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…
Want to Read $ 17.49"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
"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 investment bankers shouted and cursed around him, he began dictating"-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 investment bankers shouted and cursed around him, he began dictating"-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
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1. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
By: Michael Lewis
4.30
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top … read more
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"Time is a variable continuum."-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
"It is ludicrous to believe that asset bubbles can only be recognized in hindsight,"-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
"Long Beach Savings was the first existing bank to adopt what was called the “originate and sell"-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
"When you’re a conservative Republican, you never think people are making money by ripping other people off,"-Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
2. 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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3. More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
By: Sebastian Mallaby
4.10
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Based on author Sebastian Mallaby's unprecedented access to the industry, including three hundred h… read more
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4. Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle
By: John Rolfe , Peter Troob
4.23
Format: 510 pages, Paperback
They Hit "The Street." Forget what you've read, forget what you've heard, forget what you've been t… read more
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5. 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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6. 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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"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
7. Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
By: Sheelah Kolhatkar
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The story of billionaire trader Steven Cohen, the rise and fall of his hedge fund SAC Capital, and … read more
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8. 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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9. The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
By: David Enrich
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In 2006, an oddball group of bankers, traders and brokers from some of the largest financial instit… read more
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10. King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
By: David Carey , None , John E. Morris
4.04
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Strippers and Flippers . . . or a New Positive Force Helping to Drive the Economy . . . The unto… read more
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11. 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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12. The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
By: Bethany McLean , Peter Elkind
4.01
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There were dozens of books about Watergate, but only All the President's Mengave readers the full s… read more
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13. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice
By: Bill Browder
4.36
Format: 39 pages, Hardcover
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14. The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess
By: None
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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15. The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
By: William N. Thorndike Jr.
4.50
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16. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
By: Bryan Burrough , John Helyar
4.27
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
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17. The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
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18. Den of Thieves
By: James B. Stewart
3.49
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19. House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
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3.62
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20. Elon Musk
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4.40
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"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
21. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
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4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
22. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
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3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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23. Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
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4.07
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24. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
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4.03
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25. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
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4.04
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26. The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All
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3.80
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27. The Caesars Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street
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4.06
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28. The Dealmaker: Lessons from a Life in Private Equity
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3.87
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29. Cable Cowboy
By: Mark Robichaux
4.27
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An inside look at a cable titan and his industry John Malone, hailed as one of the great unsung he… read more
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30. What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
By: Stephen A. Schwarzman
4.13
Format: 400 pages, Audio CD
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