Billionaire Reading List

What Warren Buffett Reads

Warren Buffett reads 500+ pages a day. Here are the books he recommends most.

“The best investment you can make is in yourself. Read 500 pages every day. That’s how knowledge works — it builds up like compound interest.”
— Warren Buffett

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$ Investing

The Intelligent Investor

by Benjamin Graham

5.0

“By far the best book on investing ever written.”

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↑ Business

Business Adventures

by John Brooks

4.8

“Bill Gates and I both agree this is the best business book we've ever read.”

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$ Investing

Poor Charlie's Almanack

by Charles T. Munger

4.9

“Charlie has the best 30-second mind in the world. This book captures his wisdom.”

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↑ Business

The Outsiders

by William N. Thorndike

4.7

“An outstanding book about CEOs who excelled at capital allocation.”

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★ Self-Help

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

by Robert B. Cialdini

4.7

“Charlie Munger says: 'Cialdini has done more to illuminate the dark arts of persuasion than any other psychologist.'”

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⊙ Science

The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

4.6

“Charlie Munger recommends this as essential reading for understanding human behavior and evolutionary psychology.”

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