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Ask HN: Book recommendations for understanding financial systems? ↗

The books people recommended

2020-03-14 · 527 points · 204 comments · 47 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 7

    A Random Walk Down Wall Street

    Burton Malkiel

    7 here · 38 all-time · #131 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 4,237 ratings on Amazon
  2. 6

    Black Swan

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    6 here · 110 all-time · #19 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 8,277 ratings on Amazon
  3. 6

    The Big Short

    Michael Lewis

    6 here · 20 all-time · #324 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 17,192 ratings on Amazon
  4. 5

    The Intelligent Investor

    Benjamin Graham

    5 here · 33 all-time · #169 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 52,344 ratings on Amazon
  5. 5The Ascent of Money

    The Ascent of Money

    Niall Ferguson

    5 here · 8 all-time · #891 overall

  6. 4

    Debt: The First 5000 Years

    David Graeber

    4 here · 41 all-time · #120 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,289 ratings on Amazon
  7. 4Security Analysis

    Security Analysis

    Benjamin Graham, David Dodd

    4 here · 9 all-time · #772 overall

  8. 4Macroeconomics

    Macroeconomics

    Olivier Blanchard

    4 here · 5 all-time · #1527 overall

  9. 3

    Fooled by Randomness

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    3 here · 81 all-time · #41 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,682 ratings on Amazon
  10. 3

    Economics in One Lesson

    Henry Hazlitt

    3 here · 45 all-time · #100 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,979 ratings on Amazon
  11. 3Trading and Exchanges

    Trading and Exchanges

    Larry Harris

    3 here · 16 all-time · #412 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 117 ratings on Amazon
  12. 2The Road to Serfdom

    The Road to Serfdom

    Friedrich Hayek

    2 here · 15 all-time · #436 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 3,104 ratings on Amazon
  13. 2The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

    The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

    John Maynard Keynes

    2 here · 11 all-time · #599 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.1 out of 5, 1,182 ratings on Amazon
  14. 2Lords of Finance

    Lords of Finance

    Robert G. Brown, John H. D. Scoville

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1815 overall

  15. 2Crashed

    Crashed

    Adam Tooze

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1821 overall

  16. 2Value Investing

    Value Investing

    Bruce Greenwald

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2534 overall

  17. 2Keynes

    Keynes

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2544 overall

  18. 1

    The Wealth of Nations

    Adam Smith

    1 here · 27 all-time · #212 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,706 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1

    Freakonomics

    Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

    1 here · 26 all-time · #225 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 7,647 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1

    Liar's Poker

    Michael Lewis

    1 here · 23 all-time · #258 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 10,163 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1

    Capital

    Karl Marx

    1 here · 21 all-time · #307 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,644 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1Snowball

    Snowball

    Alice Schroeder

    1 here · 18 all-time · #346 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 5,023 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1Flash Boys

    Flash Boys

    Michael Lewis

    1 here · 17 all-time · #368 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 18,690 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

    Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

    Ayn Rand

    1 here · 16 all-time · #411 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 791 ratings on Amazon
  25. 1Money: The Unauthorised Biography

    Money: The Unauthorised Biography

    Felix Martin

    1 here · 9 all-time · #695 overall

  26. 1Naked Economics

    Naked Economics

    Charles Wheelan

    1 here · 8 all-time · #862 overall

  27. 1Too Big to Fail

    Too Big to Fail

    Andrew Ross Sorkin

    1 here · 8 all-time · #874 overall

  28. 1Corporate Finance

    Corporate Finance

    Stephen Ross

    1 here · 8 all-time · #890 overall

  29. 1The Good Earth

    The Good Earth

    Pearl S. Buck

    1 here · 7 all-time · #914 overall

  30. 1When Genius Failed

    When Genius Failed

    Roger Lowenstein

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1207 overall

  31. 1Principles of Corporate Finance

    Principles of Corporate Finance

    Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Franklin Allen

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1208 overall

  32. 1Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

    Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

    Charles Mackay

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1399 overall

  33. 1One Up on Wall Street

    One Up on Wall Street

    Peter Lynch

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1501 overall

  34. 1Making Money

    Making Money

    Terry Pratchett

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1584 overall

  35. 1SuperFreakonomics

    SuperFreakonomics

    Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1926 overall

  36. 1You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

    You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

    Joel Greenblatt

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2115 overall

  37. 1Meltdown

    Meltdown

    Robert Land

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2193 overall

  38. 1Why Stock Markets Crash

    Why Stock Markets Crash

    Didier Sornette

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2297 overall

  39. 1The Four Pillars of Investing

    The Four Pillars of Investing

    William Bernstein

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2300 overall

  40. 1Wages of Destruction

    Wages of Destruction

    Adam Tooze

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2318 overall

  41. 1The Deluge

    The Deluge

    Adam Tooze

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2331 overall

  42. 1The End of Alchemy

    The End of Alchemy

    Mervyn King

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2341 overall

  43. 1All the Devils are Here

    All the Devils are Here

    Bethany McLean

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2361 overall

  44. 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Edward Gibbon

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2396 overall

  45. 1Traders, Guns and Money

    Traders, Guns and Money

    Satyajit Das

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2535 overall

  46. 1Where Are the Customers Yachts?

    Where Are the Customers Yachts?

    Fred Schwed Jr.

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2543 overall

  47. 1Stress Test

    Stress Test

    Tim Geithner

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2586 overall