Need some book ideas? Then check out the book-related links from over the past month or so. For even more book ideas can also check out the previous edition of this linkfest, see our latest monthly post of the most popular books among Abnormal Returns readers . Enjoy!
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Book notes: Why are we still talking about Fannie and Freddie? A look at Bethany McLean’s Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants. (Reading the Markets)
Book notes: Joe Tomlinson, “Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics is a quicker read than Kahneman’s book [Thinking Fast and Slow], but it still provides a wealth of material on a behavioral economics.” (Advisor Perspectives)
Book notes: Why the Internet didn’t kill television. Insights from Michael Wolff’s Television is the New Television. (Bloomberg)
Book notes: Insights on investing from Richard Thaler’s Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. (Washington Post)
Book list: Some non-business readers from business leaders including Where Chefs Eat: A Guide to Chef’s Favorite Restaurants by Joe Warwick. (Fortune)
Book Q&A: On the growing risk of overparenting: a discussion with Julie Lythcott-Haims author of How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success. (TechCrunch)
Book list: A summer reading list for advisors including The Thin Green Line: The Money Secrets of the Super Wealthy by Paul Sullivan. (Financial Planning)
Book recommendation: Everybody in digital media should ready Michael Wolff’s Television Is the New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media In the Digital Age. (Lefsetz Letter)
Book review: Brenda Jubin, “A Wealth of Common Sense should provide value to investors at all levels of experience and net worth.” (Reading the Markets)
Book notes: An early look at John LeFevre’s Straight to Hell: True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery, and Billion-Dollar Deals. (Bloomberg)
Book notes: Some thoughts on Gary Antonacci’s Dual Momentum: An Innovative Strategy for Higher Returns and Lower Risk. (A Wealth of Common Sense)
Book list: A crowdsourced summer book list including Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson. (A VC)
Book list: The 15 best non-fiction books of 2015 (so far) including Bill Browder’s Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder and One Man’s Fight for Justice. (Paste)
Book Q&A: An interview with Patrick O’Shaughnessy author of Millennial Money: How Young Investors can Build a Fortune. (Harvest)
Book notes: Ten simple statements from books like Why We Don’t Learn from History by Liddell Hart that will make you think differently. (Morgan Housel)
Book review: Why family business succession fails. A look at Myths and Mortals: Family Business Leadership and Succession Planning by Andrew Keyt. (FT)
Book recommendation: Anyone planning on holding onto Berkshire Hathaway ($BRKB) long-term needs to read Lawrence Cunningham’s Berkshire Beyond Buffett. (The Brooklyn Investor)
Book recommendation: Aziz Ansari is “the perfect tour guide” through the changed landscape of Modern Romance. (Scientific American)
