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The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene Sep 2000 (416 reviews) List: $18.00 480 pages Its really about ye olde rules of court, when the Lords and Ladies all jockeyed for position and favor around the King. Very provocative, yet surprisingly applicable to the stock market. Its a different and interesting read . . . blog post	Ahead of the Curve A Commonsense Guide to Forecasting Business and Market Cycles by Joseph H. Ellis Oct 2005 (19 reviews) List: $29.95 256 pages	Art of Contrary Thinking by Humphrey Bancroft Neill Sep 1997 (4 reviews) List: $10.95 201 pages Tags: Investor Psychology	Beating the Business Cycle How to Predict and Profit from Turning Points in the Economy by Lakshman Achuthan, Anirvan Banerji Sep 2006 List: $14.95 208 pages Tags: Economics	Blink The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Jan 2005 (614 reviews) List: $25.95 288 pages blog post
The Bubble of American Supremacy Correcting the Misuse of American Power by George Soros Dec 2003 (36 reviews) List: $22.00 224 pages blog post	Bubbles And How to Survive Them by John P. Calverley Nov 2004 (1 review) List: $29.95 248 pages blog post	Bull A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982-2004 by Maggie Mahar Oct 2004 (28 reviews) List: $16.95 528 pages Maggie Mahar, a former WSJ and Barron's reporter, does a terrific job dissecting what led to the longest market boom in history, and how it turned into the ugliest bear market since the 1929 crash. Anyone who believes we're at the beginning of another multi-decade expansion may want to read this. Tags: Introduction to Investing blog post	Bull's Eye Investing Targeting Real Returns in a Smoke and Mirrors Market by John F. Mauldin May 2004 (53 reviews) List: $24.95 432 pages	Capitalism and Freedom Fortieth Anniversary Edition by Milton Friedman Nov 2002 (93 reviews) List: $13.00 230 pages blog post
Chaos Making a New Science by James Gleick Dec 1988 (97 reviews) List: $20.00 368 pages For more heavy lifting on the subject of randomness, this book is utterly fascinating. Not lite reading -- its an enjoyable work. blog post	China, Inc How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World by Ted C. Fishman Feb 2005 (63 reviews) List: $26.00 352 pages Worth reading to learn how China will change your business. blog post	Common Sense on Mutual Funds New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor by John C. Bogle Oct 2000 (60 reviews) List: $19.95 496 pages	Confessions of a Street Addict by James J. Cramer Jun 2003 (132 reviews) List: $15.00 352 pages Jim Cramer's hedge fund's annualized peformance over 12 years was 23% -- thats a substantial outperformance over the S&P. He frequently references his wife -- the trading goddess -- because when he ran into trouble in 97/98, she pulled him out of the fire. If not for her, the fund would have gone belly up, or so he says. A worthwhile read -- especially if you want to understand the cult of Cramer . . . blog post	Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst A True Story of Inside Information and Corruption in the Stock Market by Daniel Reingold, Jennifer Reingold Feb 2006 (25 reviews) List: $25.95 368 pages
The Creators A History of Heroes of the Imagination by Daniel J. Boorstin Sep 1993 (28 reviews) List: $18.00 832 pages (Boorstin was Chief Librarian at the Library of Congress)	The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin Feb 1985 (68 reviews) List: $17.95 768 pages (Boorstin was Chief Librarian at the Library of Congress)	The Elegant Universe Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene Feb 2000 (467 reviews) List: $15.95 464 pages blog post	Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns by Thomas N. Bulkowski May 2005 (6 reviews) List: $110.00 1010 pages A reference book I keep within arms reach. Tags: Reference blog post	The Essays of Warren Buffett Lessons for Corporate America by Warren E. Buffett Apr 2001 (56 reviews) List: $25.00 256 pages Tags: fundamentals
Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay Jul 1995 (48 reviews) List: $15.95 768 pages A classic, first published in 1841. In the intervening 163 years, I see no basis for believing that Human Nature has changed much. If you believe in the Madness of Crowds, then you may find shorting into bubbles to your liking, buying capitulations a viable strategy, and making contrarian plays where possible; If you "buy when there is blood in the streets," then this is the book for you. Tags: Investor Psychology blog post	Fiasco The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks Jul 2006 (138 reviews) List: $27.95 496 pages	Financial Fine Print Uncovering a Company's True Value by Michelle Leder Jul 2003 (15 reviews) List: $29.95 256 pages Tags: fundamentals	The Flight of the Creative Class The New Global Competition for Talent by Richard Florida Apr 2005 (21 reviews) List: $25.95 320 pages A potentially dire look at the world's hunt for intellectual firepower. I have yet to read this, but the threatened brain drain is something I've been tracking. blog post	Fooled by Randomness The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Aug 2005 (279 reviews) List: $14.95 368 pages A fast read, if you like mathematical theory -- although it could have very easily been a 3000 word magazine article. blog post
Forecasting Financial Markets The Psychology of Successful Investing by Tony Plummer Jul 2003 (2 reviews) List: $75.00 392 pages	Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner May 2005 (1171 reviews) List: $25.95 242 pages Tags: Economics	The Future for Investors Why the Tried and the True Triumph Over the Bold and the New by Jeremy J. Siegel Mar 2005 (35 reviews) (my rating) List: $27.50 336 pages Both of his books are thoroughly researched, well written -- and of little value to most Humans. Yes, stocks go higher in the long run, but only if you have enough time -- occasionally decades -- to ride out the normal cyclical shudders. blog post	Getting Started in Technical Analysis by Jack D. Schwager Feb 1999 (25 reviews) List: $19.95 352 pages Tags: Technicals	Hedgehogging by Barton Biggs Jan 2006 (49 reviews) List: $26.95 320 pages
How Charts Can Help You in the Stock Market by William L. Jiler Jun 1990 (10 reviews) List: $16.00 72 pages Tags: Technicals	How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market by Nicolas Darvas Feb 2001 (90 reviews) List: $12.95 197 pages Tags: Technicals	How I Trade and Invest in Stocks and Bonds by Richard D. Wyckoff Jun 1983 (2 reviews) List: $15.00 190 pages (first published in 1924) Tags: Historical Perspectives	How To Make Money In Stocks A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, 3rd Edition by William J. O'Neil May 2002 (187 reviews) List: $12.95 272 pages Tags: Technicals	How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short by William J. O'Neil, Gil Morales Dec 2004 (18 reviews) List: $19.95 208 pages Tags: short selling
How We Know What Isn't So by Thomas Gilovich Mar 1993 (32 reviews) List: $17.95 224 pages Tags: Investor Psychology blog post	Inside Intel Andy Grove and the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Chip Company by Tim Jackson Nov 1998 (31 reviews) List: $13.95 432 pages The book is a tech investor's must read. If you think Redmond is the evil empire, well then brace yourself -- Intel was every bit as abusive a monopolist as Gates & Co. The key difference is Intel seems to have adapted faster than Microsoft. If you haven't read Inside Intel, go get yourself a copy (50 cents used at Amazon); Its an utterly fascinating history of technology. blog post	The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig Jul 2003 (71 reviews) List: $19.95 640 pages Tags: fundamentals	The Investor's Anthology Original Ideas from the Industry's Greatest Minds by Charles D. Ellis, James R. Vertin Jun 2001 (1 review) List: $19.95 256 pages Tags: Introduction to Investing	Irrational Exuberance Second Edition by Robert J. Shiller Feb 2005 (83 reviews) List: $29.95 344 pages
It's Earnings That Count Finding Stocks with Earnings Power for Long-term Profits by Hewitt Heiserman Jr. Nov 2003 (10 reviews) List: $27.95 210 pages (a columnist at The Street.com) blog post	Japanese Candlestick Charting - Second Edition by Steve Nison Oct 2001 (65 reviews) List: $100.00 320 pages A reference book I keep within arms reach. Tags: Reference blog post	Learning Economics by Arnold Kling Sep 2004 (2 reviews) List: $22.99 376 pages blog post	Liar's Poker Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis Oct 1990 (181 reviews) List: $15.00 256 pages Tags: Wall Street	The Long Tail Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson Jul 2006 (61 reviews) List: $24.95 256 pages
Market Wizards Interviews with Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager Jan 1993 (93 reviews) List: $17.00 480 pages This book (or the second version) is where anyone interested in this industry MUST start. blog post	The Misbehavior of Markets by Benoit Mandelbrot, Richard L. Hudson Aug 2004 (35 reviews) List: $27.50 328 pages	More Than You Know Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places by Michael J. Mauboussin Apr 2006 (27 reviews) List: $27.95 268 pages	Naked Economics Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan Sep 2003 (71 reviews) List: $15.95 388 pages	New Ideas from Dead Economists Revised Edition by Todd G. Buchholz Apr 1999 (33 reviews) List: $16.00 352 pages In the MacroEconomics arena, I really liked this book, from Harvard Prof and economic adviser in the first George H.W. Bush administration. A broad historical survey of economic theories through the years. Very interesting to see the evolution of Econ thinking. (It turns out that Economists have been getting it wrong for centuries.) Tags: Economics blog post
The New Laws of the Stock Market Jungle An Insider's Guide to Successful Investing in a Changing World by Michael J. Panzner Jun 2004 (11 reviews) List: $24.95 320 pages blog post	The New Market Wizards Conversations with America's Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager Jan 1994 (57 reviews) List: $17.00 512 pages This book (or the first version) is where anyone interested in this industry MUST start. Tags: Introduction to Investing blog post	The Number How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America by Alex Berenson Mar 2003 (22 reviews) List: $24.95 304 pages blog post	One Up On Wall Street How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market by Peter Lynch Audio Cassette Oct 1989 (127 reviews) List: $16.00 120 pages Tags: fundamentals	Prechter's Perspective by Robert R. Prechter Jr. May 1996 (3 reviews) List: $19.00 267 pages Another great book in the MacroEconomics arena. Very, very interesting view. This book is one of the most fascinating and challenging books I've ever read. Tags: Investor Psychology blog post
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lef√®vre May 1994 (151 reviews) List: $19.95 304 pages (first published in 1923) Tags: Historical Perspectives	Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason Jan 2002 (301 reviews) List: $6.99 160 pages	Riding the Bear How to Prosper in the Coming Bear Market by Sy Harding Mar 1999 (22 reviews) List: $12.95 225 pages It might be a bit late to be reading this, but the guy nailed the top as well as anyone. There are plenty of instructive rules in this one to help you prep for the next top. Tags: short selling blog post	The Rise of the Creative Class And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life by Richard Florida Jan 2004 (52 reviews) List: $15.95 416 pages blog post	Stock Market Rules 70 of the Most Widely Held Investment Axioms Explained, Examined and Exposed by Michael Sheimo Apr 1999 (5 reviews) List: $18.95 313 pages A general market read -- its an almost fun book. Its lite; You can pick it up, read 10 pages, then put it down. I didn't agree with everything in it, but it was interesting nonetheless. blog post
Stock Market Wizards Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders by Jack D. Schwager Apr 2003 (48 reviews) List: $15.95 352 pages Tags: Introduction to Investing	Stocks for the Long Run The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns and Long-Term Investment Strategies by Jeremy J. Siegel Jun 2002 (55 reviews) (my rating) List: $29.95 388 pages Both of his books are thoroughly researched, well written -- and of little value to most Humans. Yes, stocks go higher in the long run, but only if you have enough time -- occasionally decades -- to ride out the normal cyclical shudders. Tags: fundamentals blog post	Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition by Steven B. Achelis Oct 2000 (34 reviews) List: $39.95 380 pages One of the reference books I keep handy and reach for occasionally. Tags: Reference blog post	Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications by John J. Murphy Jan 1999 (64 reviews) List: $85.00 576 pages A reference book I keep within arms reach. Tags: Reference blog post	The Tipping Point How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell Jan 2002 (703 reviews) List: $14.95 304 pages The market is a dynamic, nonlinear system. This book in excellent exposition of how these systems work in non market environments. A very easy and enjoyable summer beach book. blog post
Trade Like Warren Buffett by James Altucher Feb 2005 (13 reviews) List: $49.95 246 pages (a columnist at The Street.com) blog post	Trend Following How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets by Michael W. Covel Apr 2004 (61 reviews) List: $29.95 311 pages Tags: Technicals blog post	Unexpected Returns Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles by Ed Easterling Apr 2005 (25 reviews) List: $39.95 296 pages	The Visual Investor How to Spot Market Trends by John J. Murphy Oct 1996 (30 reviews) List: $60.00 320 pages Tags: Technicals	Warren Buffett Speaks Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Investor by Janet Lowe Mar 1997 (14 reviews) List: $19.95 208 pages Tags: fundamentals
We the Media by Dan Gillmor Aug 2004 (28 reviews) List: $24.95 304 pages blog post	When to Sell for the '90s Inside Strategies for Stock-Market Profits by Justin Mamis Jun 1994 List: $20.00 335 pages Tags: short selling	Where Are the Customers Yachts? Or, A Good Hard Look at Wall Street by Schwed Feb 1995 (22 reviews) List: $130.00 248 pages Tags: Wall Street	Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them Lessons From The New Science Of Behavioral Economics by Gary Belsky, Thomas Gilovich Apr 2000 (39 reviews) List: $13.00 224 pages Tags: Investor Psychology	The Winner's Curse by Richard H. Thaler Jan 1994 (14 reviews) List: $24.95 240 pages Tags: Investor Psychology
Winning the Loser's Game Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing by Charles D. Ellis Feb 1998 (25 reviews) List: $24.95 160 pages Paul B. Farrell of MarketWatch notes that several investing luminaries have heaped praise on the book: "Management guru Peter Drucker calls it 'the best book on investment policy and management.'" Jack Bogle credits Ellis's book as the inspiration for his first index fund in 1976. Ironically, the book was written in 1975 in order to help his fellow money managers "improve their game." Perhaps it will improve yours as well. blog post	The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki Aug 2005 (114 reviews) List: $14.00 336 pages If expressions such as "Don't fight the tape," Go along to get along, and "The trend is your friend" appeal to you, than this book has your name on it. Read this with "The Madness of Crowds." blog post