Books & Reading

142 hand-picked titles across 14 categories — from value investing classics to world fiction set in the places you love.

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142 books
Asset Protection 10Biographies 10Crypto 10Dummies Guides 11Fiction: Caribbean 10Fiction: India 10Fiction: Thailand 10Home & Design 10Living Well 10Offshore Banking & Tax 10Real Estate 10Stock Market 10Value Investing 10Venture Capital & PE 11

Asset Protection

10 books
Asset Protection

Asset Protection

Jay Adkisson & Chris Riser

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Asset Protection

Jay Adkisson & Chris Riser

★★★★½4.4$35

Serious legal primer on asset-protection structures

The Asset Protection Bible

Arnold S. Goldstein

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The Asset Protection Bible

Arnold S. Goldstein

★★★★½4.3$28

Popular asset-protection guide for individuals and families

Protect Your Assets

Robert A. Esperti

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Protect Your Assets

Robert A. Esperti

★★★★½4.3$28

Estate and wealth-protection orientation

The Lawsuit Lottery

Andrew McCoy

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The Lawsuit Lottery

Andrew McCoy

★★★★½4.3$25

Accessible litigation-risk and asset-protection perspective

ABA Consumer Guide to Asset Protection

ABA Consumer Guide to Asset Protection

American Bar Association

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ABA Consumer Guide to Asset Protection

American Bar Association

★★★★½4.3$30

Conservative and legalistic reference angle on asset protection

Asset Protection for Real Estate Investors

Asset Protection for Real Estate Inves…

Clint Coons

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Asset Protection for Real Estate Investors

Clint Coons

★★★★½4.5$25

Entity and liability planning for real-estate investors

Start Your Own Corporation

Start Your Own Corporation

Garrett Sutton

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Start Your Own Corporation

Garrett Sutton

★★★★½4.5$22

Business entities, corporations and liability separation

Loopholes of Real Estate

Loopholes of Real Estate

Garrett Sutton

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Loopholes of Real Estate

Garrett Sutton

★★★★½4.4$22

Tax and legal strategy lens for real estate ownership

The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor

The Book on Tax Strategies for the Sav…

Amanda Han & Matthew MacFarland

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The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor

Amanda Han & Matthew MacFarland

★★★★½4.6$22

Tax strategy for real-estate investors

Living Trusts For Everyone

Living Trusts For Everyone

Ronald Farrington Sharp

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Living Trusts For Everyone

Ronald Farrington Sharp

★★★★½4.4$18

Practical introduction to living trusts

Biographies

10 books
Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

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Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

★★★★★4.8$18

Entrepreneurial resilience and brand-building through Nike's story

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

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Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

★★★★½4.7$22

Product obsession, design, leadership and founder complexity

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson

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Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson

★★★★½4.4$22

Modern biography of a high-intensity technology founder

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller…

Ron Chernow

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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Ron Chernow

★★★★½4.7$24

Capital allocation, monopoly power, philanthropy and institution-building

The Snowball

The Snowball

Alice Schroeder

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The Snowball

Alice Schroeder

★★★★½4.6$25

Best full-length biography of Warren Buffett

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

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Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

★★★★½4.7$22

Creativity, curiosity and interdisciplinary genius

Einstein: His Life and Universe

Einstein: His Life and Universe

Walter Isaacson

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Einstein: His Life and Universe

Walter Isaacson

★★★★½4.6$20

Science, imagination and intellectual independence

Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Andrew Roberts

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Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Andrew Roberts

★★★★½4.7$32

Leadership under pressure and wartime statecraft

Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

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Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

★★★★★4.8$18

Moral courage, political resilience and personal sacrifice

Grinding It Out

Grinding It Out

Ray Kroc

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Grinding It Out

Ray Kroc

★★★★½4.6$18

McDonald's expansion story and franchise entrepreneurship

Crypto

10 books
The Bitcoin Standard

The Bitcoin Standard

Saifedean Ammous

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The Bitcoin Standard

Saifedean Ammous

★★★★½4.7$22

Monetary-history framing for Bitcoin

Mastering Bitcoin

Mastering Bitcoin

Andreas M. Antonopoulos

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Mastering Bitcoin

Andreas M. Antonopoulos

★★★★½4.7$38

Technical foundation for Bitcoin protocol understanding

The Infinite Machine

The Infinite Machine

Camila Russo

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The Infinite Machine

Camila Russo

★★★★½4.5$22

Narrative history of Ethereum

Digital Gold

Digital Gold

Nathaniel Popper

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Digital Gold

Nathaniel Popper

★★★★½4.5$20

Accessible early history of Bitcoin adoption

The Cryptopians

The Cryptopians

Laura Shin

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The Cryptopians

Laura Shin

★★★★½4.4$20

Ethereum, Web3, ICO era and crypto culture

Mastering Ethereum

Mastering Ethereum

Andreas M. Antonopoulos & Gavin Wood

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Mastering Ethereum

Andreas M. Antonopoulos & Gavin Wood

★★★★½4.6$38

Technical guide to Ethereum and smart contracts

The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains

The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains

Antony Lewis

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The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains

Antony Lewis

★★★★½4.5$19

Beginner-friendly primer on crypto, blockchain and tokens

Layered Money

Layered Money

Nik Bhatia

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Layered Money

Nik Bhatia

★★★★½4.5$18

Monetary system framework connecting Bitcoin with layers of money

Number Go Up

Number Go Up

Zeke Faux

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Number Go Up

Zeke Faux

★★★★½4.5$22

Investigative narrative on crypto boom, fraud and speculation

The Truth Machine

The Truth Machine

Michael J. Casey & Paul Vigna

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The Truth Machine

Michael J. Casey & Paul Vigna

★★★★½4.4$20

Blockchain's institutional and social implications

Dummies Guides

11 books
Bookkeeping For Dummies

Bookkeeping For Dummies

Dummies

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Bookkeeping For Dummies

Dummies

★★★★½4.5$28

Practical bookkeeping and records management guide

Taxes For Dummies

Dummies

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Taxes For Dummies

Dummies

★★★★½4.4$28

Personal tax basics made accessible

Personal Finance For Dummies

Personal Finance For Dummies

Eric Tyson

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Personal Finance For Dummies

Eric Tyson

★★★★½4.5$28

Household financial planning

Investing For Dummies

Investing For Dummies

Eric Tyson

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Investing For Dummies

Eric Tyson

★★★★½4.5$28

Beginner investing framework covering all major asset classes

Retirement Planning For Dummies

Dummies

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Retirement Planning For Dummies

Dummies

★★★★½4.4$28

Retirement saving and withdrawal planning guide

Estate Planning For Dummies

Dummies

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Estate Planning For Dummies

Dummies

★★★★½4.4$28

Wills, estate basics and inheritance planning

Small Business Taxes For Dummies

Small Business Taxes For Dummies

Dummies

Holiday Home Times

Small Business Taxes For Dummies

Dummies

★★★★½4.4$28

Tax concepts for business owners explained clearly

QuickBooks Online For Dummies

Dummies

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QuickBooks Online For Dummies

Dummies

★★★★½4.4$28

Accounting software and bookkeeping workflow

Financial Accounting For Dummies

Dummies

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Financial Accounting For Dummies

Dummies

★★★★½4.4$28

Financial statements and accounting concepts

Stock Investing For Dummies

Dummies

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Stock Investing For Dummies

Dummies

★★★★½4.4$28

Stock-market basics for beginners

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Robert T. Kiyosaki

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Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Robert T. Kiyosaki

★★★★½4.7$18

Personal finance classic on building wealth through financial education, assets and entrepreneurship

Fiction: Caribbean

10 books
A House for Mr Biswas

A House for Mr Biswas

V. S. Naipaul

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A House for Mr Biswas

V. S. Naipaul

★★★★½4.5$18

Trinidad-set classic by Nobel laureate Naipaul

Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

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Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

★★★★½4.4$14

Caribbean literary classic and postcolonial response to Jane Eyre

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

★★★★½4.4$18

Dominican-American / Caribbean diaspora classic

The Dragon Can't Dance

Earl Lovelace

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The Dragon Can't Dance

Earl Lovelace

★★★★½4.4$17

Trinidad Carnival, class, identity and postcolonial society

The Pirate's Daughter

The Pirate's Daughter

Margaret Cezair-Thompson

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The Pirate's Daughter

Margaret Cezair-Thompson

★★★★½4.3$17

Jamaica-set historical/literary novel

The Long Song

The Long Song

Andrea Levy

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The Long Song

Andrea Levy

★★★★½4.5$18

Jamaica-set historical novel on slavery and emancipation

Small Island

Small Island

Andrea Levy

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Small Island

Andrea Levy

★★★★½4.5$18

Caribbean migration and postwar Britain

Annie John

Annie John

Jamaica Kincaid

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Annie John

Jamaica Kincaid

★★★★½4.3$15

Coming-of-age classic set in Antigua

The Farming of Bones

The Farming of Bones

Edwidge Danticat

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The Farming of Bones

Edwidge Danticat

★★★★½4.4$17

Haiti/Dominican Republic historical fiction

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her Ho…

Cherie Jones

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How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

Cherie Jones

★★★★½4.3$18

Contemporary Barbados-set literary crime novel

Fiction: India

10 books
Shantaram

Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

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Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

★★★★½4.6$20

Bombay/Mumbai epic and widely read India-set novel

The God of Small Things

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

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The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

★★★★½4.6$18

Booker Prize-winning Kerala-set literary novel

A Suitable Boy

A Suitable Boy

Vikram Seth

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A Suitable Boy

Vikram Seth

★★★★½4.5$22

Major post-Independence Indian social epic

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

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Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

★★★★½4.4$18

Canonical novel of Independence and Partition-era India

The Great Indian Novel

The Great Indian Novel

Shashi Tharoor

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The Great Indian Novel

Shashi Tharoor

★★★★½4.4$18

Political satire blending Mahabharata and Indian history

A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

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A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

★★★★½4.6$18

Powerful novel of India during the Emergency period

The White Tiger

The White Tiger

Aravind Adiga

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The White Tiger

Aravind Adiga

★★★★½4.4$17

Booker-winning satire on class, entrepreneurship and modern India

The Inheritance of Loss

The Inheritance of Loss

Kiran Desai

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The Inheritance of Loss

Kiran Desai

★★★★½4.3$17

India, migration, class and postcolonial identity

The Guide

The Guide

R. K. Narayan

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The Guide

R. K. Narayan

★★★★½4.4$15

Classic Indian English novel set in Malgudi milieu

The Namesake

The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri

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The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri

★★★★½4.5$17

Indian-American identity and family migration story

Fiction: Thailand

10 books
Fieldwork

Fieldwork

Mischa Berlinski

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Fieldwork

Mischa Berlinski

★★★★½4.3$17

Literary novel set in northern Thailand

Bangkok 8

Bangkok 8

John Burdett

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Bangkok 8

John Burdett

★★★★½4.3$17

Atmospheric Bangkok crime fiction

The Windup Girl

The Windup Girl

Paolo Bacigalupi

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The Windup Girl

Paolo Bacigalupi

★★★★★4.2$18

Award-winning speculative fiction set in future Bangkok

A Good True Thai

Sunisa Manning

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A Good True Thai

Sunisa Manning

★★★★★4.2$18

Thailand during politically turbulent 1970s

Sightseeing

Sightseeing

Rattawut Lapcharoensap

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Sightseeing

Rattawut Lapcharoensap

★★★★½4.3$17

Highly regarded Thailand-set short-story collection

The Beach

The Beach

Alex Garland

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The Beach

Alex Garland

★★★★½4.4$16

Iconic backpacker novel set around Thailand

The Sad Part Was

The Sad Part Was

Prabda Yoon

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The Sad Part Was

Prabda Yoon

★★★★★4.2$17

Modern Thai short fiction in translation

Bangkok Wakes to Rain

Bangkok Wakes to Rain

Pitchaya Sudbanthad

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Bangkok Wakes to Rain

Pitchaya Sudbanthad

★★★★★4.2$18

Multi-generational literary portrait of Bangkok

Private Dancer

Private Dancer

Stephen Leather

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Private Dancer

Stephen Leather

★★★★½4.4$17

Popular Bangkok nightlife and crime-adjacent fiction

The Orchid House

The Orchid House

Lucinda Riley

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The Orchid House

Lucinda Riley

★★★★½4.4$18

Commercial fiction with Thailand-linked setting and themes

Home & Design

10 books
The Interior Design Handbook

The Interior Design Handbook

Frida Ramstedt

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The Interior Design Handbook

Frida Ramstedt

★★★★½4.6$32

Practical design principles; accessible and visual

Homebody

Homebody

Joanna Gaines

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Homebody

Joanna Gaines

★★★★★4.8$35

Popular mainstream interior design guide

Architectural Digest at 100

Architectural Digest at 100

Architectural Digest

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Architectural Digest at 100

Architectural Digest

★★★★½4.7$60

High-end design inspiration and coffee-table appeal

Building Construction Illustrated

Building Construction Illustrated

Francis D. K. Ching

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Building Construction Illustrated

Francis D. K. Ching

★★★★½4.7$68

Excellent visual reference for construction fundamentals

A Pattern Language

A Pattern Language

Christopher Alexander

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A Pattern Language

Christopher Alexander

★★★★½4.6$55

Seminal architecture and design thinking book

Interior Design Illustrated

Interior Design Illustrated

Francis D. K. Ching & Corky Binggeli

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Interior Design Illustrated

Francis D. K. Ching & Corky Binggeli

★★★★½4.6$55

Technical interior design reference

The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling

The Visual Handbook of Building and Re…

Charlie Wing

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The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling

Charlie Wing

★★★★½4.6$55

Practical home construction and remodeling reference

Get Your House Right

Marianne Cusato et al.

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Get Your House Right

Marianne Cusato et al.

★★★★½4.5$35

Architectural details and traditional home design

The Not So Big House

The Not So Big House

Sarah Susanka

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The Not So Big House

Sarah Susanka

★★★★½4.5$35

Human-scale home design and space efficiency

The New Old House

The New Old House

Marc Kristal

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The New Old House

Marc Kristal

★★★★½4.4$40

Adaptive reuse and old-meets-new home inspiration

Living Well

10 books
The Story of Art

The Story of Art

E. H. Gombrich

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The Story of Art

E. H. Gombrich

★★★★★4.8$52

Best single-volume introduction to art history

Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing

John Berger

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Ways of Seeing

John Berger

★★★★½4.6$16

Classic on how we interpret images and visual culture

The Fabric of Civilization

The Fabric of Civilization

Virginia Postrel

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The Fabric of Civilization

Virginia Postrel

★★★★½4.5$22

Textile history as technology, trade and civilization

The Blue Zones

The Blue Zones

Dan Buettner

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The Blue Zones

Dan Buettner

★★★★½4.5$22

Longevity lessons from the world's long-lived communities

Outlive

Outlive

Peter Attia

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Outlive

Peter Attia

★★★★½4.7$28

Modern longevity, prevention and healthspan thesis

The Lives of the Artists

The Lives of the Artists

Giorgio Vasari

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The Lives of the Artists

Giorgio Vasari

★★★★½4.5$22

Foundational biographical art history

The Art Book

The Art Book

Phaidon

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The Art Book

Phaidon

★★★★½4.6$45

Broad visual reference for major artists and works

Textiles: The Art of Mankind

Textiles: The Art of Mankind

Mary Schoeser

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Textiles: The Art of Mankind

Mary Schoeser

★★★★½4.5$50

Comprehensive global textile reference

Worn: A People's History of Clothing

Worn: A People's History of Clothing

Sofi Thanhauser

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Worn: A People's History of Clothing

Sofi Thanhauser

★★★★½4.4$22

Clothing and textiles through history and labor

Lifespan

Lifespan

David A. Sinclair

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Lifespan

David A. Sinclair

★★★★½4.5$22

Longevity science and aging intervention thesis

Offshore Banking & Tax

10 books
Nomad Capitalist

Nomad Capitalist

Andrew Henderson

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Nomad Capitalist

Andrew Henderson

★★★★½4.5$25

Internationalization, residency and tax-lifestyle framework

The Offshore Money Book

The Offshore Money Book

Arnold Cornez

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The Offshore Money Book

Arnold Cornez

★★★★½4.3$18

Classic primer on offshore banking and structures

Tax-Free Wealth

Tax-Free Wealth

Tom Wheelwright

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Tax-Free Wealth

Tom Wheelwright

★★★★½4.6$22

Broad tax-planning mindset; US-oriented but conceptually useful

The International Man

Doug Casey

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The International Man

Doug Casey

★★★★½4.4$18

International diversification, mobility and capital preservation

The Passport Book

The Passport Book

Robert Bauman

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The Passport Book

Robert Bauman

★★★★½4.4$20

Citizenship, residence and global mobility planning

The Sovereign Individual

The Sovereign Individual

James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg

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The Sovereign Individual

James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg

★★★★½4.5$22

Macro thesis on technology, sovereignty and global mobility

Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global Economy

Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global …

William Brittain-Catlin

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Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global Economy

William Brittain-Catlin

★★★★½4.3$20

Critical lens on offshore finance and regulatory arbitrage

Treasure Islands

Treasure Islands

Nicholas Shaxson

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Treasure Islands

Nicholas Shaxson

★★★★½4.4$20

Important investigative critique of tax havens and offshore systems

The Hidden Wealth of Nations

The Hidden Wealth of Nations

Gabriel Zucman

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The Hidden Wealth of Nations

Gabriel Zucman

★★★★½4.3$20

Academic view on tax havens, avoidance and wealth measurement

Expatriation Tax Planning

Expatriation Tax Planning

Various

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Expatriation Tax Planning

Various

★★★★½4.3$35

Specialist guide to expatriation tax planning and compliance

Real Estate

10 books
The Book on Rental Property Investing

The Book on Rental Property Investing

Brandon Turner

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The Book on Rental Property Investing

Brandon Turner

★★★★½4.7$22

Practical primer on rental property investing

The Millionaire Real Estate Investor

The Millionaire Real Estate Investor

Gary Keller

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The Millionaire Real Estate Investor

Gary Keller

★★★★½4.6$22

Strategic real-estate investing framework

Long-Distance Real Estate Investing

Long-Distance Real Estate Investing

David Greene

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Long-Distance Real Estate Investing

David Greene

★★★★½4.6$20

Useful for buying outside one's home market

Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth

Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth

Avery Carl

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Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth

Avery Carl

★★★★½4.5$20

Directly relevant to Airbnb and vacation-rental investing

The Airbnb Story

The Airbnb Story

Leigh Gallagher

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The Airbnb Story

Leigh Gallagher

★★★★½4.4$18

Company and marketplace history for short-term rental context

Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat

Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat

David Greene

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Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat

David Greene

★★★★½4.7$22

BRRRR strategy and rental-portfolio scaling

The Book on Managing Rental Properties

The Book on Managing Rental Properties

Brandon Turner & Heather Turner

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The Book on Managing Rental Properties

Brandon Turner & Heather Turner

★★★★½4.6$20

Operational guide for managing tenants and properties

The ABCs of Real Estate Investing

The ABCs of Real Estate Investing

Ken McElroy

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The ABCs of Real Estate Investing

Ken McElroy

★★★★½4.5$18

Straightforward real-estate fundamentals and deal thinking

Every Landlord's Legal Guide

Nolo

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Every Landlord's Legal Guide

Nolo

★★★★½4.5$35

Legal basics for landlord operations

Airbnb For Dummies

Airbnb For Dummies

Symon He

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Airbnb For Dummies

Symon He

★★★★½4.4$25

Beginner operational guide to Airbnb hosting

Stock Market

10 books
A Random Walk Down Wall Street

A Random Walk Down Wall Street

Burton G. Malkiel

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A Random Walk Down Wall Street

Burton G. Malkiel

★★★★½4.6$22

Classic on efficient markets, indexing and long-term market behavior

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

The Little Book of Common Sense Invest…

John C. Bogle

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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing

John C. Bogle

★★★★½4.7$19

Best introduction to index investing and long-term compounding

One Up On Wall Street

One Up On Wall Street

Peter Lynch

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One Up On Wall Street

Peter Lynch

★★★★½4.6$19

Retail-investor classic on finding companies in everyday life

Market Wizards

Market Wizards

Jack D. Schwager

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Market Wizards

Jack D. Schwager

★★★★½4.6$22

Interviews with top traders; strong on risk and psychology

Stocks for the Long Run

Stocks for the Long Run

Jeremy Siegel

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Stocks for the Long Run

Jeremy Siegel

★★★★½4.4$35

Long-horizon evidence for equities as an asset class

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Edwin Lefèvre

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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Edwin Lefèvre

★★★★½4.6$18

Classic trading narrative and market psychology text

The Essays of Warren Buffett

The Essays of Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett / Lawrence Cunningham

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The Essays of Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett / Lawrence Cunningham

★★★★½4.7$22

Shareholder letters organized by investment and business principles

Against the Gods

Against the Gods

Peter L. Bernstein

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Against the Gods

Peter L. Bernstein

★★★★½4.5$20

History of risk, probability and financial decision-making

The Psychology of Money

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

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The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

★★★★½4.7$20

Behavioral finance and investor temperament in plain language

Devil Take the Hindmost

Devil Take the Hindmost

Edward Chancellor

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Devil Take the Hindmost

Edward Chancellor

★★★★½4.5$20

History of financial speculation and bubbles

Value Investing

10 books
The Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

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The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

★★★★½4.7$22

Foundational value-investing text; Buffett's core influence

Security Analysis

Security Analysis

Benjamin Graham & David Dodd

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Security Analysis

Benjamin Graham & David Dodd

★★★★½4.6$38

Institutional bible of deep value investing and securities analysis

The Most Important Thing

The Most Important Thing

Howard Marks

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The Most Important Thing

Howard Marks

★★★★½4.7$20

Excellent on risk, cycles, second-level thinking and market psychology

Margin of Safety

Margin of Safety

Seth Klarman

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Margin of Safety

Seth Klarman

★★★★½4.6$500+

Legendary value-investing classic focused on downside protection

The Little Book That Still Beats the Market

The Little Book That Still Beats the M…

Joel Greenblatt

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The Little Book That Still Beats the Market

Joel Greenblatt

★★★★½4.4$19

Simple explanation of quality plus value screening

Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond

Value Investing: From Graham to Buffet…

Bruce Greenwald et al.

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Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond

Bruce Greenwald et al.

★★★★½4.5$32

Columbia-style framework bridging classic and modern value investing

The Dhandho Investor

The Dhandho Investor

Mohnish Pabrai

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The Dhandho Investor

Mohnish Pabrai

★★★★½4.5$18

Concentrated investing, cloning, low-risk/high-uncertainty investing

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits

Philip Fisher

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Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits

Philip Fisher

★★★★½4.5$18

Quality-growth investing lens that complements Graham-style value

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

Joel Greenblatt

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You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

Joel Greenblatt

★★★★½4.4$20

Special situations: spin-offs, restructurings, mergers and hidden opportunities

The Manual of Ideas

The Manual of Ideas

John Mihaljevic

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The Manual of Ideas

John Mihaljevic

★★★★½4.4$28

Practical sourcing playbook for value-investing ideas

Venture Capital & PE

11 books
Venture Deals

Venture Deals

Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson

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Venture Deals

Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson

★★★★½4.6$25

Practical primer on VC term sheets, economics, control rights and fundraising mechanics

The Business of Venture Capital

The Business of Venture Capital

Mahendra Ramsinghani

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The Business of Venture Capital

Mahendra Ramsinghani

★★★★½4.4$45

Comprehensive VC manual covering fund formation, sourcing, diligence, portfolio and exits

Secrets of Sand Hill Road

Secrets of Sand Hill Road

Scott Kupor

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Secrets of Sand Hill Road

Scott Kupor

★★★★½4.5$25

Accessible explanation of how VC funds work and how entrepreneurs should approach fundraising

The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital

The Masters of Private Equity and Vent…

Robert Finkel & David Greising

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The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital

Robert Finkel & David Greising

★★★★½4.3$35

Investor interviews and pattern-recognition perspectives

King of Capital

King of Capital

David Carey & John E. Morris

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King of Capital

David Carey & John E. Morris

★★★★½4.5$22

Narrative history of Blackstone and institutionalization of private equity

The New Tycoons

The New Tycoons

Jason Kelly

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The New Tycoons

Jason Kelly

★★★★½4.3$25

Overview of major buyout firms: Blackstone, KKR, Carlyle, TPG and Apollo

Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate

Bryan Burrough & John Helyar

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Barbarians at the Gate

Bryan Burrough & John Helyar

★★★★½4.6$20

Classic leveraged-buyout narrative and deal psychology

Private Equity at Work

Private Equity at Work

Eileen Appelbaum & Rosemary Batt

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Private Equity at Work

Eileen Appelbaum & Rosemary Batt

★★★★½4.3$32

Critical perspective on PE's impact on companies, workers, leverage and governance

Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use

Lessons from Private Equity Any Compan…

Orit Gadiesh & Hugh MacArthur

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Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use

Orit Gadiesh & Hugh MacArthur

★★★★½4.3$30

Bain perspective on PE-style value creation and operating discipline

The Private Equity Playbook

The Private Equity Playbook

Adam Coffey

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The Private Equity Playbook

Adam Coffey

★★★★½4.5$22

Practitioner view of PE-backed company management and value creation

The Power Law

The Power Law

Sebastian Mallaby

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The Power Law

Sebastian Mallaby

★★★★½4.6$28

Definitive history of the venture capital industry and the investors who shaped Silicon Valley