Business Books recommendation

[Rougarou 594]

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?

[TwiceHorn 31515]

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

Edited July 24, 2019 by TwiceHorn

[Chewbacca 7780]

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

[TwiceHorn 31515]

^^^^ 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.

[Fudge Nuggets 19209]

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:

[Rougarou 594]

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.

[Izhmash 563]

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

 

 

[htown85 159]

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.

[texanbychoice 354]

The Lost Bank

Street Fighters

[CoTex 1160]

Mosquito Coast.  Paul Theroux.

[wackawacka 179]

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

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

The Taking of Getty Oil similar.

Oil and Honor is one of my favorite non-fiction books. I'll check this one out. 

[MalibuSheriff 1090]

I’m a huge fan of Charlie Munger.  This is probably the best book of compilations of Mungers many board meetings, speaking engagements, etc..

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/023117098X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1687547594&sr=8-1

Edited June 23, 2023 by MalibuSheriff
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