Introduction Investing is about more than just numbers—it’s about understanding people, systems, and the world around us. This diverse collection of 100 essential books spans topics like finance, economics, history, psychology, leadership, and innovation. From timeless investment principles to groundbreaking insights on human behavior and decision-making, these books provide a well-rounded education for anyone looking to excel not only as an investor but also as a thinker and leader. Whether you’re seeking wisdom from Warren Buffett, lessons in negotiation from Chris Voss, or a deeper understanding of societal dynamics from Yuval Noah Harari, this list has something to inspire and challenge every reader.
Nr.
Author
Book
#1
Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens
#2
Jeremy Miller
Warren Buffett’s Ground Rules
#3
David Swensen
Pioneering Portfolio Management
#4
Dan McCrum
Money Men
#5
Howard Marks
The most important thing
#6
Ben Horowitz
The Hard Thing about hard things
#7
Michael Mauboussin
More than you know
#8
Daron Acemoglu / James Robinson
Why Nations Fail
#9
Peter Kaufman
Poor Charlies Almanach
#10
Eric Jorgenson
The Almanack of Navan Ravikant
#11
Chris Voss
Never Split the Difference
#12
Lee Freeman-Shor
The Art of Execution
#13
Peter Thiel
Zero to One
#14
Robert Iger
The Ride of a Lifetime
#15
William Thorndike
The Outsiders
#16
Annie Duke
Thinking in Bets
#17
Hans Rosling
Factfulness
#18
Daniel Coyle
The Culture Code
#19
Jack Schwager
Unknown Market Wizards
#20
Jocko Willink
Extreme Ownership
#21
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Too big to fail
#22
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
#23
Clayton Christensen
Innovators Dilemma
#24
Youngme Moon
Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd
#25
Kai-Fu Lee
AI Superpowers
Nr.
Author
Book
#26
Jacob Taylor
The Rebel Allocator
#27
Philip Tetlock
Superforcasting
#28
Robert Miles
The Warren Buffett CEO
#29
Andrew Grove
Only the Paranoid survive
#30
Andrew McAfee
More from less
#31
Sam Zell
Am I being too subtle
#32
Phil Knight
Shoe Dog
#33
Daniel Kahnemann
Thinking Fast and Slow
#34
Norman Dixon
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
#35
Danny Meyer
Setting the Table
#36
Christoph Mayer
100 Baggers
#37
Eric Schmidt
Trillion Dollar Coach
#38
Morgan Hounsel
The Psychology of Money
#39
Jim Collins
Good to Great
#40
Greg McKeown
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
#41
Ed Thorp
A Man for all markets
#42
Pulak Prasat
What I Learned About Investing from Darwin
#43
Mitchell Waldrop
The Dream Machine
#44
John Doerr
Measure what matters
#45
Scott Page
The Diversity Bonus
#46
Terry Smith
Investing for Growth
#47
Bruce Greenwald
Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy
#48
Josh Waitzkin
The Art of Learning
#49
Nassim Taleb
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
#50
Benjamin Graham
The Intelligent Investor
Nr.
Author
Book
#51
Gautam Baid
The Joys of Compounding
#52
Marc Benioff
Trailblazer
#53
William Green
Richer, Wiser, Happier
#54
Robert Kiyosaki
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
#55
Hamilton Helmer
7 Powers
#56
Brad Stone
Amazon Unbound
#57
Michael Lewis
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
#58
Alice Schroeder
The Snowball
#59
Ben Horowitz
What you do is who you are
#60
David Epstein
Range
#61
Viktor Frankl
Man’s Search for meaning
#62
Simon Simek
Start with why
#63
Stephen Schwarzman
What it takes
#64
Clayton M Christensen
Competing against luck
#65
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Be Useful: 7 Tools for Life
#66
Howard Marks
Mastering the market cycle
#67
Peter Drucker
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
#68
Annie Duke
Quit
#69
Jimmy Soni
The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
#70
Sun Tzu
The Art of War
#71
Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
Barbarians at the Gate
#72
Morgan Housel
Same as Ever
#73
Edwin Lefevre
Reminiscence of a Stock Operator
#74
Joel Greenblatt
You can be a Stock Market Genius
#75
Phil Huber
The Allocator’s Edge
Nr.
Author
Book
#76
Dr Peter Attia
Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
#77
Giuseppe A. Paleologo
Advanced Portfolio Management: A Quant’s Guide for Fundamental Investors
#78
Richard H. Lawrence Jr.
The Model: 37 Years Investing in Asian Equities
#79
Rob Copeland
The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and the Unravelling of a Wall Street Legend
#80
Jacob McDonough
Capital Allocation
#81
Rassie Erasmus
Rassie: Stories of Life and Rugby
#82
Michael Mauboussin
The success equation
#83
Daniel Kahnemann
Noise
#84
Robert Hagstrom
The Warren Buffett Portfolio
#85
Kevin Leman
The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You are
#86
James Clear
Atomic Habits
#87
Robert Cialdini
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
#88
Lawrence E. Kochard and Cathleen M. Rittereiser
Foundation and Endowment Investing: Philosophies and Strategies of Top Investors and Institutions
#89
Felix Oberholzer-Gee
Better, simpler strategy
#90
Shane Parrish
Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
#91
Michael Lewis
The big short
#92
Ted Seides
Capital Allocators
#93
Héctor García und Francesc Miralles
Ikigai
#94
Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
#95
Andrew W. Lo and Ruixun Zhang
The Adaptive Markets Hypothesis
#96
Adam Seessel
Where the Money Is: Value Investing in the digital age
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