The release of Ed Thorp’s long-awaited memoir A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market garnered a post on the site and a slew of sales from Abnormal Returns readers. As did a number of Kindle versions of books including Robert Cialdini’s first (classic) book Influence: The Science of Persuasion. In short, there is a lot of new material in this month’s list.
For more book ideas you can check out our latest post compiling our many book links as well as last month’s best-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, Kindle* and Audible.com) that Abnormal Returns readers purchased at Amazon during January 2017:
The Top 10 (by Unit Sales)
- Influence: The Science of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
- A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market by Ed Thorp
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
- Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs Brutal Dictators Fading Empires and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpowers by Simon Winchester
- High Returns from Low Risk: A Remarkable Stock Market Paradox by Pim van Vilet and Jan de Koenig
- Narrative and Numbers: The Value of Stories in Business by Aswath Damodaran
- I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
- Managing Expectations: Driving Profitable Option Trading Outcomes Through Knowledge Discipline and Risk Management by Anthony Saliba
- Reinvent Yourself by James Altucher
- Tools of Titans: The Tactics Routines and Habits of Billionaires Icons and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss
The Top 10 (by Revenue)
- A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market by Ed Thorp
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
- Managing Expectations: Driving Profitable Option Trading Outcomes Through Knowledge Discipline and Risk Management by Anthony Saliba
- Influence: The Science of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
- Narrative and Numbers: The Value of Stories in Business by Aswath Damodaran
- High Returns from Low Risk: A Remarkable Stock Market Paradox by Pim van Vilet and Jan de Koenig
- Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs Brutal Dictators Fading Empires and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpowers by Simon Winchester
- Tools of Titans: The Tactics Routines and Habits of Billionaires Icons and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss
- Quantitative Momentum: A Practitioner’s Guide to Building a Momentum-Based Stock Selection System by Wes Gray and Jack Vogel
- The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World by Michael Lewis
Thanks again to everyone who purchased a copy of my book or any other book (or item) during the month. Mid-month look for our monthly post summing up all of our book-related links as well.