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101 Great Books?

by | Jul 12, 2022 | General News

I was wondering the other day how many books I have read that have influenced what I and TCFP does and how we go about it.

I was surprised that it was 101. That’s quite a neat number and entirely unmanipulated. I have read many more books than those listed below but not kept them for various reasons.

The books listed below are those I have kept. Some I found packed with good ideas and insights and others less so. Some I agreed with entirely and others not at all. Regardless of which camps they fall into I recommend them all.

For me and TCFP and therefore our clients they have all been “important” in one way or another. They have informed our views of what we do, why and how.

Undoubtedly, I will read more great books and will look to update this list in future years. For now, here it is in full grouped by in very loose genres.

There are 17 economics books, 27 on investing, 7 on marketing, 36 of a philosophical nature and 14 pertaining to practice management.

My sole observation for now is that I have read far too many books on investing!

I would love to hear your thoughts on the list and also your own recommendations.

And now, finally, my list:

BookAuthorGenre
The Aristocracy Of TalentAdrian WooldridgeEconomics
Why Nations FailDaron Acemoglu & James A. RobinsonEconomics
There’s No Free LunchDavid BahnsenEconomics
The Confidence TrapDavid RuncimanEconomics
It’s Better Than It LooksGregg EasterbrookEconomics
FactfullnessHans RoslingEconomics
Seven Deadly Economic SinsJames OttesonEconomics
ProgressJohan NorbergEconomics
The Financial Crisis And The Free-Market CureJohn AllisonEconomics
The Rational OptimistMatt RidleyEconomics
How Innovation WorksMatt RidleyEconomics
The Black SwanNassim Nicholas TalebEconomics
Fooled By RandomnessNassim Nicholas TalebEconomics
Crisis EconomicsNouriel RoubiniEconomics
SuperforecastingPhilip Tetlock & Dan GardnerEconomics
The Trouble With EuropeRoger BootleEconomics
Ten Global TrendsRonald Bailey & Marian TupyEconomics
A Wealth Of Common SenseBen CarlsonInvesting
The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin GrahamInvesting
Security AnalysisBenjamin Graham & David DoddInvesting
The (Mis)Behaviour Of MarketsBenoit MandelbrotInvesting
A Random Walk Down Wall StreetBurton MalkielInvesting
Winning The Loser’s GameCharley EllisInvesting
Pioneering Portfolio ManagementDavid SwensenInvesting
Devil Take The HindmostEdward ChancellorInvesting
The Man Who Solved The MarketGregory ZuckermanInvesting
Mastering The Market CycleHoward MarksInvesting
The Most Important ThingHoward MarksInvesting
The Little Book Of Common-Sense InvestingJack BogleInvesting
The Little Book of Behavioural InvestingJames MontierInvesting
Stocks For The Long RunJeremy SiegelInvesting
You Can Be A Stock Market GeniusJoel GreenblattInvesting
A Short History Of Financial EuphoriaJohn Kenneth GalbraithInvesting
The Essays Of Warren BuffetLawrence CunnighamInvesting
Rainbow’s EndMaury KleinInvesting
Big MistakesMichael BatnickInvesting
Efficient Asset ManagementMichael MichaudInvesting
The Psychology Of MoneyMorgan HouselInvesting
What I Learned Losing A Million DollarsJim Paul & Brendam MoynihanInvesting
Against The GodsPeter BernsteinInvesting
The Four Pillars Of InvestingPeter BernsteinInvesting
Irrational ExuberanceRobert ShillerInvesting
When Genius FailedRoger LowensteinInvesting
Smarter InvestingTim HaleInvesting
Show Your WorkAustin KleonMarketing
Ignore EverybodyHugh MacLeodMarketing
NudgeRichard Thaler & Cass SunsteinMarketing
Start With WhySimon SinekMarketing
CreatorSteve ChandlerMarketing
The Prosperous CoachSteve Chandler & Rich LitvinMarketing
The War Of ArtSteven PressfieldMarketing
Just A ThoughtAmy JohnsonPhilosophy
Thinking Fast And SlowDaniel KahnemanPhilosophy
Be As You AreDavid Goldman & Sri Ramana MaharshiPhilosophy
Coming HomeDicken Bettinger & Natasha SwerdloffPhilosophy
Classical LiberalismEamonn ButlerPhilosophy
An Introduction To CapitalismEamonn ButlerPhilosophy
The Power Of NowEckhart TollePhilosophy
The Path To ContentmentElsie SpittlePhilosophy
The Mentored MindElsie SpittlePhilosophy
Space Of LoveGayle NobelPhilosophy
My Life And WorksHenry FordPhilosophy
How To Be RichJ. Paul GettyPhilosophy
My Stroke Of InsightJill Bolte TaylorPhilosophy
7 Strategies For Wealth And HappinessJim RohnPhilosophy
It All Started With A BirdJudith SedgemanPhilosophy
Imagine IfKen RobinsonPhilosophy
Invisible PowerManning & Charbot & KrotPhilosophy
One Thought Changes EverythingMara GleasonPhilosophy
More Than You KnowMichael MauboussinPhilosophy
Super CoachMichael NeillPhilosophy
The Surrender ExperimentMichael SingerPhilosophy
Time To ThinkNancy KlinePhilosophy
The Signal And The NoiseNate SilverPhilosophy
The Winner’s CurseRichard ThalerPhilosophy
How To Be A ConservativeRoger ScrutonPhilosophy
ConservatismRoger ScrutonPhilosophy
Being Aware Of Being AwareRupert SpiraPhilosophy
Enlightenment NowSteven PinkerPhilosophy
Second ChanceSydney BanksPhilosophy
The Missing LinkSydney BanksPhilosophy
The Enlightened GardenerSydney BanksPhilosophy
Dear LizaSydney BanksPhilosophy
The Quest For The PearlSydney BanksPhilosophy
Man’s Search For MeaningViktor FranklPhilosophy
The Doctor And The SoulViktor FranklPhilosophy
RecollectionsViktor FranklPhilosophy
The One Page Financial PlanCarl RichardsPractice Management
The Behaviour GapCarl RichardsPractice Management
Clients ForeverDoug CarterPractice Management
The Client Centred Financial AdviserJohn DashfieldPractice Management
A Matter Of TimeMark Berg & Matthew JacksonPractice Management
Delivering Massive ValueMatthew JarvisPractice Management
Advice That SticksMoira SomersPractice Management
Around The YearNick MurrayPractice Management
ScriptsNick MurrayPractice Management
The New Financial AdvisorNick MurrayPractice Management
The Excellent Investment AdvisorNick MurrayPractice Management
Behavioural Investment CounsellingNick MurrayPractice Management
Simple Wealth, Inevitable WealthNick MurrayPractice Management
The Game Of NumbersNick MurrayPractice Management

 

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