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The Great Depression: A Diary

Benjamin Roth

“one of my favorite books is a book called The Great Depression: A Diary, and it's written by a lawyer named Benjamin Roth”— Morgan Housel

Die with Zero

Bill Perkins (inferred)

“I love the idea from the book Die with Zero... It's such a good book. It's a wonderful book everyone should read.”— Morgan Housel

The Year of Living Biblically

A.J. Jacobs

“A.J. Jacobs, who's an amazing writer. He wrote The Year of Living Biblically. He's written many books that I think are very, very smart.”— Tim Ferriss

I Think You're Fat

A.J. Jacobs

“I recommend people check out also an Esquire piece he wrote called I Think You're Fat, which is an experiment in radical honesty”— Tim Ferriss

The Triangle Fire

“great books that you've read lately, Triangle Fire, Empty Mansions, The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst”— Tim Ferriss

Empty Mansions

Bill Dedman (inferred)

“great books that you've read lately, Triangle Fire, Empty Mansions, The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst”— Tim Ferriss

The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall (inferred)

“great books that you've read lately, Triangle Fire, Empty Mansions, The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst”— Tim Ferriss

Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing

Robert Caro

“one that is a little cryptic, Robert Caro, if I'm getting the pronunciation right, Working”— Tim Ferriss

No Ordinary Time

Doris Kearns Goodwin

“I'm pretty sure I've read Doris Kearns' No Ordinary Time three times, which is, I think it's 710 pages. It's a very meaty book.”— Morgan Housel

The Tao of Charlie Munger

David Clark (inferred)

“This book, it's called The Tao of Charlie Munger... if you're an investing fan or a Charlie Munger fan, you should reread this book once a year”— Morgan Housel

Finding the One Decision That Removes 100 Decisions

Tim Ferriss

“there's a blog post that I wrote some time ago, which was Finding the One Decision That Removes 100 Decisions”— Tim Ferriss

Letters from a Stoic (Moral Letters to Lucilius)

Seneca the Younger

“this is true for Letters from a Stoic or the Moral Letters to Lucilius as well from Seneca the Younger”— Tim Ferriss

Snickers

Mars (inferred)

“Jim, do you know what the bestselling candy bar was in 1962? And Jim said, No. And Warren said, Snickers.”— Morgan Housel

Respect and Admiration

Morgan Housel

“I read three in prepping for this conversation, Respect and Admiration, Rich and Anonymous, and then Expectations Debt”— Tim Ferriss

Rich and Anonymous

Morgan Housel

“Respect and Admiration, Rich and Anonymous, and then Expectations Debt. How did you decide to write Rich and Anonymous?”— Tim Ferriss

Expectations Debt

Morgan Housel

“Respect and Admiration, Rich and Anonymous, and then Expectations Debt”— Tim Ferriss

Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk biography

Walter Isaacson

“the new biography of Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson is interviewing Musk's first wife, whose name is Justine”— Morgan Housel

Will Smith biography (Will)

Will Smith (inferred)

“There's a really great quote in Will Smith's biography where he says, when Will Smith was poor and depressed”— Morgan Housel

Honda Civic

Honda

“Nobody cares because he's so funny. He doesn't need to show off his six-pack. If he drove a Honda Civic, nobody would care.”— Morgan Housel

11 Reasons Not to Become Famous

Tim Ferriss

“Yeah, 11 Reasons Not to Become Famous. And you were very open and forthcoming about what it's done to your own life.”— Tim Ferriss

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

Alice Schroeder (inferred)

“If you read the biography, The Snowball, which I reread recently, it's a biography of Warren Buffett”— Morgan Housel

MrBeast (YouTube channel)

Jimmy Donaldson (inferred)

“growing up with MrBeast, which I think is reasonably wholesome content for young people to watch. It's not that bad.”— Morgan Housel

The Power Broker

Robert Caro

“I believe that is the author of The Power Broker”— Tim Ferriss

What We Knew: Terror, Mass Murder, and Everyday Life in Nazi Germany

Eric A. Johnson and Karl-Heinz Reuband (inferred)

“it's a book called What We Knew, and it's a book that interviews German civilians who were around during Nazi Germany”— Morgan Housel