The always wise Paul Kedrosky blogged a intern reading list for Bear Stearns:
- Barbarians at the Gate, by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
- Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing, by Hersh Shefrin
- Confessions of a Street Addict, by Jim Cramer
- Den of Thieves, by James B. Stuart
- Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation, by Edward Chancellor
- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Liar’s Poker, by Michael Lewis
- Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle, by John Rolfe and Peter Troob
- Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefèvre
- The Mind of Wall Street, by Leon Levy
- The Predator’s Ball, by Connie Bruck
- Wall Street Meat: My Narrow Escape from the Stock Market Grinder, by Andy Kessler
- When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, by Roger Lowenstein
I’ve read a random smattering of these during my undergrad days, when I briefly entertained the idea of pursuing a career on Wall Street.
What would a similar list of books for the Venture Capital and Startups look like? I’ll take suggestions and then contribute my own recommendations in a later post.