40 books every self-respecting investor needs to read

1.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine 4.30 avg rating — 168,112 ratings
2.
Your Money and Your Brain
Your Money and Your Brain 3.97 avg rating — 1,595 ratings
3.
The Great Crash 1929
The Great Crash 1929 3.92 avg rating — 6,105 ratings
3.
The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio
The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio 4.24 avg rating — 6,077 ratings
5.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
A Random Walk Down Wall Street 4.14 avg rating — 39,414 ratings
5.
Liar's Poker
Liar's Poker 4.15 avg rating — 109,210 ratings
7.
The Intelligent Investor
The Intelligent Investor 4.24 avg rating — 145,923 ratings
8.
Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street
Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street 3.89 avg rating — 2,649 ratings
9.
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings 4.14 avg rating — 16,083 ratings
10.
A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan
A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan 4.06 avg rating — 741 ratings
11.
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management 4.20 avg rating — 30,805 ratings
12.
Security Analysis: The Classic 1951 Edition
Security Analysis: The Classic 1951 Edition 4.30 avg rating — 9,683 ratings
13.
Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor
Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor 4.10 avg rating — 2,991 ratings
14.
One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market
One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market 4.29 avg rating — 38,922 ratings
15.
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger 4.41 avg rating — 16,015 ratings
16.
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk 3.96 avg rating — 14,187 ratings
17.
More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite 4.10 avg rating — 9,436 ratings
18.
The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor 4.33 avg rating — 15,602 ratings
19.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator 4.18 avg rating — 19,695 ratings
20.
The Money Game
The Money Game 3.95 avg rating — 1,428 ratings
21.
Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises
Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises 3.93 avg rating — 4,272 ratings
21.
The Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America
The Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America 4.33 avg rating — 8,062 ratings
23.
Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders (Market Wizards, #1)
Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders (Market Wizards, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 10,266 ratings
23.
What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time
What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time 3.99 avg rating — 895 ratings
25.
Confessions of a Street Addict
Confessions of a Street Addict really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,689 ratings
26.
Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation
Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation 3.99 avg rating — 2,763 ratings
27.
Bull: A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004
Bull: A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004 4.06 avg rating — 760 ratings
27.
Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy 3.87 avg rating — 563 ratings
29.
The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It 3.89 avg rating — 9,275 ratings
30.
Winning the Loser's Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing
Winning the Loser's Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing 3.93 avg rating — 1,606 ratings
31.
Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors
Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors 4.21 avg rating — 553 ratings
32.
Millennial Money: How Young Investors Can Build a Fortune
Millennial Money: How Young Investors Can Build a Fortune 3.69 avg rating — 420 ratings
33.
University of Berkshire Hathaway: 30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger at the Annual Shareholders Meeting
University of Berkshire Hathaway: 30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger at the Annual Shareholders Meeting 4.18 avg rating — 3,450 ratings
33.
Risk: Living on the Edge
Risk: Living on the Edge 3.60 avg rating — 67 ratings
35.
The Alchemy of Finance
The Alchemy of Finance 3.75 avg rating — 4,507 ratings
36.
One Hundred One Years on Wall Street: An Investor's Almanac
One Hundred One Years on Wall Street: An Investor's Almanac it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
37.
Beating the Street
Beating the Street 4.10 avg rating — 9,709 ratings
38.
Stocks for the Long Run : The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns and Long-Term Investment Strategies
Stocks for the Long Run : The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns and Long-Term Investment Strategies 4.14 avg rating — 3,752 ratings
39.
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets 4.08 avg rating — 69,688 ratings
40.
All About Asset Allocation
All About Asset Allocation 4.18 avg rating — 1,398 ratings
41.
Backstage Wall Street: An Insider’s Guide to Knowing Who to Trust, Who to Run From, and How to Maximize Your Investments
Backstage Wall Street: An Insider’s Guide to Knowing Who to Trust, Who to Run From, and How to Maximize Your Investments 3.73 avg rating — 263 ratings