Recommended Books to Read

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#21

Thanks guys! I also picked up Flash Boys and I am almost done with it. Awesome read so far and its also exciting to follow whats currently going on with Brad Katsuyama and the senate. Great time to read the book.

I also picked up this book called The Dao of Capital written by Mark Spitznagel:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Spitznagel

Has anyone read this? What an amazing track record.

#22

Lone Survivor

#23

Any recommendation on fiction books?

#24

Black Swan recommended Ready Player One to me last week. I finished it in two days. If you love the '80’s (and you damn well should) then it’s a must-read.

#25

tony siragusa book is hilarious and quick read

#26

I’m not much into science fiction but will give it a shot.

#27

Michael Connelly is cool criminal fiction - http://www.michaelconnelly.com/extras/series/

Stephen Frey is fantastic financial fiction - http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AStephen%20Frey

John Grisham is good legal fiction - http://www.jgrisham.com/books/

All the Money in the World - Case study on individuals in the Forbes 400 list (not a single CFA)

Making a Good Brain Great - Dr. Dan Amen, brain health 101, solid.

LinkedIn used to have a books app so one could keep track of books they and others were reading. I used to have 100+ completed reads with my notes on a recommendation. They axed it, and such, I don’t recall a ton of the good books I’ve read.

DoW, respect. I can’t stand to read yet another lucky fckers tale of how they correctly guessed what the market would do, somehow were correct, and attribute it all to skill.

#28

For Fantasy Fiction, I’m re-reading The Name of the Wind and will soon re-read its sequel. Still good.

For Science Fiction, my favorite book is probably The Forever War.

#29

There’s a pretty good book out there only available on Kindle for 99 cents. I think it’s called “Morgenthal & Company”. It’s about a hypothetical investment bank and its struggles through the years.

Think–CFA curriculum meets When Genius Failed.

#30

I have a rule to never read books during the summer (and as I’m disciplined I never break it) but once Fall arrives Flash Boys will be the first book on my list. I’ve heard positive reviews.

#31

For supyogov

#32

grazie

#33

I’m reading Black Swan by Nassim Taleb. I find it very interesting.

#34

^I own it. Never read it.

But I imagine that watching Black Swan with Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis would be even more interesting.

#35

Great book that gets you thinking. I don’t agree with everything Taleb says, but there are some valuable ways to think about problems included. Anti-Fragile and Fooled by Randomness are better, though. Fooled is actually a brilliant read.

#36

Anyone else have opinions on Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan? I want to read one of those but don’t know which one is better/more interesting.

#37

Anything – seriously: absolutely _ anything _ – by P.G. Wodehouse.

#38

Thanks, I’ll have to check those out!

#39

-Said no one ever.

#40

Anyone read “Outliers” by Gladwell?