Need some book ideas? Then check out the book-related links from over roughly the past month. For even more book ideas can also check out the previous edition of this linkfest, see our latest (August) monthly post of the most popular books among Abnormal Returns readers. Remember anything you buy from Amazon through these links goes to support the site. Enjoy!
Financial
Book recommendation: Reading Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan is “time well spent.” (Market Folly)
Book list: Andrew Ross Sorkin’s end-of-summer reading list includes a lot of great reads like Greg Steinmetz’s The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger. (NYTimes)
Book review: DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth by Wesley R. Gray, Jack R. Vogel, and David P. Foulke is “A model of a good investing book.” (Reading the Markets)
Book review: Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin is a good introduction to mental models. (Aleph Blog)
Book review: Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller has a “simple but powerful thesis.” (Reading the Markets)
Book review: Gary Antonacci reviews (and recommends) DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth by Wes Gray, Jack Vogel, and David Foulke. (Dual Momentum)
Book review: The Nature of Value: How to Invest in the Adaptive Economy by Nick Gogerty is “a lucid and thought-provoking book.” (Reading the Markets)
Book review: Wall Street Wars: The Epic Battles with Washington That Created the Modern Financial System by Richard E. Farley is “illuminating.” (Reading the Markets)
Book review: The Most Dangerous Trade: How Short Sellers Uncover Fraud, Keep Markets Honest, and Make and Lose by Richard Teitelbaum is “hard to put down.” (Reading the Markets)
Book review: Wall Street Wars: The Epic Battles with Washington That Created the Modern Financial System by Richard E. Farley is a “fine work of popular financial history.” (CFA Institute)
Non-fiction
Book Q&A: Brené Brown author of Rising Strong talks about bouncing back from life’s many losses. (Washington Post)
Book Q&A: Steve Silberman author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity talks with Dylan Matthews about the history of autism. (FiveThirtyEight)
Book excerpt: A look at Gillian Tett’s new book The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers. (FT)
Book recommendation: Gillian Tett’s new book The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers is a “tour de force.” (Marginal Revolution)
Book review: Jordan Ellenberg’s book How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking is for the “numerate and liberal.” (Reading the Markets)
Book review: Billion Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football by Gilbert M. Gaul is “meticulously researched and wickedly well-written volume.” (FT)
Book review: Can you explain how software works? V. Anton Spraul’s How Software Works: The Magic Behind Encryption, CGI, Search Engines and Other Everyday Technologies gets the job done. (Aleph Blog)
Book notes: Jennifer Kahnweiler’s The Genius of Opposites: How Introverts and Extroverts Achieve Extraordinary Results Together is a primer on how to build successful teams. (FT)
Book excerpt: An extended look at Jessica Lahey’s The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. (Slate)
Book excerpt: Barry Schwartz asks Why We Work. (Quartz)
Book Q&A: A discussion about the business model of college football with Gilbert M. Gaul author of Billion Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football. (The Atlantic)
Book awards: The Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award short list is out and includes How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, The Turn of the Century, and The Patient Zero of Piracy by Stephen Witt. (FT)
Fiction
Book review: Simon Schama loves the new James Bond book by Anthony Horowitz, Trigger Mortis: A James Bond Novel. (FT)
Book list: 15 books for the Fall including The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz. (WSJ)
Book Q&A: A discussion with David Lagercrantz about resurrecting the Millennium series including The Girl In The Spider’s Web. (The Verge)
