20 best-selling business books like Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It by Nicholas Dunbar

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Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It

By: Nicholas Dunbar

4.04

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

LTCM was the fund that was too big to fail, the brightest star in the financial world. Built on gen…

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1. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

By: Roger Lowenstein

4.20

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

“A riveting account that reaches beyond the market landscape to say something universal about risk … read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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2. The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It

By: Scott Patterson

3.88

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

“Beware of geeks bearing formulas.” --Warren Buffett   In March of 2006, the world’s richest men si… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
Cover of Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders (Market Wizards, #1) by Jack D. Schwager

3. 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
Cover of Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael   Lewis

4. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

By: Michael Lewis

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

#1 New York TimesBestseller -- With a new Afterword In Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a … read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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5. Liar's Poker

By: Michael Lewis

4.15

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker. Michael L… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
"Buy potatoes,"

-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker

"The difference between Strauss and Ranieri?"

-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker

"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king"

-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker

"A commercial banker wasn’t any more a troublemaker than Dagwood Bumstead."

-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker

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6. Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns, the Toughest Firm on Wall Street

By: Kate Kelly

3.33

Format: None pages,

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
Cover of The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders by Connie Bruck

7. The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders

By: Connie Bruck

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

During the 1980s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert was the Billionaire Junk Bond King. He i… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
Cover of Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin

8. Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves

By: Andrew Ross Sorkin

4.54

Format: None pages,

Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the g… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business

9. The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History

By: Kirsten Grind

3.37

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

Based on reporting for which the author was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Gerald … read more

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10. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

By: None

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a… read more

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11. My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance

By: Emanuel Derman

4.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy … read more

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12. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

By: Robert A. Caro

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more

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13. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

By: Bryan Burrough , John Helyar

4.27

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
"With every girl there was a moment before you broke up when you knew - you just knew - that if you left her right then, you would never make up."

-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

"Something had to be done fast. A letter: that was the answer. As many lawyers do when nursing a grievance, Nusbaum knew it was important to get their anger down into writing. As Cohen and the investm…"

-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

14. The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History

By: Gregory Zuckerman

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing … read more

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15. Beating the Street

By: John Rothchild , Peter Lynch

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Legendary money manager Peter Lynch explains his own strategies for investing and offers advice for… read more

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16. The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm

By: None , None

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

-Before reading The Panic of 1907, the year 1907 seemed like a long time ago and a different world.… read more

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17. 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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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business
"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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18. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
  • business
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Cover of Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia

19. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss

20. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

By: Chris Voss

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to negotiating – effective in a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources by Javier Blas

21. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

By: Javier Blas

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

Cover of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

22. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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

23. 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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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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24. The Trading Game: A Confession

By: Gary Stevenson

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
Cover of The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend by Rob Copeland

25. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend

By: Rob Copeland

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
Cover of Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy by James B. Stewart

26. Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

By: James B. Stewart

3.76

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount Global, the multibilli… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
Cover of The Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions by Victor Haghani

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 The Rule: How I Beat the Odds in the Markets and in Life―and How You Can Too by Larry Hite

28. The Rule: How I Beat the Odds in the Markets and in Life―and How You Can Too

By: Larry Hite

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The empowering story of Larry Hite’s unlikely rise to the top of the hedge fund world―with critical… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • finance
Cover of Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It by Nicholas Dunbar

29. Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It

By: Nicholas Dunbar

4.04

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

LTCM was the fund that was too big to fail, the brightest star in the financial world. Built on gen… read more

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  • history
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  • economics
  • business
Cover of Men and Rubber: The Story of Business 1926 by Harvey S. Firestone

30. Men and Rubber: The Story of Business 1926

By: Harvey S. Firestone

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

This volume tells the tale of Harvey S. Firestone, the founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16 must-read history books like Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It by Nicholas Dunbar

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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

Roger Lowenstein

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It

Scott Patterson

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

Michael Lewis

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis

4.15

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Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

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Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

Zeke Faux

4.26

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Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Michael Lewis

3.80

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The Trading Game: A Confession

Gary Stevenson

4.26

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