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2016-09-22 · 446 points · 269 comments · 26 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 3The Intelligent Investor

    The Intelligent Investor

    Timeless ideas on investing

    3 here · 5 all-time · #310 overall

  2. 2Liar's Poker

    Liar's Poker

    Michael Lewis

    2 here · 7 all-time · #193 overall

  3. 2A Random Walk Down Wall Street

    A Random Walk Down Wall Street

    Burton Malkiel

    2 here · 5 all-time · #288 overall

  4. 2Economics: The User's Guide

    Economics: The User's Guide

    Ha-Joon Chang

    2 here · 5 all-time · #289 overall

  5. 1The Black Swan

    The Black Swan

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    1 here · 24 all-time · #24 overall

  6. 1Fooled by Randomness

    Fooled by Randomness

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    1 here · 23 all-time · #28 overall

  7. 1Basic Economics

    Basic Economics

    Thomas Sowell

    1 here · 17 all-time · #56 overall

  8. 1Freakonomics

    Freakonomics

    Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

    1 here · 12 all-time · #105 overall

  9. 1The Innovator's Dilemma

    The Innovator's Dilemma

    Clayton Christensen

    1 here · 10 all-time · #127 overall

  10. 1Trading and Exchanges

    Trading and Exchanges

    Larry Harris

    1 here · 10 all-time · #142 overall

  11. 1Economics in One Lesson

    Economics in One Lesson

    Henry Hazlitt

    1 here · 9 all-time · #155 overall

  12. 1Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

    Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

    John Hull

    1 here · 8 all-time · #177 overall

  13. 1Signal and the Noise

    Signal and the Noise

    Nate Silver

    1 here · 6 all-time · #217 overall

  14. 1The Wealth of Nations

    The Wealth of Nations

    Adam Smith

    1 here · 6 all-time · #223 overall

  15. 1Capital

    Capital

    Karl Marx

    1 here · 6 all-time · #237 overall

  16. 1Progress and Poverty

    Progress and Poverty

    Henry George

    1 here · 5 all-time · #258 overall

  17. 1The Elements of Statistical Learning

    The Elements of Statistical Learning

    Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman

    1 here · 5 all-time · #299 overall

  18. 1The Origin of Wealth

    The Origin of Wealth

    Eric D. Beinhocker

    1 here · 4 all-time · #374 overall

  19. 1Principles of Corporate Finance

    Principles of Corporate Finance

    Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Franklin Allen

    1 here · 4 all-time · #413 overall

  20. 1Seeking Wisdom

    Seeking Wisdom

    Peter Bevelin

    1 here · 3 all-time · #486 overall

  21. 1Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

    Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

    Edwin Lefevre

    1 here · 3 all-time · #501 overall

  22. 1The Prize

    The Prize

    Daniel Yergin

    1 here · 3 all-time · #524 overall

  23. 1The Big Short

    The Big Short

    Michael Lewis

    1 here · 3 all-time · #533 overall

  24. 1Capitalism and Freedom

    Capitalism and Freedom

    Milton Friedman

    1 here · 3 all-time · #534 overall

  25. 1Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    Thomas Piketty

    1 here · 3 all-time · #535 overall

  26. 1Corporate Finance

    Corporate Finance

    Stephen Ross

    1 here · 3 all-time · #612 overall