I’m trying to be helpful and listing, linking and categorizing people’s favourite non-investing books they’ve read that completely changed the way they view investing. 🙂

Suggestions from Brandon Beylo’s tweet. What is one NON-Investing book you’ve read that completely changed the way you view investing?

Business, Probability etc

• 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy by Hamilton Helmer
• A Course in Game Theory by Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein
• Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life by Rory Sutherland
• Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Increasing Returns and the New World of Business by W. Brian Arthur
• Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics Paperback by Richard H. Thaler
• The Great Rebalancing by Michael Pettis

Psychology, Behavioural, and Self Improvement

• 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
• Mindset by Carol S. Dweck
• Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler
• Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
• Sources of Power by Gary Klein
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

Fiction

• JR by William Gaddis
• The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Science and Tech

• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
• The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Misc

• Picking Winners: A Horseplayer’s Guide by Andrew Beyer
• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
• Stray Reflections by Jawad Mian
• The Tao Jones Averages: A Guide to Whole-Brained Investing by Bennett W. Goodspeed

Disclaimer: I’ve used Amazon Affiliate Links here. I think I’ll get like 2% on every sale if you use my link? So feel free to help out, much appreciated ! 🙂