Morgan Housel
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The Great Depression: A Diary
Notes from the 1930s
byBenjamin Roth
2009256 Pages“The best economics book I've read, written by a person who didn't know he was writing one.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
byWilliam J. Dawson
1907145 Pages“Written in 1907, totally changed how I think about personal finance and life goals.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900–1950
byFrederick Lewis Allen
2021328 Pages“A look at how life in America changed from 1900-1950, got me interested in the social and cultural part of economic growth.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
byJohn Train
1984112 Pages“One of the best investing history books that few people have heard of.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t
Why That Is And What You Can Do About It
bySteven Pressfield
2016208 Pages“Had the biggest influence on how I write.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
byDaniel Gardner
2008339 Pages“The first book that opened my eyes to how poor we are at interpreting risk.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
byAlfred Lansing
1959416 Pages“The best example of how far people can be pushed when the stakes are high.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
The Patriarch
The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
byDavid Nasaw
2012868 Pages“A biography of Joseph Kennedy, shows Kennedy to be one of the most fascinating people in American history even if his son had never became president.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
byRobert G. Hagstrom
2013224 Pages“The most underappreciated investment book.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
byDavid McCullough
19921120 Pages“A biography of the 33rd president, is an incredible story of the world's biggest problems falling into the lap of someone who never thought he'd face them.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Escaping the Past and Embracing the Possible
byDr. Edith Eger
2017304 Pages“Maybe the best book I've read in years. Just epic writing and storytelling, hard to put down.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, 'A Few Good Books'
byPaul Kalanithi
2016256 Pages(1,300,000)
“Will make you reexamine what's important in life and make you appreciate each day you're here.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
byB.H. Liddell Hart
1972104 Pages“Shows why people keep screwing up after others before them did the same thing.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
byDavid McCullough
2015320 Pages“One of the best business and innovation stories of all time.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
byRobert Coram
2002504 Pages“An excellent story on brute-force learning, focus, and bureaucracy.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
The Frugal Housewife
Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy
byLydia Maria Child
182996 Pages“Written in 1833, shows how primitive everyday life was not that long ago.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
byHa-Joon Chang
2012304 Pages“Will make half of readers angry, but the other half will be better able to realize that no system for organizing an economy is perfect.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
The Guns at Last Light
The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
byRick Atkinson
2013896 Pages“The best World War II book I've read, and explains the most important event in modern history through human stories rather than bland statistics.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
bySteven Pinker
2011832 Pages“Taught me that you can be a long-term optimist even when things around you look pretty bad.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
30 Lessons for Living
Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans
byKarl Pillemer
2011288 Pages“A collection of life advice from very old people who have seen it all.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
This Will Make You Smarter
New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
byJohn Brockman
2012448 Pages“A series of short essays by brilliant people in a book that lives up to its title.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
The Birth of Plenty
How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created
byWilliam J. Bernstein
2004420 Pages“The best explanation of how and why economies grow.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success
byKevin Dutton
2012288 Pages“Shows how big an advantage you have when you're unemotional about emotional topics.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
byDarrell Huff
1993144 Pages“Will make you laugh and be skeptical of almost everything in one sitting.”
— Morgan Housel
Source: Collaborative Fund, '23 Books That Changed My Life'
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