Charlie Munger's Book Recommendations
Charlie Munger (1924-2023) was an American billionaire investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He was best known as the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, working alongside Warren Buffett. Munger's wide-ranging reading interests spanned science, history, and biography, reflecting his multidisciplinary approach to investing and life.
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π Books Recommended by Charlie Munger 39
The Warren Buffett Portfolio
"Reddy sent me the second book a full version and I read it and I was flabbergasted to find it not only very well written but a considerable contribution to the synthesis of human thought on the investment process and I would recommend that all of you buy a copy of Hagstrom second buffet book."
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The Blind Watchmaker
"If you take Dawkins "the Selfish Gene" and the "Blind Watchmaker" I mean these are marvelous books and their words in those books that are entering the English language that are gonna be in the next Oxford Dictionary. I mean these are powerful books."
blog View source β"Marvelous."
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Titan
"One of the best business biographies I have ever read. It's a very interesting family story too. That is just a wonderful wonderful book and I don't know anybody who's read it and hasn't enjoyed it."
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Ice Age
"Best work of science exposition and history that I've read in many years!"
"Best work of science exposition and history that I've read in many years!"
The Outsiders
"Details the extraordinary success of CEOs who took a radically different approach to corporate management."
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
"I just hugely enjoyed it. Couldn't put it down."
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Outliers
"Perfectly marvelous book."
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Deep Simplicity
"It's pretty hard to understand everything, but if you can't understand it, you can always give it to a more intelligent friend."
A Matter of Degrees
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
Living within Limits
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
Only the Paranoid Survive
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
Genome
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
The Selfish Gene
"I had to read the Selfish Gene twice before I fully understood it and there were things I believed all my life that weren't so and I think it's just wonderful when you have those experiences."
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
"A useful contribution to the author's fellow citizens."
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How the Scots Invented the Modern World
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
Fiasco
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
Guns, Germs, and Steel
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
Getting to Yes
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
Andrew Carnegie
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
Three Scientists and Their Gods
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
Benjamin Franklin
"A book I really like."
book list View source β"Itβs hard to write a bad book on such an interesting subject."
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Models of My Life
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
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."
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In the Plex
"I hate to admit this because I've ignored high tech all my life, but I actually read In the Plex. And I found it a very interesting book."
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Getting It Done
"This book is must reading for those seeking to maximize their contribution to the constructive work of the world."
Einstein
"Iβve read all the Einstein biographies, and this is by far the best."
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The Martians of Science
"A hell of a book about five Hungarian physicists, driven to the United States by Hitler, who contributed much to science here."
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The Greatest Trade Ever
"He made a lot of money from entirely legal ways but may have created a lot of trouble for himself in the process."
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The Third Chimpanzee
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
The Language Instinct
"Says that human language ability is not just learned, it is deeply buried - to a considerable extent - in the genome."
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A Universe from Nothing
"Charlie Munger recommended this book at the Daily Journal Meeting in 2013."
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Yes!
"I suggest Yes!."
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Pride in Performance
"Will demonstrate really shrewd compensation systems in a whole chain of small businesses."
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Master of the Game
"I very much enjoyed Master of the Game."
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Influence
"Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book."
Hard Drive
"You really get a feeling for what it took to write and sell software in the software revolution."
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A Piece of the Action
"Most people here won't be able to put it down."
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