Carlos Slim Book Recommendations

Revolutionary Wealth

by Alvin Toffler

"[The author] asked me to take a look at this before it was published." - Carlos Slim (Source)

The Accidental President of Brazil

A Memoir

by Fernando Henrique Cardoso

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Harvard Art Museum Handbook

by Stephan Wolohojian

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Historia La Deuda Exterior De Mexico

1823-1946

by Jan Bazant

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Hammer

by Armand Hammer

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Queen of the South

by Arturo Perez-Reverte

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

The Peter Principal

Why Things Always Go Wrong

by Laurence J. Peter

"Very good." - Carlos Slim (Source)

Outliers

The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell

"Must [read]." - Carlos Slim (Source)

All the Best, George Bush

My Life in Letters and Other Writings

by George H.W. Bush

"Fucking amazing." - Carlos Slim (Source)

Leadership

by Rudolph W. Giuliani

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Tu Hijo Puede ser un Crack

Cómo Descubrir si Tienes un Talento Deportivo en Casa

by Alguersuari Jaime

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Los Retos que Enfrentamos

Los Problemas de México y las Políticas Públicas para Resolverlos

by Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

El Desarrollo Estabilizador

Reflexiones Sobre una Época

by Antonio Ortiz Mena

"This one is great." - Carlos Slim (Source)

Money

Whence It Came, Where It Went

by John Kenneth Galbraith

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

The Money Machine

How KKR Manufactured Power and Profits

by Sarah Bartlett

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Paper Money

by Adam Smith

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Common Wealth

Economics for a Crowded Planet

by Jeffrey D. Sachs

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Up the Organization

How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits

by Robert C. Townsend

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

The Money Lords

by Matthew Josephson

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Winning Through Intimidation

by Robert Ringer

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

The Crash of 79

by Paul E. Erdman

"Describes the crisis of the seventies." - Carlos Slim (Source)

The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran

"If you want to talk about poems, here is an interesting one." - Carlos Slim (Source)

The Warren Buffett Way

by Robert G. Hagstrom

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Supermoney

by Adam Smith

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

My Life and Fortunes

The Autobiography of one of the World's Wealthiest Men

by J. Paul Getty

"I read when it appeared in Playboy magazine." - Carlos Slim (Source)

How to Be Rich

by J. Paul Getty

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

As I See It

The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty

by J. Paul Getty

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Mr. Baruch

by Margaret L. Coit

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Ling

The Rise, Fall, and Return of a Texas Titan

by Stanley H. Brown

"He founded a conglomerate and wound up bankrupting it, but it is interesting to see how he did it." - Carlos Slim (Source)

Vesco

by Robert A. Hutchinson

"[He] came into a fund and then fled to Cuba." - Carlos Slim (Source)

Hard Drive

Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

by James Wallace

"Makes a fair assessment of Gates back when he was starting out." - Carlos Slim (Source)

The Fords

An American Epic

by Peter Collier

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Rodin's Art

The Rodin Collection of Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center of Visual Arts at Stanford University

by Albert E. Elsen

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Rodin

Le Festin D'Une Vie

by Isabelle & Alexandre Bailhache

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Frida & Diego

Passion, Politics and Painting

by Dot Tuer

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Juan Gris

by Juan Antonio Gaya Nuno

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

The Annenberg Collection

by Mr. Colin B. Bailey

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Para Saber de Vinos

by Asher Benatar

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

The Prints Of Rufino Tamayo

Catalogue Raisonné, 1925-1991

by Ramiro MartÌnez

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)

Pintura y vida cotidiana en México, 1650-1950

by Gustavo Curiel

This book appeared in a Literal Magazine interview of Carlos Slim. (Source)