Books

Here’s some books we think are worth reading (updated December 17, 2009)

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Lawrence McDonald with Patrick Robinson

Betrayal: The Life and Lies of Bernie Madoff
Andrew Kirtzman

Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy
Isadore Sharp

The Little Book of Investing
Chris Browne

Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Taleb

Moneyball
Michael Lewis

Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
Laurence Gonzales

The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century
Thomas Friedman

The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham

When Genius Failed

Roger Lowenstein

Margin of Safety

Seth Klarman

Good to Great

Jim Collins

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
Philip A. Fisher

Why Smart Executives Fail

Sydney Finkelstein