Recommend me some cool books (non-fiction please!!!)

[PokerFink]

Journey to the Ants by Wilson.

Recommended to me on OOT last year. It was fantastic.

[lapoker17]

I generally only read non fiction too...

killing pablo - already mentioned

conspiracy of fools - best enron book

when genius failed - my favorite book ever - about a hedge fund that almost singlehandedly crashed the global economy

the new new thing - about jim clark

liars poker - wall street stuff

den of thieves - second favorite book - about michael milken - just phenomenal

wizard of odds - about jack molinas who fixed basketball games and was involved in lots of other crazy [censored]

a million little pieces - about an addict who goes to rehab

[Yeti]

lapoker - those sound great. Excellent, ty.

[StevieG]

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the new new thing - about jim clark

liars poker - wall street stuff


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Michael Lewis is very good. You might also like his book "Next" on the Internet's power to democratize the supply of information.

If you like the Wall Street thing, try "Predator's Ball" by Connie Bruck, about the rise of Michael Milken and junk bonds.

[lapoker17]

Yeah - those are both pretty good also - I didn't enjoy them as much as the ones on my list but still worth a read.

FWIW, I think Moneyball may be the best M Lewis of all...but he said "no baseball".

[Eric Draven]

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers and everything by David Sedaris.

(How only 1 person mentioned each is shocking)