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› the finance canon

a short list of books every serious markets operator should have sitting on the shelf. not a "top 100" — just the ones you actually re-read. 96 years of canon, sorted by category.

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# chronological · 1923–2019 · widest spines = re-reads
featured · re-read# the one i keep coming back to
The Intelligent Investor— Benjamin Graham · 1949

the bible. margin of safety. Mr. Market.

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value:# graham lineage04
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The Intelligent Investor· Benjamin Graham1949[re-read]

the bible. margin of safety. Mr. Market.

[re-read]
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Security Analysis· Graham & Dodd1934

700 pages. the textbook nobody finishes.

[read]
03
Margin of Safety· Seth Klarman1991

out of print. copies trade at $2k+.

[read]
04
Poor Charlie's Almanack· Charlie Munger2005[re-read]

mental models. latticework thinking.

[re-read]
psychology:# the operator's mind02
01
Fooled by Randomness· Nassim Taleb2001[re-read]

survivorship bias. luck vs skill.

[re-read]
02
Thinking, Fast and Slow· Daniel Kahneman2011

system 1 / system 2. your own bias manual.

[read]
trading:# tape readers02
01
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator· Edwin Lefèvre1923[re-read]

Jesse Livermore. the tape reader's rite of passage.

[re-read]
02
Market Wizards· Jack Schwager1989

interviews with the greats. discipline > edge.

[read]
macro:# the big picture02
01
The Alchemy of Finance· George Soros1987

reflexivity. the only framework that survives.

[read]
02
Principles· Ray Dalio2017

Bridgewater OS. radical transparency.

[read]
quant:# the model floor02
01
The Man Who Solved the Market· Gregory Zuckerman2019

Simons & Renaissance. the RenTec case study.

[read]
02
More Money Than God· Sebastian Mallaby2010

hedge fund history from A.W. Jones to Medallion.

[read]
crisis:# things that broke03
01
Liar's Poker· Michael Lewis1989

Salomon Brothers. how wall street really works.

[read]
02
When Genius Failed· Roger Lowenstein2000

LTCM. 2 Nobels, 4 months, $4b gone.

[read]
03
The Big Short· Michael Lewis2010

'08 from the shorts' side.

[read]
ops:# capital allocation01
01
The Outsiders· William Thorndike2012[re-read]

8 unconventional CEOs on capital allocation.

[re-read]
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