Amazon is retiring the aStore feature on October 27th. So I'll be adding as many titles as I can between now and then to this page, which will serve as the new recommended reading page once the aStore is retired. While I may not have time to get them all moved over in time, I'll at least add some of my favorites from each discipline, as well as all the business biographies, and then add and update everything else over time.
As of now, the order of the categories listed below are:
- Investing
- Thinking - Mental Models
- Leadership
- Business Biographies
- Industry Books
- Insurance
- Banking
- [more to come]
- Psychology and Behavioral Economics
- Biology
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Probability - Math - Statistics
- [more to come]
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Investing
The Intelligent Investor
The Intelligent Investor (Revised Edition)
Security Analysis: The Classic 1934 Edition
Security Analysis: Sixth Edition
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders (Kindle)
100 to 1 in the Stock Market
100 Baggers
Creative Cash Flow Reporting
Financial Shenanigans
The Art of Short Selling
Fooled by Randomness
Thinking - Mental Models
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes
Leadership
It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick
The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching
Business Biographies
Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going
Men and Rubber: The Story of Business
Sam Walton: Made In America
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Andrew Carnegie
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
The Everything Store
Delivering Happiness
Creativity, Inc.
Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
Steve Jobs
In The Plex
A Curious Discovery
Be My Guest
Half Luck and Half Brains: The Kemmons Wilson, Holiday Inn Story
The Spirit to Serve Marriott's Way
Without Reservations: How a Family Root Beer Stand Grew into a Global Hotel Company
Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy
Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It
Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business
The King of Cash
Dream Big
Leading By Design: The Ikea Story
Sol Price Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator
Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford
On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors: John Z. DeLorean's Look Inside the Automotive Giant
Once Upon a Car: The Fall and Resurrection of America's Big Three Automakers--GM, Ford, and Chrysler
Shaw Industries: A History
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It
Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
McDonald's: Behind The Arches
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It
Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
McDonald's: Behind The Arches
In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules
Minding the Store
The Making of Harcourt General: A History of Growth Through Diversification 1922-1992
Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
The Making of Harcourt General: A History of Growth Through Diversification 1922-1992
Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
A. P. Giannini: Banker of America
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
American Express: The Unofficial History of the People Who Built the Great Financial Empire
Citibank, 1812-1970
What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett
Jim Clayton: First a Dream
The Pampered Chef
The Man from Zara
Confessions of an Advertising Man
Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
Aiming High - A Biography of Masayoshi Son
Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
Y. K. Pao: My Father
The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune
The Warburgs
The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire
Mellon: An American Life
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
James J. Hill & The Opening of the Northwest
The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM
Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance
The Farmer from Merna: A Biography of George J. Mecherle and a History of the State Farm Insurance Companies of Bloomington, Illinois
Simon Marks: Retail Revolutionary
Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success
Ryanair: How a Small Irish Airline Conquered Europe
The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
Comic Wars: Marvel's Battle For Survival
The Farmer from Merna: A Biography of George J. Mecherle and a History of the State Farm Insurance Companies of Bloomington, Illinois
Simon Marks: Retail Revolutionary
Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success
Ryanair: How a Small Irish Airline Conquered Europe
The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
Comic Wars: Marvel's Battle For Survival
Ling: The Rise, Fall, and Return of a Texas Titan
King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America
Skygods: The Fall of Pan Am
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Conspiracy of Fools
Beam, Straight Up: The Bold Story of the First Family of Bourbon
Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned Over a Beer or Two
The Beer Monopoly: How brewers bought and built for world domination
The John Deere Way: Performance that Endures
Good to Great to Gone: The 60 Year Rise and Fall of Circuit City
Morgan: American Financier
The Rise and Fall of the Conglomerate Kings
The Making of a Blockbuster
Flameout: The Rise and Fall of Burger Chef
The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire
Built from Scratch: How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers
Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick
Against the Odds: An Autobiography - By James Dyson
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
Habit of Labor: Lessons from a Life of Struggle and Success
Leadership Lessons from a UPS Driver: Delivering a Culture of We, Not Me
The HP Way
Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company
The Wawa Way: How a Funny Name and Six Core Values Revolutionized Convenience
Made to Order:: The Story of Sheetz
From Lucky to Smart: Leadership Lessons from QuikTrip
Daring to Succeed: How Alain Bouchard Built the Couche-Tard & Circle K Convenience Store Empire
The Rise and Fall of the Conglomerate Kings
The Making of a Blockbuster
Flameout: The Rise and Fall of Burger Chef
The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire
Built from Scratch: How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers
Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick
Against the Odds: An Autobiography - By James Dyson
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
Habit of Labor: Lessons from a Life of Struggle and Success
Leadership Lessons from a UPS Driver: Delivering a Culture of We, Not Me
The HP Way
Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company
The Wawa Way: How a Funny Name and Six Core Values Revolutionized Convenience
Made to Order:: The Story of Sheetz
From Lucky to Smart: Leadership Lessons from QuikTrip
Daring to Succeed: How Alain Bouchard Built the Couche-Tard & Circle K Convenience Store Empire
Better Way to Build: A History of the Pankow Companies
Kiewit: An Uncommon Company
The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
Spark: How Old-Fashioned Values Drive a Twenty-First-Century Corporation: Lessons from Lincoln Electric's Unique Guaranteed Employment Program
Junk to Gold: From Salvage to the World’s Largest Online Auto Auction
Let My People Go Surfing
Broadlooms and Businessmen: A History of the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company
The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World
Genentech: The Beginnings of Biotech
1,000 Dollars and an Idea: Entrepreneur to Billionaire
Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure
Limping on Water: My 40-Year Adventure with One of America's Outstanding Communications Companies
My Father's Business: The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company
Six Tires, No Plan: The Impossible Journey of the Most Inspirational Leader That (Almost) Nobody Knows
Disrupt and Conquer: How TTK Prestige Became a Billion-Dollar Business
Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic
Industry Books
Insurance
Understanding the Insurance Industry (A.M. Best)
Invisible Bankers: Everything the Insurance Industry Never Wanted You to Know
Theory and Practice of Insurance
Financial Statement Analysis for Non-Financial Managers: Property and Casualty Insurance
Basic Concepts of Accounting and Taxation of Property/Casualty Insurance Companies
Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance (Vaughan)
Insurance Theory and Practice (Thoyts)
Insurance and Behavioral Economics: Improving Decisions in the Most Misunderstood Industry
The Bank Director's Handbook
A History of Banking in the United States (Sumner)
A Blueprint for Better Banking: Svenska Handelsbanken and a proven model for more stable and profitable banking
Biography of a Bank: The Story of Bank of America
Analyzing and Investing in Community Bank Stocks
The Principles of Banking (Choudhry)
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
Everyday Irrationality: How Pseudo- Scientists, Lunatics, And The Rest Of Us Systematically Fail To Think Rationally
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious
Thinking and Deciding
Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences
Biology and Evolution
For an intro to all of biology, as opposed to the evolutionary focus of the majority of the books below, I recommend checking out The Great Courses, and the course Biology: The Science of Life.
From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books (Voyage of the Beagle, The Origin of Species, The Descent of Man, The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals)
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Selfish Gene
The Extended Phenotype
The Blind Watchmaker
River Out of Eden
The Ancestor's Tale
Climbing Mount Improbable
Unweaving the Rainbow
The Social Conquest of Earth
Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Gene: An Intimate History
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
Genetics: A Conceptual Approach (Pierce)
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Physics
VIDEOS: Lectures by Walter Lewin
Mr Tompkins in Paperback
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein’s Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
The Character of Physical Law
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
Get a Grip on Physics
Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction
Thermodynamics For Dummies
Into the Cool: Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
Chemistry
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Probability - Math - Statistics
Taking Chances: Winning with Probability
Probability: A Very Short Introduction
Probability: For the Enthusiastic Beginner
The Drunkard's Walk
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
How to Lie with Statistics
Naked Statistics
Math, Better Explained: Learn to Unlock Your Math Intuition
The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy