A monthly post looking at what books Abnormal Returns readers purchased at Amazon has become an evergreen post for us. This past month we gave a bunch of books away while there was not much turnover at the top of the list. Readers continue to flock to low-cost e-books and deeply discounted hardcover copies of the Abnormal Returns book. Below are the books (combined print and Kindle) that our readers purchased during October 2013:
The Top 10
- The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments by John Mihaljevic
- Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind by Jocelyn Glei
- Deep Risk: How History Informs Portfolio Design by William J. Bernstein
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams
- How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiousity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
- Trading: The Best Of The Best – Top Trading Tips For Our Times edited by Brian Lund
- Skating Where the Puck Was: The Correlation Game in a Flat World by William J. Bernstein
- 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans by Karl Pillemer
- Abnormal Returns: Winning Strategies from the Frontlines of the Investment Blogosphere by Tadas Viskanta
- The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William N. Thorndike
The Next 10
- The Ages of the Investor: A Critical Look at Life-cycle Investing by William J. Bernstein
- The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of Life’s Difficulties, Setbacks, and Imperfections by Norman E. Rosenthal
- Bonds Are Not Forever: The Crisis Facing Fixed Income Investors by Simon Lack
- Graveland: A Novel by Alan Glynn
- The Master Trader + Website: Birinyi’s Secrets to Understanding the Market by Laszlo Birinyi
- The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us by Noson S. Yanofsky
- Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation by Tyler Cowen
- Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman
- League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru
- Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate by Rose George
Honorable Mentions
- Quantitative Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Error by Wesley Gray and Tobias Carlisle
- The Art of Value Investing: How the World’s Best Investors Beat the Market by John Heins and Whitney Tilson
- The Circle by Dave Eggers
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
- The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business by Duff McDonald
- The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
- What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider’s Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences by Steven G. Mandis
Thanks again to everyone who purchased a copy of my book or any other book (or item) during the month. Did you find something interesting to read this month? If so, leave a comment to give every one a head’s up.