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What books does Lori Greiner recommend?
Lori Greiner's book recommendations balance the memoirs she loves against the business playbooks she lives by. Known as the "Queen of QVC" and a star investor on Shark Tank, with more than 120 patents to her name, Greiner has shared this list of five titles through interviews, her verified social accounts, and book endorsements. The genres skew toward biography and memoir, with a strong current of business and self-improvement running alongside. She names her favorites plainly: "I don't get a lot of time to read lately, but I do have some favorite books: Angela's Ashes, Glass Castles, Memoirs of a Geisha." The list extends to Adrienne Rubin's Diamonds and Scoundrels and fellow Shark Barbara Corcoran's Shark Tales, which Greiner cheered on directly — "Highly recommend reading @BarbaraCorcoran's book Shark Tales! It's great & she's a hoot!"
Last updated February 2026 · Every recommendation cited to its original source.
Angela's Ashes
A Memoir
byFrank McCourt
1996368 Pages“I don’t get a lot of time to read lately, but I do have some favorite books: Angela’s Ashes, Glass Castles, Memoirs of a Geisha.”
— Lori Greiner
Source: Moves Power Women interview
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The Glass Castle
A Memoir
byJeannette Walls
2006304 Pages“I don’t get a lot of time to read lately, but I do have some favorite books: Angela’s Ashes, Glass Castles, Memoirs of a Geisha.”
— Lori Greiner
Source: Moves Power Women interview
Memoirs of a Geisha
A Novel
byArthur Golden
1997448 Pages(2,113,826)
“I don’t get a lot of time to read lately, but I do have some favorite books: Angela’s Ashes, Glass Castles, Memoirs of a Geisha.”
— Lori Greiner
Source: Moves Power Women interview
Read by Lori Greiner
Diamonds and Scoundrels
My Life in the Jewelry Business
byAdrienne Rubin
2019296 Pages“A great read for any entrepreneur... an honest and captivating account of building a business.”
— Lori Greiner
Source: Official Book Blurb
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Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business
And Other Business Lessons I Learned from My Mom
byBarbara Corcoran, Bruce Littlefield
2011320 Pages“Highly recommend reading @BarbaraCorcoran's book Shark Tales! It's great & she's a hoot!”
— Lori Greiner
Source: Verified Twitter Account
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Frequently asked questions
What books does Lori Greiner recommend?
Lori Greiner's five recommendations include Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle, Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha, Adrienne Rubin's Diamonds and Scoundrels, and Barbara Corcoran's Shark Tales.
What are Lori Greiner's favorite books?
She has named a trio of favorites: "I don't get a lot of time to read lately, but I do have some favorite books: Angela's Ashes, Glass Castles, Memoirs of a Geisha." All three are memoir and literary titles she returns to.
Where do Lori Greiner's book recommendations come from?
They are sourced from a Moves Power Women interview, her verified Twitter account, and official book blurbs she has written — including her endorsement of Barbara Corcoran's Shark Tales.
Has Lori Greiner written any books?
Yes. She wrote Invent It, Sell It, Bank It! (2014) and Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business (2013), both drawing on her experience turning product ideas into retail successes.
What genres does Lori Greiner read most?
Her recommendations lean toward biographies and memoirs, alongside business and self-improvement titles and threads of history and psychology — a split between the stories she reads for pleasure and the books she recommends to entrepreneurs.