Lords of Finance

Lords of Finance (2009)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Liaquat Ahamed

One of my personal favorites, the book covers all the period since the creation of the federal reserve (1913) until the end of the second world war from the eyes of the central bankers of USA, England, France and Germany. 

A Random Walk Down Wall Street

A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Burton G. Malkiel

The book revolves around the random walk hypothesis about that stock market. The author examines many investment techniques from technical, to fundamentals and concludes that the average investor can't beat the market.

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Edwin Lefèvre

A biography of Jesse Lauriston Livermore and one of the oldest books published about the stock market and speculation in the United States. Published in 1923, the book features the adventures of Jesse at the bucket shops, the NYSE and many others.

Dark Pools

Dark Pools (2012)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Scott Patterson

How the NYSE and Nasdaq slowly transitioned from open outcry to electroning trading and how ultra fast traders, order types and spoofing now rule the markets.

The Misbehavior of Markets

The Misbehavior of Markets (2004)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Benoit Mandelbrot & Richard L. Hudson

A mathematician draws similitudes between historical financial data and fractals. From Bachelier's Thesis to the use of fat tails and power laws, Mandelbrot lays down a good analysis of the relationships between math and finance.

13 Bankers

13 Bankers (2011)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Simon Johnson & James Kwak

The rise of central banking and the financial sector in america. The key players in the private and public sectors before and after the 2008 crisis and their power to bend the laws.

Business Adventures

Business Adventures (1969)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): John Brooks

A compilation of many stories: The Edsel, Xerox, the Texas Gulf Sulphur scandal, the crash of 1962, the defense of the british pound and many more.

My Life as a Quant

My Life as a Quant (2008)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Emanuel Derman

An autobiography of Emanual Derman. The first half of the book is about his studies and his works related to physics, the second half is about his adventures at Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers and his research about finance.

The Quants

The Quants (2010)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Scott Patterson

Similar to More Money Than God, but in this book the hedge fund managers have a more quantitative view, some of them are: Ken Griffin, Ed Thorp, Jim Simons, Cliff Asness and many more.

More Money Than God

More Money Than God (2010)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Sebastian Mallaby

A recopilation of the history of many hedge fund managers: Soros, Tudor Jones, Meriwether, D. E. Shaw, Paulson and many more.

When Genius Failed

When Genius Failed (2000)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Roger Lowenstein

How a hedge fund named Long Term Capital Management (LTCM) started by an ex-salomon trader and nobel prize winners returned amazing profits and then blew up after Russia's default in 1998.

Flash Boys

Flash Boys

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Michael Lewis

Read: September 2015

The rise of High Frequency Trading and how the players are investing money to trade miliseconds faster than the competition. Also features the story of Brad Katsuyama and the creation of IEX (that started trading as an official exchange a few days ago).

The Big Short

The Big Short (2011)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Michael Lewis

Great book that tells the story of the people that saw the 2008 crisis coming and how they made big bets about it to earn millions (and billions) of dollars.

Liar's Poker

Liar's Poker (1989)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Michael Lewis

One of my personal favorites. The story revolves around Michael and his adventures at Salomon Brothers during and after the bond trading boom until the crash of 1987. The book explains pretty well the atmosphere inside a trading floor.

Freakonomics

Freakonomics (2009)

Non-Fiction

Author(s): Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

More than economics, this books has an statistic approach toward many aspects where people think numbers are not always employed or have a wrong idea about the underlying figures. Includes many mind-blowing facts.

Hello there, I started this blog to make a list and short reviews about the books I've read. In the last 54 weeks I've read 42 books, mostly about banking, economy, economic history, wall street, programming, computer science, machine learning, etc... most of them non-fiction but some technical/academics books too.

I hope you enjoy them and also recommend me some books!