A monthly post looking at what books Abnormal Returns readers purchased at Amazon has become an evergreen post for us. This past month we gave a bunch of books away while there was not much turnover at the top of the list. Readers continue to flock to low-cost e-books and deeply discounted hardcover copies of the Abnormal Returns book. Below are the books (combined print and Kindle) that our readers purchased during October 2013:

The Top 10

  1. The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments by John Mihaljevic
  2. Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind by Jocelyn Glei
  3. Deep Risk: How History Informs Portfolio Design by William J. Bernstein
  4. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams
  5. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiousity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
  6. Trading: The Best Of The Best – Top Trading Tips For Our Times edited by Brian Lund
  7. Skating Where the Puck Was: The Correlation Game in a Flat World  by William J. Bernstein
  8. 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans by Karl Pillemer
  9. Abnormal Returns: Winning Strategies from the Frontlines of the Investment Blogosphere by Tadas Viskanta
  10. The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William N. Thorndike

The Next 10

  1. The Ages of the Investor: A Critical Look at Life-cycle Investing by William J. Bernstein
  2. The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of Life’s Difficulties, Setbacks, and Imperfections by Norman E. Rosenthal
  3. Bonds Are Not Forever: The Crisis Facing Fixed Income Investors by Simon Lack
  4. Graveland: A Novel by Alan Glynn
  5. The Master Trader + Website: Birinyi’s Secrets to Understanding the Market by Laszlo Birinyi
  6. The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us by Noson S. Yanofsky
  7. Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation by Tyler Cowen
  8. Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman
  9. League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru
  10. Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate by Rose George

Honorable Mentions

  1. Quantitative Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Error by Wesley Gray and Tobias Carlisle
  2. The Art of Value Investing: How the World’s Best Investors Beat the Market by John Heins and Whitney Tilson
  3. The Circle by Dave Eggers
  4. The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
  5. The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business by Duff McDonald
  6. The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
  7. What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider’s Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences by Steven G. Mandis

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.