HF_0416Two new books jumped to the top of the lists in March. Apparently a lot of Abnormal Returns readers want to become hedge fund managers because Ted Seides’ So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund: Lessons for Managers and Allocators did well. As did Tim Maurer’s Simple Money: A No-Nonsense Guide to Personal Finance.

On the non-book front our readers continued to get ready for April 18th with numerous TurboTax purchases. A new hit with readers is the Amazon Echo which is getting rave reviews from the tech gadget guys. On the high end readers also were attracted to the new Eero home wi-fi system that aims to eliminate dead wireless spots in your home.

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 March 2016:

The Top 10 (by Unit Sales)

  1. So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund: Lessons for Managers and Allocators by Ted Seides
  2. The Term Sheet: A Startup Thriller Novel by Lucas Carlson
  3. Simple Money: A No-Nonsense Guide to Personal Finance by Tim Maurer
  4. The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling by Adam Kucharski
  5. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  6. Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred Kaplan
  7. Investment: A History by Norton Reamer
  8. Keeping Your Dividend Edge: Strategies for Growing & Protecting Your Dividends by Todd Wenning
  9. The Devil’s Financial Dictionary by Jason Zweig
  10. The Institutional ETF Toolbox: How Institutions Can Understand and Utilize the Fast-Growing World of ETFs by Eric Balchunas

The Top 10 (by Revenue)

  1. So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund: Lessons for Managers and Allocators by Ted Seides
  2. The Institutional ETF Toolbox: How Institutions Can Understand and Utilize the Fast-Growing World of ETFs by Eric Balchunas
  3. Investment: A History by Norton Reamer
  4. The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling by Adam Kucharski
  5. The Devil’s Financial Dictionary by Jason Zweig
  6. Adaptive Asset Allocation: Dynamic Global Portfolios to Profit in Good Times – and Bad by Adam Butler, Michael Philbrick and Rodrigo Gordillo
  7. Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred Kaplan
  8. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  9. Simple Money: A No-Nonsense Guide to Personal Finance by Tim Maurer
  10. A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan by Ben Carlson

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.