These are the books I read in 2017. I’m counting the CFA Level I Books (They’re not “literature” per say, but they strengthened my brain like crazy. I’m counting them. Plus, I passed the test, so clearly I learned something). Some of these might actually be from 2016. I don’t think I read a book every two weeks.
- Ethics and Professional Standards, Quantitative Methods
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Equity and Fixed Income
- Corporate Finance and Portfolio Management
- Derivatives and Alternative Investments
- Economics
- Desert Spear by Philip V. Brett (the much more graphic sequel to The Warded Man)
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- You Know Your Way Home by Suzanne Jauchius
- The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
- Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (useful, kind of fluffy)
- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight (awesome)
- Fooled by Randomness by Nasim Taleb (overrated)
- Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier (thought provoking, kind of fluffy)
- Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Lund Fisker (solid book, prob not for everyone)
- Random Walk Down Wall St by Burton Malkiel (the first book someone should read on investing)
- The New Market Wizards by Jack Schweger (heavily influenced by investing philosophy)
- Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull
- Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (in progress, and fantastic)
- What Works on Wall St by James O’Shaughnessy (illuminating!)
- Planet Hulk (awesome, maybe not a “real book” but awesome nonetheless)
- The Lean Start-Up (in progress)