Financial Statement Analysis & Modeling
- “Financial Modeling & Valuation: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity” by Paul Pignataro
- “Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions” by Joshua Rosenbaum and Joshua Pearl
Value Investing
- “Warren Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist” by Roger Lowenstein
- “The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success” by William N. Thorndike
- “The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing” by Benjamin Graham
- “The King of Cash: The Inside Story of Laurence Tisch” by Cristopher Winan
- “Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour” by William Ackman, Founder of Pershing Square Capital Management
- “The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor” by Howard Marks, Founder of Oaktree Capital Management
- “Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor” by Seth A. Klarman
Credit Analysis
- “Distressed Debt Analysis: Strategies for Speculative Investors” by Stephen G. Moyer
Economics & Finance
- “How The Economic Machine Works” by Ray Dalio, Founder of Bridgewater Associates
- “Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves” by Andrew Ross Sorkin
- “When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management” by Roger Lowenstein
- “The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable” by James Owen Weatherall
Accounting
- “Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports” by Howard Schilit and Jeremy Perler