Nassim Taleb's Book Recommendations

"The deepest and most realistic finance book ever published."

"Twenty years from now, Market Wizards will still be fresh. There is no other like it."

"The illusion of attention is one of the most important, surprising, and least known flaws in human thinking. This lucid book examines it in detail."

"At last, a real book by a real risk-taking practitioner."

"Wonderfully applicable to about everything in life. Furthermore, it is funny as hell."

"When a risk taker writes a book, read it. In the case of [this author], read it twice. Or, to be safe, three times. This is a classic."

"A highly readable, even entertaining, argument against top-down design."

"I always always recommend Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes."

"Finally, science enters historical fields."

"Incredibly well made book."

"An excellent book!"

"Excited to find in my mailbox The Practice of Natural Movement."

"Should be mandatory reading to every student and practitioner of foreign affairs."

"Excited to get Blueprint as I am trying to go deeper into the notion of fractal (multiscale) localism & see what's wrong w/my thesis"

"Excellent! Only read on mathematicians by insiders."

"Not a book, but a monument."

"The BEST book [on information theory]."

"So gripping you can read it standing up. A must read."

"Will expand your thinking from three dimensions to four."

"[The author] is playful in real life, his research is playful, and Birth of a Theorem is playful."

"So much fun to read. The author, visibly writes with an attitude."

"Very clear exposition, does the math without getting lost in the details."

"It is a pleasure to read something by a person who knows his subject in so much depth."

"This treasure will prevent you from enjoying other novels."

"Very comprehensive, sufficiently technical to get most of the plumbing behind machine learning."

"Presents a comprehensive set of the principles and axioms behind neo-classical economics."

"James Bond as a Catholic Priest."

"How literature and philosophy can be saved by parables."

"Stands above, way above other books on the history and philosophy of probability."

"Mathematicians should be using this book as a model for their own composition."

"Gives a complete overview of the basis of probability theory with some grounding in measure theory, and presents the main proofs."

"Convincingly establishes the difference between model and theory and shows why attempts to model financial markets can never be genuinely scientific."

"I owe a lot to this book."

"Excellent exposition of overcompensation."

"Once you enter it, you are stuck there."

"The account of a person who says it the way it was."

"If you want an introduction to information theory, and, in a way, probability theory from the real front door, this is it."

"A charming primer on the paleo idea, with an illustration through the authors own life. I read it in one sitting."

"I am relieved to finally find a book that deals with Black Swan Events in a new way."

"Simply the best: read it at least twice."

"An answer to so many questions."

"Read it twice, once for the diet, once a a rich document in the history of science."

"Like a brief drink in an airplane lounge with someone funny, smart, witty, but not too funny."

"A wonderful book on wisdom and decision-making written by a wise decision-maker."

"The most complete overview of theosis."

"The best statistics book I've seen."

"Please Please READ This Book! Read it TWICE!"

"A condensed, but extremely deep , and complete exposition of the subject of theoretical finance."

"I am buying a second copy."

"I am now spoiled; I need more essays by opinionated, original,and intellectual, contemporary scientists."

"I don't want to spoil the story but I felt that I was reading a detective story until I realized what it was..."

"Intuitive & makes you think of universal laws."

"It is limpid, precise, illustrative, showing a wonderful clarity of mind."

"Well written, humorous at times, and rigorous --it reads like a well-translated scientific paper."

"Deep, readable & investigative."

"I was taken aback by the combination of depth and the vividness of the style."

"Excellent book."

"[The author] was close enough to Popper to present us with his ideas first-hand."

"Like a manual for a new regimen in philosophy."

"Clarity, so rare, so prized..."

"[The author] had the courage to take a look at what was behind all of this religious belief in markets."

"Great refresher in Analytical Philosophy --maybe the best."

"A great book but I felt something cold inside of me while reading it."

"Great reference book, very pedagogical."

"Horribly written (that is Fodor's charm after all) but his argumentation is so ferocious that he ends up loud & clear."

"Comprehensive, clear, well written."

"So readable as to perhaps set a standard."

"A great exposition of modern scientific thinking and understanding of the nature of man."

"The man is one of the greatest traders in history. There are a few jewels in there."

"Very useful bridge between physics methodologies and finance."

"A masterpiece."

"The best intuition builder in both statitics and econometrics."

"Finally, a compendium of the most rigorous research (gamblers ruin based) on risky decisions."

"This is THE reference book."

"The bible for the field."

"It makes you both wiser and eager to reread Sherlock Holmes."

"Most excellent, except for very few and small mistakes."

"A landmark book in social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud."

"[Approaches] the problem of randomness and success using the state of the art scientific arsenal we have."

"Bitcoin is an excellent idea."