15 Best finance books like Red-Blooded Risk: The Secret History of Wall Street by Aaron Brown

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Red-Blooded Risk: The Secret History of Wall Street

By: Aaron Brown

3.89

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

An innovative guide that identifies what distinguishes the best financial risk takers from the rest…

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1. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

By: Roger Lowenstein , Edwin Lefèvre

4.18

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

First published in 1923, "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" is the most widely read, highly recomm… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
"If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month. But if he didn't profit by his mistakes he wouldn't own a blessed thing"

-Roger Lowenstein, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

"No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play."

-Roger Lowenstein, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

"Old Baron Rothschild’s recipe for wealth winning applies with greater force than ever to speculation. Somebody asked him if making money in the Bourse was not a very difficult matter and he replied t…"

-Roger Lowenstein, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

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2. 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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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
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3. 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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  • mathematics
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
"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

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4. Stories of Your Life and Others

By: Ted Chiang

4.26

Format: 281 pages, ebook

What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we… read more

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"Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"I remember when you'll be a month old, and I'll stumble out of bed to give you your 2:00 a.m. feeding."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

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5. Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders (Market Wizards, #1)

By: Jack D. Schwager

4.27

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

What separates the world's top traders from the vast majority of unsuccessful investors? Jack Schwa… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
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6. The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment

By: Guy Spier

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

What happens when a young Wall Street investment banker spends a small fortune to have lunch with W… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
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7. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America

By: Warren Buffett

3.54

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
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8. Invisible Cities

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more

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9. Expected Returns: An Investor's Guide to Harvesting Market Rewards

By: Antti Ilmanen , None

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

This comprehensive reference delivers a toolkit for harvesting market rewards from a wide range of … read more

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10. The (Mis)Behavior of Markets

By: Benoît B. Mandelbrot , Richard L. Hudson

5.00

Format: None pages,

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11. More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places

By: Michael J. Mauboussin

4.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Michael Mauboussin, one of Wall Street's most creative and influential minds offers provocative new… read more

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12. Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

By: Richards J. Heuer Jr.

4.27

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

With intelligence now getting a front-row seat in governments around the world, this book is especi… read more

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13. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

By: James C. Scott

4.20

Format: 461 pages, Paperback

Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier’s urban planning t… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
"An urban space where the police are the sole agents of order is a very dangerous place."

-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

"Just as the general design of the city militates against an autonomous public life, so the design of the residential city militates against individuality."

-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

"The authorized histories of revolutions, as Milovan Djilas points out, “describe the revolution as if it were the fruit of the previously planned action of its leaders."

-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

"After seizing state power, the victors have a powerful interest in moving the revolution out of the streets and into the museums and schoolbooks as quick as possible, lest the people decide to repeat…"

-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

14. One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market

By: John Rothchild , Peter Lynch

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

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15. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

By: Robert B. Cialdini

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"—and how … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"Embarrassment is a villain to be crushed."

-Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

"The customers, mostly well-to-do vacationers with little knowledge of turquoise, were using a standard principle—a stereotype—to guide their buying: “expensive = good."

-Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

"A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do."

-Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

"The truly gifted negotiator, then, is one whose initial position is exaggerated enough to allow for a series of concessions that will yield a desirable final offer from the opponent, yet is not so ou…"

-Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

16. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

By: Jared Diamond

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

'Diamond has written a book of remarkable scope . . . one of the most important and readable works … read more

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17. Hedge Fund Market Wizards

By: Jack D. Schwager

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fascinating insights into the hedge fund traders who consistently outperform the markets, in their … read more

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18. The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit

By: Aswath Damodaran

3.00

Format: None pages, ebook

An accessible, and intuitive, guide to stock valuationValuation is at the heart of any investment d… read more

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19. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
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20. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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21. Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

By: Annie Duke

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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22. Trend Following (Updated Edition): Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets

By: Michael W. Covel

3.76

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Michael Covel is the author of five including the international bestseller, Trend Following and hi… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
"The aim is to make money, not to be right"

-Michael W. Covel, Trend Following (Updated Edition): Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets

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23. Best Loser Wins: Why Normal Thinking Never Wins the Trading Game – written by a high-stake day trader

By: Tom Hougaard

4.54

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Best Loser Wins is an intimate insight into one of the most prolific high-stake retail traders in t… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
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24. Hell Yeah or No

By: Derek Sivers

4.26

Format: 122 pages, ebook

A collection of thoughts around re-defining yourself, changing focus, and saying yes to less read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"People often ask me what they can do to be more successful. I say disconnect. Even if just for a few hours. Unplug. Turn off your phone and Wi-Fi. Focus. Write. Practice. Create. That’s what’s rare a…"

-Derek Sivers, Hell Yeah or No

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25. Central Banking 101

By: Joseph J. Wang

4.41

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Central banking is magic. With a few words, the Fed can lift the stock market out of desperation an… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
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26. Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence

By: James E. Lovelock

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, … read more

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  • nonfiction
"The experience of watching your garden grow gives you some idea of how future AI systems will feel when observing human life."

-James E. Lovelock, Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence

"The pioneer and would-be spacefarer Elon Musk said he would like to die on Mars, though not on impact. Martian conditions suggest death on impact might be preferable."

-James E. Lovelock, Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence

"Even where we live, on the edge of the sea and far from any waste-disposal site, large vans come to collect the paper and other waste that is part of modern life. I have often wondered if the interne…"

-James E. Lovelock, Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence

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27. The Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions

By: Victor Haghani

3.90

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Over the past century, if the wealthiest families had spent a reasonable fraction of their wealth, … read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
Cover of Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy by Bruce C. Greenwald

28. Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy

By: Bruce C. Greenwald

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Since 1980, Michael Porter’s classic Competitive Strategy has provided the methodology that most bi… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
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29. The Laws of Trading: A Trader's Guide to Better Decision-Making for Everyone (Wiley Trading)

By: Agustin Lebron

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Every decision is a trade. Learn to think about the ones you should do ― and the ones you shouldn’t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
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30. Beyond Diversification: What Every Investor Needs to Know About Asset Allocation

By: Sebastien Page

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Generate solid, long-term profits with a portfolio allocated for your investing needs Asset alloca… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • finance
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31. Red-Blooded Risk: The Secret History of Wall Street

By: Aaron Brown

3.89

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

An innovative guide that identifies what distinguishes the best financial risk takers from the rest… read more

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  • mathematics
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business

20 Top nonfiction books like Red-Blooded Risk: The Secret History of Wall Street by Aaron Brown

Transform Your Habits

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Roger Lowenstein , Edwin Lefèvre

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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

Edward O. Thorp

4.24

Transform Your Habits

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

William Poundstone

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders (Market Wizards, #1)

Jack D. Schwager

4.27

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20 best-selling nonfiction books like The Laws of Trading: A Trader's Guide to Better Decision-Making for Everyone (Wiley Trading) by Agustin Lebron

Transform Your Habits

How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region

Joe Studwell

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Roger Lowenstein , Edwin Lefèvre

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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

Edward O. Thorp

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders (Market Wizards, #1)

Jack D. Schwager

4.27

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