Each month we like to round-up all of our book-related links. You can also check out the previous edition of this linkfest, or our latest monthly (January) 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!

Finance

Review: “Loaded [by Sarah Newcombe] is a great place to start developing and growing advisor alpha.”  (Alpha Architect)

Review: “A Man for All Markets [by Ed Thorp] is an inspiring memoir.” (Reading the Markets)

Review: Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff by Edward J. Balleisen is “timely.”  (Reading the Markets)

Review: Sheelah Kolhatkarha’s written a “fast-paced tale” in Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street.  (Bloomberg)

Review: Burton Malkiel writes Ed Thorp’s A Man for All Markets is full of “important lessons about the function of markets and the logic of investment.”  (WSJ)

Review: A unreserved recommendation for Larry Swedroe and Andrew Berkin’s Your Complete Guide to Factor-Based Investing.  (GestaltU)

Review: Larry Swedroe and Andrew Berkin’s Your Complete Guide to Factor-Based Investing does a great job covering the factor landscape. (Alpha Architect)

Review: Inside the Investments of Warren Buffett: Twenty Cases by Yefei Lu aims to demystify his investments. (Enterprising Investor)

Review: Sheelah Kolhatkar’s Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street is “well worth the read.”  (Reading the Markets)

Non-Finance

Notes: Some surprising things learned from Simon Winchester’s Pacific.  (The Reformed Broker)

Review: Vitaliy Katsnelson, “I just finished reading Tim Ferris’ latest book, Tools of Titans. I highly recommend it.”  (Contrarian Edge)

Notes: History is more cyclical than we thought. Insights from Tyler Cowen’s forthcoming new book The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream.  (Marginal Revolution)

Notes: Six things that should never be on your to-do list according to Paula Rizzo author of Listful Thinking: Using Lists to be More Productive, Highly Successful and Less Stressed.  (Fast Company)

Excerpt: How compulsions help us deal with anxiety from Can’t Just Stop: An Investigation of Compulsions by Sharon Begley.  (WSJ)

Review: Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story by Alexandra Wolfe tracks both the absurdity and vision of today’s Silicon Valley. (USA Today)

Review: Brad Stone’s The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World is a “fun, briskly told narrative.” (WSJ)

Review: Tyler Cowen “very much enjoyed this book [Apollo in the Age of Aquarius by Neil Maher].” (Marginal Revolution)

Q&A: A discussion with Brad Stone author of The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World.  (HBR)

Review: Pankaj Mishra’s Age of Anger: A History of the Present probes why everyone is so darn angry.  (Businessweek)

Excerpt: A seven step guide to giving feedback from Karin Hurt and David Dye’s Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results. (Fast Company)

Review: Brad Stone’s The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World is a “good read.” (Reading the Markets)

Excerpt: An excerpt from Scott Carney’s What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength.  (Quartz)

Notes: Some interesting notes from Phil Knight’s memoir Shoe Dog.  (A Wealth of Common Sense)

Review: Derek Thompson’s Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular is a “great book.”  (Reading the Markets)

Notes: How to do deep work, messy style. Insights from Deep Work by Cal Newport and Messy by Tim Harford.  (Zapier)

Review: Derek Thompson’s Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular should be read for “insight and provocation.”  (FT)

Q&A: Yuval Noah Harari author of Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, on the future of mankind.  (Fast Company)

Notes: Lessons from J. Kelly Hoey’s Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships in a Hyper-Connected World.  (Business Insider)

Please check in with us on March 1st when we highlight the best-selling books on the site from February.