A monthly post looking at what books Abnormal Returns readers purchased at Amazon in the prior month has become very popular with our readers. There was a lot of turnover this month due in part to posts up including a Q&A with Mebane Faber on shareholder yield and and a post up on the “mirage of financial literacy.” I should note that hardcover copies of the Abnormal Returns book are on deep discount over at Amazon, so if you don’t have a copy yet now is your chance. Below are the books (combined print and Kindle) that our readers purchased during May 2013:
The Top Ten
- Shareholder Yield: A Better Approach to Dividend Investing by Mebane Faber
- Algorithmic Trading: Winning Strategies and Their Rationale by Ernest Chan
- The Art of Value Investing: How the World’s Best Investors Beat the Market by John Heins and Whitney Tilson
- Abnormal Returns: Winning Strategies from the Frontlines of the Investment Blogosphere by Tadas Viskanta
- Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry by Helaine Olen
- The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success by Hugh Thompson
- Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind by Jocelyn Glei
- The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
- Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip and Dan Heath
- Skating Where the Puck Was: The Correlation Game in a Flat World by William J. Bernstein
The Next Ten (or so)
- The Big Trade: Simple Strategies for Maximum Market Returns by Peter Pham
- The Alternative Answer: The Nontraditional Investments That Drive the World’s Best Performing Portfolios by Bob Rice
- Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan
- Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave by Adam Alter
- Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending by Elizabeth Dunn
- Inside the Black Box: A Simple Guide to Quantitative and High Frequency Trading by Rishi K. Narang
- Modern Security Analysis: Understanding Wall Street Fundamentals by Martin J. Whitman
- Quantitative Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Error by Wesley Gray and Tobias Carlisle
- The Ages of the Investor: A Critical Look at Life-Cycle Investing by William J. Bernstein
- The Art of Doing: How Superachievers Do What They Do and How They Do It So Well by Camille Sweeney
- The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America’s Future by Michael Levi
- The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing by Michael J. Mauboussin
- Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier
Thanks again to everyone who purchased a copy of my book or any other book (or item) during the month. Did you find something interesting to read this month? If so, leave a comment to give every one a head’s up.