2020 — My year in books
In a year like this, I reflected on the past and tried to take comfort in life's many vicissitudes. This is my journey in books for 2020.
In my mind, 2020 qualifies as one of the most unprecedented, interesting, and insightful years of my life. From the reflections of the great stoic Marcus Aurelius to the 1929 stock market crash to the life and principles of Andrew Carnegie from the gilded age, these books helped me navigate the year and put life into perspective. There is no doubt in my mind that 2020 has been one of the most educational years of my life due to the array of books I read. I hope you find them as educational as I do.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Bull!: A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982–2004 by Maggie Mahar
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome’s Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt
Charlie Munger: The complete investor by Tren Griffin
The Deals of Warren Buffett by Glen Arnold
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises by Timothy F. Geithner
Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe
Paths to Wealth Through Common Stocks by Philip A. Fisher
A Short History of Financial Euphoria by John Kenneth Galbraith
The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that Made the World Modern by Keith J. Devlin
Limping on Water: My 40-year adventure with one of America’s outstanding communications companies by Philip Beuth
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82 by Charles Darwin
The Great Crash of 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
The Interpretation of Financial Statements: The Classic 1937 Edition
by Benjamin Graham
Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw
Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham, David L. Dodd
Rienzie Wijetilleke, The Banker, The Man, The Legend by Gaston de Rosayro
The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The Clash of the Cultures: Investment vs. Speculation by John C. Bogle
Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com by Aaron Ross
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig
Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, Expanded Third Edition by Charles T. Munger, Peter D. Kaufman
America’s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve
by Roger Lowenstein
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Where Are the Customers’ Yachts?: Or a Good Hard Look at Wall Street by Fred Schwed Jr.
The Big Secret for the Small Investor: The Shortest Route to Long-Term Investment Success by Joel Greenblatt
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork by Reeves Wiedeman
Be sure to check out the entire list and my book reviews on my Goodreads here. If you enjoyed what you read here, be sure to check out my essays on investing at Quyn Capital.
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