Guy Spier
Zurich-based investor who ran the Aquamarine Fund from 1997 to 2025 and wrote The Education of a Value Investor.
Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins
Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Financial Destiny! provides as good an introduction as any to his ideas, as do his various recordings.
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders by Warren Buffett
There is also a deep well of wisdom from Buffett in Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders, 1965-2013.
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein
Roger Lowenstein’s biography Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist was the first book that I consciously used to help me “model” Warren Buffett. It’s still my favorite biography of Buffett.
Forum: The Secret Advantage of Successful Leaders by Mo Fathelbab
The best guide to mastermind groups is Mo Fathelbab’s Forum: The Secret Advantage of Successful Leaders.
Margin of Safety by Seth Klarman
Five other books that deserve to be read and reread many times are Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor; Joel Greenblatt’s You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits; The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik, and Gene Isenberg; John Mihaljevic’s The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments; and Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns.
Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charles T. Munger
Another marvelous glimpse inside the mind of a master is Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T Munger, which includes his eye-opening analysis of the causes of human misjudgment.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre
Before I discovered value investing, I was captivated by two other investment classics: Edwin Lelevre’s Reminiscences of a Stock Operator and The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros.
Tap Dancing to Work by Carol Loomis
It’s well worth reading Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything„ 1966-2013 by his friend Carol Loomis, a renowned writer for Fortune.
The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik and Gene Isenberg
Five other books that deserve to be read and reread many times are Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor; Joel Greenblatt’s You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits; The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik, and Gene Isenberg; John Mihaljevic’s The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments; and Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns.
The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros
Before I discovered value investing, I was captivated by two other investment classics: Edwin Lelevre’s Reminiscences of a Stock Operator and The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros.
The Dhandho Investor by Mohnish Pabrai
Five other books that deserve to be read and reread many times are Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor; Joel Greenblatt’s You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits; The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik, and Gene Isenberg; John Mihaljevic’s The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments; and Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns.
The Great Minds of Investing by William Green and Michael O’Brien
The Great Minds of Investing by William Green and Michael O’Brien offers a rare depth of insight into the lives and minds of many of the best investors of our time.
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham is where it all started for me.
The Manual of Ideas by John Mihaljevic
Five other books that deserve to be read and reread many times are Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor; Joel Greenblatt’s You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits; The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik, and Gene Isenberg; John Mihaljevic’s The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments; and Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns.
The Snowball by Alice Schroeder
Alice Schroeder’s The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life also makes made a valuable, though controversial, contribution to our understanding of him.
The Symbolic Quest by Edward Whitmont
During my seven-year stint in Jungian therapy, I found Edward Whitmont’s The Symbolic Quest: Basic Concepts of Analytical Psychology a very useful handbook.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions by Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous, which I have not attended, produces a wonderful book entitled Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
You Can Be a Stock Market Genius by Joel Greenblatt
Five other books that deserve to be read and reread many times are Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor; Joel Greenblatt’s You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits; The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik, and Gene Isenberg; John Mihaljevic’s The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments; and Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns.
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