InvestHouse_0116We noted the launch of Meb Faber’s new book Invest With the House: Hacking the Top Hedge Funds. Not surprisingly it jumped to the top of January’s best seller list. The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time by Maria Konnikova was also released this month and had a strong showing as well. Jason Zweig’s The Devil’s Financial Dictionary also stayed near the top of the list this month. The best-selling (non-book) item this month, was depressingly, was TurboTax Premier tax filing software.

For more book ideas you can check out our post compiling our many book links as well as last month’s top selling list. We present sales two ways: the first is by unit sales and the second way is by revenue which can be notably different. Here are the books (combined print and Kindle* that Abnormal Returns readers purchased at Amazon during January 2016:

The Top 10 (by Unit Sales)

  1. Invest With the House: Hacking the Top Hedge Funds by Meb Faber
  2. The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time by Maria Konnikova
  3. The Devil’s Financial Dictionary by Jason Zweig
  4. The Term Sheet: A Startup Thriller Novel by Lucas Carlson
  5. DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth by Wesley R. Gray, Jack R. Vogel, and David P. Foulke
  6. The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt
  7. The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday
  8. The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability and Avoiding the Next Collapse by Mohamed El-Erian
  9. The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated by Harold Pollack and Helaine Olen
  10. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

The Top 10 (by Revenue)

  1. Invest With the House: Hacking the Top Hedge Funds by Meb Faber
  2. The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time by Maria Konnikova
  3. The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt
  4. The Devil’s Financial Dictionary by Jason Zweig
  5. DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth by Wesley R. Gray, Jack R. Vogel, and David P. Foulke
  6. Systematic Trading: A unique new method for designing trading and investing systems by Robert Carver
  7. A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan by Ben Carlson
  8. The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability and Avoiding the Next Collapse by Mohamed El-Erian
  9. No Excuse Leadership: Lessons from the U.S. Army’s Elite Rangers by Brace Barber
  10. The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday

Thanks again to everyone who purchased a copy of my book or any other book (or item) during the month. Keep an eye on this space for more book news.