Charlie Munger Book Recommendations

Deep Simplicity

Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity

by John Gribbin

"It's pretty hard to understand everything, but if you can't understand it, you can always give it to a more intelligent friend." - Charlie Munger (Source)

The Greatest Trade Ever

The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History

by Gregory Zuckerman

"He made a lot of money from entirely legal ways but may have created a lot of trouble for himself in the process." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Yes!

50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive

by Robert Cialdini

"I suggest [this book]." - Charlie Munger (Source)

The Years of Lyndon Johnson (4 books)

"I think reading [this series] is very important for anyone who wants a view into the human condition." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Models of My Life

by Herbert A Simon

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

A Matter of Degrees

What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe

by Gino Segre

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

Living within Limits

Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos

by Garrett Hardin

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

Only the Paranoid Survive

How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company

by Andrew S. Grove

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

The Outsiders

Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

by William N. Thorndike

"Details the extraordinary success of CEOs who took a radically different approach to corporate management." - Charlie Munger (Source)

The Blind Watchmaker

Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design

by Richard Dawkins

"Marvelous." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Ice Age

by John Gribbin

"Best work of science exposition and history that I've read in many years!" - Charlie Munger (Source)

Genome

The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

by Matt Ridley

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

"I had to read [this book] twice before I fully understood it." - Charlie Munger (Source)

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

by John C. Bogle

"A useful contribution to [the author's] fellow citizens." - Charlie Munger (Source)

How the Scots Invented the Modern World

The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It

by Arthur Herman

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

Guns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

The Third Chimpanzee

On the Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

by Jared Diamond

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

Fiasco

The Inside Story of a Wall Street Trader

by Frank Partnoy

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

The Warren Buffett Portfolio

Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy

by Robert G. Hagstrom

"Not only very well written, but a considerable contribution to the synthesis of human thought on the investment process." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Getting to Yes

Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

by Roger Fisher

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field

How Two Men Revolutionized Physics

by Nancy Forbes

"I just hugely enjoyed it. Couldn't put it down." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Andrew Carnegie

by Joseph Frazier Wall

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

Influence

The Psychology of Persuasion

by Robert Cialdini

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

Benjamin Franklin

by Carl Van Doren

"A book I really like." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Three Scientists and Their Gods

Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information

by Robert Wright

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

Einstein

His Life and Universe

by Walter Isaacson

"I’ve read all the Einstein biographies, and this is by far the best." - Charlie Munger (Source)

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations

Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

by David S. Landes

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book. (Source)

A Universe from Nothing

Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing

by Lawrence M. Krauss

Charlie Munger recommended this book at the Daily Journal Meeting in 2013. (Source)

Getting It Done

How to Lead When You're Not in Charge

by Roger Fisher

"This book is must reading for those seeking to maximize their contribution to the constructive work of the world." - Charlie Munger (Source)

The Language Instinct

How the Mind Creates Language

by Steven Pinker

"Says that human language ability is not just learned, it is deeply buried - to a considerable extent - in the genome." - Charlie Munger (Source)

The Martians of Science

Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century

by Istvan Hargittai

"A hell of a book about five Hungarian physicists, driven to the United States by Hitler, who contributed much to science here." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Benjamin Franklin

An American Life

by Walter Isaacson

"It’s hard to write a bad book on such an interesting subject." - Charlie Munger (Source)

In the Plex

How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

by Steven Levy

"I hate to admit this because I've ignored high tech all my life, but I actually read [this book]. And I found it a very interesting book." - Charlie Munger (Source)

A Piece of the Action

How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class

by Joe Nocera

"Most people here won't be able to put it down." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Hard Drive

Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

by James Wallace

"You really get a feeling for what it took to write and sell software in the software revolution." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Master of the Game

How Steve Ross Rode the Light Fantastic from Undertaker to Creator of the Largest Media Conglomerate in the World

by Connie Bruck

"I very much enjoyed [this book]." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Pride in Performance

Keep It Going!

by Les Schwab

"Will demonstrate really shrewd compensation systems in a whole chain of small businesses." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Outliers

The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell

"Perfectly marvelous book." - Charlie Munger (Source)

Titan

The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

by Ron Chernow

"One of the best business biographies I have ever read." - Charlie Munger (Source)