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Books Morgan Housel recommends

Public list compiled from their own recommendations. Writer and investor; author of The Psychology of Money.

Compiled by Kaffe from public sources, with a link to each one. Morgan Housel is not affiliated with Kaffe.

  1. The Science of Fear by Daniel Gardner: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); opened his eyes to how poorly we judge risk source
  2. The Big Change by Frederick Lewis Allen: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); sparked interest in the social side of economic growth source
  3. The Quest of the Simple Life by William J. Dawson: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); changed how he thinks about money and life goals source
  4. Famous Financial Fiascos by John Train: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); great little-known investing history source
  5. The Great Depression: A Diary by Benjamin Roth: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); best economics book he has read source
  6. Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t by Steven Pressfield: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); biggest influence on his writing source
  7. The Patriarch by David Nasaw: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); Joseph Kennedy biography source
  8. Endurance by Alfred Lansing: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); how far people can be pushed source
  9. Truman by David McCullough: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); huge problems landing on an unexpected leader source
  10. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); one of the best innovation stories source
  11. The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Child: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); 1833 view of everyday life source
  12. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); no economic system is perfect source
  13. The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); best WWII book he has read source
  14. The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); long-term optimism source
  15. 30 Lessons for Living by Karl Pillemer: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); life advice from the very old source
  16. This Will Make You Smarter by John Brockman (ed.): 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); short essays by brilliant people source
  17. Boyd by Robert Coram: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); learning, focus and bureaucracy source
  18. The Birth of Plenty by William J. Bernstein: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); best explanation of why economies grow source
  19. The Wisdom of Psychopaths by Kevin Dutton: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); value of staying unemotional source
  20. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); re-examine what matters source
  21. Investing: The Last Liberal Art by Robert G. Hagstrom: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); most underappreciated investing book source
  22. Why Don't We Learn from History? by B. H. Liddell Hart: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); why mistakes repeat source
  23. How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff: 23 Books That Changed My Life (Collab Fund, 2017); funny lesson in skepticism source
  24. A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin: A Few Good Books (Collab Fund, 2021); best account of the Apollo astronauts source
  25. Fortune's Children by Arthur T. Vanderbilt II: A Few Good Books (Collab Fund, 2021); what money can and cannot do source
  26. The Choice by Edith Eger: A Few Good Books (Collab Fund, 2021); maybe the best book he read in years source
  27. City of Dreams by Tyler Anbinder: A Few Good Books (Collab Fund, 2021); immigrant New York 1880-1920 source
  28. The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman, Michael E. Long: A Few Good Books (Collab Fund, 2021); dopamine and wanting more source
  29. The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben: A Few Good Books (Collab Fund, 2021); grow fast at your own peril source
  30. Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell Jr.: A Few Good Books (Collab Fund, 2021); money and seclusion source
  31. Tribe by Sebastian Junger: A Few Good Books (Collab Fund, 2021); power of belonging source
  32. Bubble in the Sun by Christopher Knowlton: A Few Good Books (Collab Fund, 2021); 1920s Florida real estate bubble source

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