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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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.
