15 must-read nonfiction books like Interception: The Secrets Of Modern Sports Betting by Ed Miller

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Interception: The Secrets Of Modern Sports Betting

By: Ed Miller

4.33

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

In just five years, the sports betting landscape in the US has been turned on its head. Old school …

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Cover of A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market by Edward O. Thorp

1. A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

By: Edward O. Thorp

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to be… read more

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Cover of Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street by William Poundstone

2. Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street

By: William Poundstone

4.19

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathem… read more

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"The best on horses you think will lose are a valuable "insurance policy." When rare disaster strikes, you'll be glad you had the insurance. 71 The exponential growth of wealth in the Kelly system is …"

-William Poundstone, Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street

Cover of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't by Nate Silver

3. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't

By: Nate Silver

3.75

Format: None pages,

Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 elec… read more

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4. Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak

By: Travis Sawchik

3.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller After twenty consecutive losing seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, team … read more

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5. Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order )

By: None

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An ex-Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball's famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat t… read more

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6. The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team

By: Ben Lindbergh , Sam Miller

3.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

What would happen if two statistics-minded outsiders were allowed to run a professional baseball te… read more

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7. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an in… read more

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8. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable… read more

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9. Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems

By: Betsy Beyer , Chris Jones , Jennifer Petoff , None

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

The overwhelming majority of a software system's lifespan is spent in use, not in design or impleme… read more

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Cover of Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher

10. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

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Cover of Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

11. Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many … read more

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"The “persecution"

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

"Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake."

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

"If you do not take risks for your opinion, you're nothing."

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

"Freedom is always associated with risk taking, whether it leads to it or comes from it."

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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12. Permanent Record

By: Edward Snowden

4.30

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveill… read more

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"The government should be afraid of the people, the people shouldn't be afraid of the government."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

"This was the ultimate leap of faith, in a way: I could hardly trust anyone, so I had to trust everyone."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

"A little bit of math can accomplish what all the guns and barbed wire can't: a little bit of math can keep a secret."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

"The reason you're reading this book is that I did a dangerous thing for a man in my position: I decided to tell the truth."

-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

Cover of Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael   Lewis

13. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

By: Michael Lewis

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more

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Cover of The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman

14. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

By: Gregory Zuckerman

4.03

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the … read more

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Cover of The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players by Ben Lindbergh

15. The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players

By: Ben Lindbergh

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Move over, Moneyball -- a cutting-edge look at major league baseball's next revolution: the high-te… read more

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Cover of The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win by Maria Konnikova

16. The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win

By: Maria Konnikova

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestseller! A New York Times Notable Book “The tale of how Konnikova followed … read more

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Cover of Astroball: The New Way to Win It All by Ben Reiter

17. Astroball: The New Way to Win It All

By: Ben Reiter

4.20

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

When Sports Illustrated declared on the cover of a June 2014 issue that the Houston Astros would wi… read more

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Cover of Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk by Billy Walters

18. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk

By: Billy Walters

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more

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Cover of Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution by Ryan O'Hanlon

19. Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

By: Ryan O'Hanlon

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An in-depth examination of the rise of analytics in soccer and the wild experiments unfolding aroun… read more

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Cover of Interception: The Secrets Of Modern Sports Betting by Ed Miller

20. Interception: The Secrets Of Modern Sports Betting

By: Ed Miller

4.33

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

In just five years, the sports betting landscape in the US has been turned on its head. Old school … read more

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Cover of Bayesian Sports Models in R by Andrew Mack

21. Bayesian Sports Models in R

By: Andrew Mack

4.40

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Unlock the Power of Bayesian Statistics with RThis comprehensive guide is designed for anyone who w… read more

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4.28

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