm reading Big Deals by Bruce Wasserstein.
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Quite like Michael Mauboussin's papers. Some of them are short books.
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