I read this as a sophomore and it was quite helpful in understanding investment banks and which division most interested me:

http://www.amazon.com/Investment-Banking-Explained-Insiders-Industry/dp…

This one is the standard recommendation for learning valuation/modeling:

http://www.amazon.com/Investment-Banking-Valuation-Leveraged-Acquisitio…

Some more enjoyable reading around finance and investment banking: Liar's Poker Barbarians at the Gate Predator's Ball Street Freak Monkey Business The Big Short Too Big to Fail

 

Do a search for "books" and READ through the posts.

"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer "Your grammar made me wish I'd been aborted." -happypantsmcgee
 

Aswath Damodaran's Investment Valuation is very good. It helps to know general finance first or have read and comprehended the Vault guide at the very least. It is not that tough of a read and he does a great job of explaining some intricacies in valuation. His website is also great. I'm a little biased though.

 

Check out the links.

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/rate-em-best-books-on-ib-ma-corpo…

The poster in this thread mentioned a book called ScoopBooks - The Practitioner's Guide to Investment Banking & Mergers & Acquisitions. Does anyone know: is this book commonly handed out to incoming analysts?

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/ma-books

http://www.scoopbooks.com/ourbooks_2.php

 

[quote=F9 - Update]Check out the links.

//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/rate-em-best-books-on-ib-ma-corporate-fi…

The poster in this thread mentioned a book called ScoopBooks - The Practitioner's Guide to Investment Banking & Mergers & Acquisitions. Does anyone know: is this book commonly handed out to incoming analysts?

//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/ma-books

http://www.scoopbooks.com/ourbooks_2.php[/quote]

This book is probably the best book on Investment banking by far. It is written by a couple of people that worked for JP Morgan, and the book is very comprehensive. I am on the Chapter where it gets in to how to do a lbo model. I highly recommend the book, and it says practioner's guide for a reason(It is written by practitioners.) The book is very well written, and from it, you will get a list of some more great books to get into. I have have ordered 2 books that they recommended in the appendix.

Its kind of expensive, but definitely worth the investment

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