14 must-read biography books like The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All by Mary Childs

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The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All

By: Mary Childs

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the host of NPR’s Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged inv…

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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

Similar categories in Roger Lowenstein's When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management book and Mary Childs's The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All

  • history
  • biography
  • personal finance
  • finance
  • money
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
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2. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • personal finance
  • finance
  • money
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
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3. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • finance
  • money
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business

4. The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess

By: None

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller The Buy Side, by former Galleon Group trader Turney Duff, portrays an aft… read more

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Cover of Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough, John Helyar

5. 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
  • biography
  • finance
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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
"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

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

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

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8. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

By: Sebastian Mallaby

4.43

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year  Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Ec… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • money
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
"The first notable spinout was Kathy Xu, another woman who managed to flourish in China's venture industry. Rather than studying in the United States, Xu had experienced U.S. instruction at Nanjing Un…"

-Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

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

By: Zeke Faux

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • money
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
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10. How to Invest: Masters on the Craft

By: David M. Rubenstein

3.95

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A master class on investing featuring conversations with the biggest nam… read more

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  • biography
  • personal finance
  • finance
  • money
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
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11. 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
  • biography
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman

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

13. 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
  • biography
  • finance
  • money
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
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14. The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All

By: Mary Childs

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the host of NPR’s Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged inv… read more

Similar categories in Mary Childs's The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All book and Mary Childs's The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All

  • history
  • biography
  • personal finance
  • finance
  • money
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon by William D. Cohan

15. Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon

By: William D. Cohan

4.28

Format: 816 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New Yorker Best Books of 2022 • Financial Times Best Books of 2022… read more

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  • history
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  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of The Caesars Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street by Sujeet Indap

16. The Caesars Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street

By: Sujeet Indap

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It was the most brutal corporate restructuring in Wall Street history. The 2015 bankruptcy brawl fo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of The Pyramid of Lies: Lex Greensill and the Billion-Dollar Scandal by Duncan Mavin

17. The Pyramid of Lies: Lex Greensill and the Billion-Dollar Scandal

By: Duncan Mavin

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The inside story of one of the superstars of global FinTech, Lex Greensill, and his dramatic fall f… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis by Scott Patterson

18. Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis

By: Scott Patterson

3.78

Format: 336 pages, ebook

A Wall Street Journal bestseller Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fasci… read more

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  • history
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  • audiobook
Cover of Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever by Robin Wigglesworth

19. Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever

By: Robin Wigglesworth

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the Financial Times's global finance correspondent, the incredible true story of the iconoclas… read more

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  • economics
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  • audiobook
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20. The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale

By: Simon Clark

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Arif Naqvi was charismatic, inspiring, and self-made—all the qualities of a successful business lea… read more

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17 Best audiobook books like The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All by Mary Childs

Transform Your Habits

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

Roger Lowenstein

4.20

Transform Your Habits

More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

Sebastian Mallaby

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

Bryan Burrough , John Helyar

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

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6 must-read finance books like Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

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

Zeke Faux

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Michael Lewis

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Trading Game: A Confession

Gary Stevenson

4.26

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