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:
Book | Author | Genre |
The Aristocracy Of Talent | Adrian Wooldridge | Economics |
Why Nations Fail | Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson | Economics |
There’s No Free Lunch | David Bahnsen | Economics |
The Confidence Trap | David Runciman | Economics |
It’s Better Than It Looks | Gregg Easterbrook | Economics |
Factfullness | Hans Rosling | Economics |
Seven Deadly Economic Sins | James Otteson | Economics |
Progress | Johan Norberg | Economics |
The Financial Crisis And The Free-Market Cure | John Allison | Economics |
The Rational Optimist | Matt Ridley | Economics |
How Innovation Works | Matt Ridley | Economics |
The Black Swan | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Economics |
Fooled By Randomness | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Economics |
Crisis Economics | Nouriel Roubini | Economics |
Superforecasting | Philip Tetlock & Dan Gardner | Economics |
The Trouble With Europe | Roger Bootle | Economics |
Ten Global Trends | Ronald Bailey & Marian Tupy | Economics |
A Wealth Of Common Sense | Ben Carlson | Investing |
The Intelligent Investor | Benjamin Graham | Investing |
Security Analysis | Benjamin Graham & David Dodd | Investing |
The (Mis)Behaviour Of Markets | Benoit Mandelbrot | Investing |
A Random Walk Down Wall Street | Burton Malkiel | Investing |
Winning The Loser’s Game | Charley Ellis | Investing |
Pioneering Portfolio Management | David Swensen | Investing |
Devil Take The Hindmost | Edward Chancellor | Investing |
The Man Who Solved The Market | Gregory Zuckerman | Investing |
Mastering The Market Cycle | Howard Marks | Investing |
The Most Important Thing | Howard Marks | Investing |
The Little Book Of Common-Sense Investing | Jack Bogle | Investing |
The Little Book of Behavioural Investing | James Montier | Investing |
Stocks For The Long Run | Jeremy Siegel | Investing |
You Can Be A Stock Market Genius | Joel Greenblatt | Investing |
A Short History Of Financial Euphoria | John Kenneth Galbraith | Investing |
The Essays Of Warren Buffet | Lawrence Cunnigham | Investing |
Rainbow’s End | Maury Klein | Investing |
Big Mistakes | Michael Batnick | Investing |
Efficient Asset Management | Michael Michaud | Investing |
The Psychology Of Money | Morgan Housel | Investing |
What I Learned Losing A Million Dollars | Jim Paul & Brendam Moynihan | Investing |
Against The Gods | Peter Bernstein | Investing |
The Four Pillars Of Investing | Peter Bernstein | Investing |
Irrational Exuberance | Robert Shiller | Investing |
When Genius Failed | Roger Lowenstein | Investing |
Smarter Investing | Tim Hale | Investing |
Show Your Work | Austin Kleon | Marketing |
Ignore Everybody | Hugh MacLeod | Marketing |
Nudge | Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein | Marketing |
Start With Why | Simon Sinek | Marketing |
Creator | Steve Chandler | Marketing |
The Prosperous Coach | Steve Chandler & Rich Litvin | Marketing |
The War Of Art | Steven Pressfield | Marketing |
Just A Thought | Amy Johnson | Philosophy |
Thinking Fast And Slow | Daniel Kahneman | Philosophy |
Be As You Are | David Goldman & Sri Ramana Maharshi | Philosophy |
Coming Home | Dicken Bettinger & Natasha Swerdloff | Philosophy |
Classical Liberalism | Eamonn Butler | Philosophy |
An Introduction To Capitalism | Eamonn Butler | Philosophy |
The Power Of Now | Eckhart Tolle | Philosophy |
The Path To Contentment | Elsie Spittle | Philosophy |
The Mentored Mind | Elsie Spittle | Philosophy |
Space Of Love | Gayle Nobel | Philosophy |
My Life And Works | Henry Ford | Philosophy |
How To Be Rich | J. Paul Getty | Philosophy |
My Stroke Of Insight | Jill Bolte Taylor | Philosophy |
7 Strategies For Wealth And Happiness | Jim Rohn | Philosophy |
It All Started With A Bird | Judith Sedgeman | Philosophy |
Imagine If | Ken Robinson | Philosophy |
Invisible Power | Manning & Charbot & Krot | Philosophy |
One Thought Changes Everything | Mara Gleason | Philosophy |
More Than You Know | Michael Mauboussin | Philosophy |
Super Coach | Michael Neill | Philosophy |
The Surrender Experiment | Michael Singer | Philosophy |
Time To Think | Nancy Kline | Philosophy |
The Signal And The Noise | Nate Silver | Philosophy |
The Winner’s Curse | Richard Thaler | Philosophy |
How To Be A Conservative | Roger Scruton | Philosophy |
Conservatism | Roger Scruton | Philosophy |
Being Aware Of Being Aware | Rupert Spira | Philosophy |
Enlightenment Now | Steven Pinker | Philosophy |
Second Chance | Sydney Banks | Philosophy |
The Missing Link | Sydney Banks | Philosophy |
The Enlightened Gardener | Sydney Banks | Philosophy |
Dear Liza | Sydney Banks | Philosophy |
The Quest For The Pearl | Sydney Banks | Philosophy |
Man’s Search For Meaning | Viktor Frankl | Philosophy |
The Doctor And The Soul | Viktor Frankl | Philosophy |
Recollections | Viktor Frankl | Philosophy |
The One Page Financial Plan | Carl Richards | Practice Management |
The Behaviour Gap | Carl Richards | Practice Management |
Clients Forever | Doug Carter | Practice Management |
The Client Centred Financial Adviser | John Dashfield | Practice Management |
A Matter Of Time | Mark Berg & Matthew Jackson | Practice Management |
Delivering Massive Value | Matthew Jarvis | Practice Management |
Advice That Sticks | Moira Somers | Practice Management |
Around The Year | Nick Murray | Practice Management |
Scripts | Nick Murray | Practice Management |
The New Financial Advisor | Nick Murray | Practice Management |
The Excellent Investment Advisor | Nick Murray | Practice Management |
Behavioural Investment Counselling | Nick Murray | Practice Management |
Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth | Nick Murray | Practice Management |
The Game Of Numbers | Nick Murray | Practice Management |