What's on your reading list?
Hey monkeys, I wanted to know what you all plan to read in the near future.
I finished school on Monday and have graduation on Saturday! With more free time than usual I have more time to read the books I managed to stockpile during the semester. Shout out to @dcrowoar" for giving me the inspiration to write this post!
Here's my list; it's heavy towards persuasion and sales because I am looking to become a salesman. I would appreciate any books on selling and persuasion, if you know of any.
It's my Company Too! by Tom Walter (actually met the guy during class, humble and offered to help)
How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams
*United Nations Journal: A Delegate's Odyssey *by William F Buckley, Jr
West of the Night by Beryl Markham
Mentored by a Millionaire by Steven K. Scott
Jeffrey Gitomer's Sales Bible by Jeffrey Gitomer
Little Black Book of Connections: 6.5 Assets for Networking Your Way to Rich Relationships by Jeffrey Gitomer
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
I will get around to re-reading How to Win Friends and Influence People but wanted to check out the books I just bought.
So what's on your reading list monkeys?
@dchd9" Congratulations on finishing school and hope you have a terrific graduation. Glad to see that you added the Buckley book to your reading list; it definitely deserves to be more known than it is currently.
Thank you for the recommendation! I just remembered that one of my professors enjoys Buckley's writing (they had a similar childhood), so I'll definitely pass the book on to him.
I've been putting them off but the next two books on my list are Confidence Game by Christine S. Richard and Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, A Long Short Story by David Einhorn.
Read through the description of the latter. Looks interesting.
Where did you hear about it?
I've been looking a lot into activism and defense lately and both of these are good examples of a detailed walk through of the reasoning behind two high profile cases related to A/D.
If you are interested in that, Deep Value by Tobias E. Carlisle is a good one to start with.
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-bloomberg-book-list/
I just wishlisted a bunch of these.
Cool list. Any recent reads?
A lot of these books are new, but yeah I read Thinking Fast & Slow last year and definitely recommend it.
Best book on Investing: The Most Important Thing Iluminated by Howard Marks
ditto.
also OP, Ed Thorp (effectively the inventor of counting cards in blackjack & a legendary hedge fund investor) has a book coming out in january, get it and thank me later.
Nice, he's one of the most memorable Market Wizards interviewees. "Everybody gets what they want out of the markets"
Thanks for the rec; I'll check it out!
Haha thebrofessor for Sec of State 2016
Be aware of what you're paying for. From reading the reviews and the synopsis, it seems that it is an autobiography.
I enjoyed Scott Adams' book. Just finished Zero to One by Peter Thiel which is all around fascinating but has interesting thoughts on sales as well. Also halfway through Secret's of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar pretty enjoyable. Gonna start on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius soon.
My Amazon reading wish list has over 600 items, but these are the ones that I have queued up next:
Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine - John Abramson Confidence Game: How Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Called Wall Street's Bluff - Christine S. Richard Ego Is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday The Billionaire's Apprentice: The Rise of The Indian-American Elite and The Fall of The Galleon Hedge Fund - Anita Raghavan Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror - Erik Prince
I've been reading up on the Valeant thing lately and found it quite incredible, so probably going to try and understand the pharma/biotech industry next.
Confidence Game is a phenomenal book; you and FinanceBrah will really enjoy it. I'd be surprised if you don't finish it with a positive view of Ackman. Ryan Holiday's books are always great and I'm especially excited for his take on Katharine Graham in Ego is the Enemy.
If you want to read up on Blackwater/mercs in Iraq, definitely recommend Big Boy Rules https://www.amazon.com/Big-Boy-Rules-Mercenaries-Hardcover/dp/B003KVYL0…
Added to my list. It seems like one of the most fascinating aspects of the Americans overseas.
Give & Take by Adam Grant. Are you going into sales?
Yes, I do. :)
After having recently established that asking some of the wiser members of this forum for their reading list precludes you from being a real person, I sure am glad to see that this thread appears to thrive.
All bs aside, one I recently added is the Navidi's book "SUPER-HUBS"
That does look interesting. I'll wishlist it too.
https://www.amazon.com/SUPERHUBS-Financial-Elite-their-Networks/dp/1857…
Appalachian Trail Planning guide for hiking the AT.
Interesting. When are you hiking the AT? I've never been.
I have camped and hiked numerous portions of the AT over the years but this is planning for an attempted thru-hike in 2018.
The War of Art 100 Deadly Skills About Face http://jockopodcast2.com/jocko-podcast-books/
I forgot I pre-ordered on Amazon, and it just came.
"Tools of Titans" by Tim Ferrris
-600 pages of advice from everyone from titans of industry, sports, government. like an encyclopedia of knowledge for life.
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Just finished Opening Belle, now moving on to re-reading "Thinking Fast and Slow", then this:
https://goo.gl/search/The+Undoing+Project:+A+Friendship+That+Changed+Ou… The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds, Book by Michael Lewis
And then probably "Trump and the Roots of Rage" afterwards.
Looks like we have he same reading list currently. If you enjoyed Thinking fast and slow, I highly recommend misbehaving by Richard Thaler too.
I'll have to add it. I always liked psychology/behavioral economics books. Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely is another great one.
The 50th Law by Robert Greene & 50 Cent.
One of my favorite books, it dives into the mindset of 50 Cent and how he strategically grew his business ventures. Also a good frame of reference when you have a long/stressful day - he had no parents by 8 years old and grew up by the streets, much harsher than a 80 hour work week ;)
Critique of Pure Reason - Kant
Highly recommended.
I greatly enjoy reading and usually buy books in bulk from Amazon since im a weirdo. Currently reading $100 Startup and Flash Boys. I highly recommend Freakonomics Series, Malcolm Gladwell books, and Chip and Dan Heath books.
My list on Amazon is:
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: How Risk Taking Transforms Us, Body and Mind
Just finished this one. Great read.
Even if you are not interested in the subject, I recommend "Our Last Invention: Artificial Intelligence", by James Barrat. It's a high level overview of Singularity, and what is to come.
Anything by Sam Harris is a must read (in my opinion).
Recent reads I've really enjoyed were Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder & Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.
Books currently on my reading list include: Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst by Daniel Reingold The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism by Jeff Gramm
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