Agreed. It’s kind of depressing to think everyone is reading about finance.
Reading Born to Run at the moment, it’s hard to put down.
I never read books about finance, far too boring. Give me some mindless fiction anytime. If the fiction has a finance component to it, that’s fine.
Really? Have you ever read Monkey Business, Liar’s Poker, or House of Cards. I think they’re great reads even though they are financially focused.
I did read Liar’s Poker because it was required in one of my grad school classes. I generally read as an escape from day-to-day reality, so I like stuff that is somewhat mindless to read. I will sometimes go non-fiction, but they tend to be either military or history related.
I generally don’t pick up fiction for any other reason than to gain distance from reality (quite escapist i guess)…perhaps this is a bad attitude though…meh
I went from reading only novels to reading almost exclusively non-fiction financial crap.
Yeah I guess working in financial services is making me pretty dull… 
Still reading age of deleveraging (a bit behind I know) and dark pool (a book about HFT, a good one if you’re not familiar with that type of trading)
Currently finishing up INTO THIN AIR by Jon Krakauer. Amazing! Personal account of the1996 disasterous MT Everest Expedition.
The Psychology of Trading by Brett Steenbarger – I think this is a very valuable book as it provides a lot of insights enabling you to self-diagnose your trading or investment biases and solutions on how to overcome them. It’s a good read not only for traders but also for investors, as there are many books that teach you what principles you need to identify undervalued companies, but relatively fewer books dealing about when to enter and when to exit a position. This is the type of book you want to keep on your shelf as a periodic gut-check when you think your positions are moving against you, you have no fundamental idea why and you’re questioning whether you should hang around or not. See here: www.amazon.com/Psychology-Trading-Techniques-Minding-Markets/dp/0471267619/
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer – a chilling account of the May 1996 disaster on Mount Everest that claimed five lives and brought new attention to the hazards of the terrain and the human psyche on Everest. Attempting to summit Everest is a very long-term goal for me since I don’t have the time, money or courage to do it right now (I’m still planning to do Denali next summer, though). In any case, this book is a great inspiration to both aspiring alpinists and people that are just curious to learn more about Everest. See here: www.amazon.com/Into-Turtleback-School-Library-Binding/dp/0613663616/
I just noticed that Tulips (in the comment above mine) is also reading the same book about Everest. I hadn’t seen this before writing my post. Maybe we can keep in touch about being climbing partners some day 
An excellent book
Yeah Into thin air was awesome. It’s even better if you read it in the cold of winter while drinking earl grey tea.
God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
by Christopher Hitchens
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes
Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
by Jonathan Glover
Just finished reading “Lone Survivor” by Marcus Luttrell. Absolutely amazing story about a SEAL in Afganistan. Really puts all the day-to-day BS in perspective…
Boomerang - Michael Lewis goes a little crazy with the generalizations, but it is an entertaining read with several interesting points
A Random Walk Down Wall Street - First time reading it. L3 seems to have borrowed a lot from this book. It’s interesting to read the concepts from a different angle and, since I knew a lot of stuff already, I got to feel a little smart.
This Time is Different (still not finished)- The reading can be a little dry, but the data is great. Probably nice to refer to every time we get a little too much into bull markets.
My non-fiction are all stuff like Dan Brown and Agatha Christie - I like very commercial books and movies where things blow up a lot!!!
If anyone is looking for a short,thrilling, metaphysical detective story…I recommend The man who was thursday by G.K.Chesterton…i read that recently…hard to put down!
If you’re ready to take on Everest then lets go!
The Bible. Pretty good read…but you might want to skim over usury sections.
You mean the fairy tale written by a bunch of desert-dwelling neanderthals 2000 years ago??
No, thank you!!!