A monthly post looking at what books Abnormal Returns readers purchased at Amazon in the prior month has become very popular with our readers. Abnormal Returns readers have been taking advantage of some special deals on Kindle versions of some popular books and deeply discounted hardcover copies of the Abnormal Returns book. Below are the books (combined print and Kindle) that our readers purchased during July 2013:

The Top Ten

  1. Trading: The Best Of The Best – Top Trading Tips For Our Times edited by Brian Lund
  2. The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing by Michael J. Mauboussin
  3. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiousity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
  4. Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind by Jocelyn Glei
  5. The Art of Value Investing: How the World’s Best Investors Beat the Market by John Heins and Whitney Tilson
  6. 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans by Karl Pillemer
  7. Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
  8. Abnormal Returns: Winning Strategies from the Frontlines of the Investment Blogosphere by Tadas Viskanta
  9. Shareholder Yield: A Better Approach to Dividend Investing by Mebane Faber
  10. Skating Where the Puck Was: The Correlation Game in a Flat World  by William J. Bernstein

The Next 10

  1. What’s Behind the Numbers?: A Guide to Exposing Financial Chicanery and Avoiding Huge Losses in Your Portfolio by John Del Vecchio
  2. Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics by Thomas Davenport
  3. The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
  4. The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical Adventure by Jack Handey
  5. Dark Pools: High-Speed Traders, A.I. Bandits, and the Threat to the Global Financial System by Scott Patterson
  6. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
  7. Modern Security Analysis: Understanding Wall Street Fundamentals by Martin J. Whitman
  8. The Indomitable Investor: Why a Few Succeed in the Stock Market When Everyone Else Fails by Steven M. Sears
  9. The Rookie’s Guide to Options; 2nd edition: The Beginner’s Handbook of Trading Equity Options by Mark Wolfinger
  10. America 3.0: Rebooting American Prosperity in the 21st Century-Why America’s Greatest Days Are Yet to Come by Michael Lotus

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.