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I don't mean prescriptive, "how to", but more business books that inform while telling a good story. Think like, Liar's Poker (really any Michael Lewis), Too Big to fail, Bad Blood, Shoe Dog, etc. 

Anyone read anything good lately?

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Barbarians At The Gate is not new, but very entertaining.  The Taking of Getty Oil similar.  Serpent on the Rock (Prudential) is pretty good.

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^^^^ Both good.  Also Smartest Guys in the Room (Enron, not Lewis, but good).

Liars Poker introduced me to the genre and it's hard to beat, but there's a lot of pretty good stuff out there.  Den of Thieves about Milken and the Drexel people is good also.

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On 7/24/2019 at 6:56 PM, Chewbacca said:

The Big Short was fantastic. Haven't read Flash Boys, but i love Lewis, so I'm sure that is good as will.

Flash Boys was not up to typical Lewis standards in my opinion.

Back to the original premise of the thread, a lot of these are old but some of my all-time favorites:

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On 7/24/2019 at 9:02 AM, TwiceHorn said:

Barbarians At The Gate is not new, but very entertaining.  The Taking of Getty Oil similar.  Serpent on the Rock (Prudential) is pretty good.

BatG is amazing. Thanks for the recommendation here, I'm loving this book and only 4 chapters in.

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Not really in line with your request for an actual event / story...but these are great books on globalization and the strain it creates on cultures.

 

Lexus and the Olive Tree

Jihad vs. McWorld

 

 

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I read Barbarians at the Gate a couple of years ago and loved it. Considered rereading it.  Currently reading The Everything Store (Bezos/Amazon), and enjoying it quite a bit.

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