Whenever I am interviewed I am inevitably asked what books I would recommend. Below is a list of my favorite investment books or books related to investing and business. I also like to read about old school guys who built large business empires. In full disclosure, if you click on any link below it will take you to Amazon. If you buy one of the books I will receive a small commission.
100 to 1 in the Stock Market: A Distinguished Security Analyst Tells How to Make More of Your Investment Opportunities by Thomas Phelps
100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How To Find Them by Chris Mayer
The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor by Howard Marks
The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman
One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market by Peter Lynch
You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits by Joel Greenblatt
Global Value: How to Spot Bubbles, Avoid Market Crashes, and Earn Big Returns in the Stock Market by Meb Faber
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market by Edward Thorp
Art of Contrary Thinking by Humphrey Neill
When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany by Adam Fergusson
Watermelons: The Green Movement’s True Colors by James Delingpole
The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason
Hedgehogging by Barton Biggs
Stock Market Scams, Swindles, and Successes by Bryan Taylor
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power by Daniel Yergin
The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
Manias, Panics, and Crashes Manias: A History of Financial Crises by Charles Kindleberger and Robert Aliber
Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin
John Neff on Investing by John Neff
When Money Grew on Trees: A. B. Hammond and the Age of the Timber Baron by Greg Gordon
The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire by Rick Wartzman
The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger by Greg Steinmetz
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King by Rich Cohen