The Best and Worst Investment (and other) Books of 2019

It has been my tradition to informally rate the investment-related books I read in the past year. I have also included some novels and books of general interest. Here is my list of winners and losers.

Opinions about books are very personal, so these ratings reflect my tastes and opinions, which might be very different from yours.

Booklist 2019 (73)

 

Distinguished (6)

Good (22)

Multipliers-Wiseman

Muscular Portfolios-Livingston

Sapiens-Harari

The Essential Retirement Guide-Vettese

Don’t Count On It-Bogle

The Fool’s Run-Sandford

Escape from the Balance Sheet Recession and the QE Trap-Koo

The Hanged Man’s Song-Sandford

The Wrong Side of Goodbye-Connelly

The Fallen-Baldacci

Neon Prey-Sandford

Beartown-Backman

 

The Women in the Window-Finn

 

No Middle Name-Child

Excellent (13)

The Vanishing Year-Moretti

The Charisma Myth-Cabane

The Trust-Balson

Factfulness-Rosling

The Sceptical Investor-Stepek

The Girl Who Takes An Eye for an Eye-Lagercrantz

War of the Wolf-Cornwell

Traction-Wickman

Pitch the Perfect Investment-Sonkin&Johnson

This Body of Death-George

Fools and Mortals-Cornwell

Before We Were Yours-Wingate

Gone Tomorrow-Child

Just One Evil Act-George

The Lost City of the Monkey God-Preston

The Lying Game-Ware

The Girl from Berlin-Balson

A Practioner’s Guide to Asset Allocation-Kinlaw, Kritzman&Turkington

The Punishment She Deserves-George

Dark Sacred Night-Connelly

Stumbling on Happiness-Gilbert

The Tattooist of Auschwitz-Morris

The Empty Throne-Cornwell

Never Go Back-Child

The Girl Who Lived Twice-Lagercrantz

A Banquet of Consequences-George

The Fox-Forsythe

 

The Kill List-Forsythe

 

Fair (13)

 

Walking the Bones- Silvis

Very Good (15)

Three Envelopes-Hezroni

The Flame Bearer-Cornwell

Dual Momentum Investing-Antonacci

The Pagan Lord-Cornwell

Origin-Brown

Dollars and Sense-Ariely&Kreisler

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me-Teege

The Other Woman-Silvas

The 12-Week Year-Moran&Lennington

Holy Ghost-Sandford

Baker’s Secret-Kiernan

Walking Shadows-Kellerman

The Edge of the Orchard-Chevalier

Popularity-Ibbotson&Idzorek

Burning Bright-Chevalier

Silken Prey-Sandford

Boat Runner-Murphy

Private Debt-Nesbitt

An Economist Walks Into a Brothel-Schrager

Button Man-Gross

Stormchild-Cornwell

Past Tense-Child

Blue Mind-Fair

Warriors of the Storm-Cornwell

 

The Advantage-Lencioni

 

The Crisis of Crowding-Chincarini

Poor (4)

 

Spooner-Dexter

 

Florida-Groff

 

Way of the Trader-Murphy

 

Exit West-Hamid

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