50 Books like The Buy Side

The Wolf of Wall Street

by Jordan Belfort • 2007

His brokerage was a carnival of drugs, money, and manipulation, and he was its ringmaster.

3.75

39k+

📈 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Financial Crime 💊 Drug-Fueled Excess 💔 Toxic Marriage 😈 Darkly Comic

The Wolf of Wall Street 95%

His brokerage was a carnival of drugs, money, and manipulation, and he was its ringmaster.

by Jordan Belfort 2007

3.75

39k+ ratings

📈 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Financial Crime 💊 Drug-Fueled Excess 💔 Toxic Marriage 😈 Darkly Comic

The Trading Game

by Gary Stevenson • 2024

He won millions predicting stagnation. His bank told him to shut up. He walked.

4.12

24k+

🏦 Trading Memoirs 🏛️ Wall Street Culture 📉 Economic Inequality 🗣️ Whistleblower Accounts 📈 Working Class Mobility

The Trading Game 95%

He won millions predicting stagnation. His bank told him to shut up. He walked.

by Gary Stevenson 2024

4.12

24k+ ratings

🏦 Trading Memoirs 🏛️ Wall Street Culture 📉 Economic Inequality 🗣️ Whistleblower Accounts 📈 Working Class Mobility

Private Equity

by Carrie Sun • 2024

An exclusive hedge fund. An MIT grad as the billionaire's assistant. Two years to lose everything.

3.60

5k+

📉 Wall Street Memoir 🔥 Career Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Family Pressure 🎭 Work And Identity 🏫 Class And Meritocracy

Private Equity 93%

An exclusive hedge fund. An MIT grad as the billionaire's assistant. Two years to lose everything.

by Carrie Sun 2024

3.60

5k+ ratings

📉 Wall Street Memoir 🔥 Career Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Family Pressure 🎭 Work And Identity 🏫 Class And Meritocracy

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire

by Dan Conway • 2019

He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.

4.22

199

💰 Cryptocurrency 🏖️ Financial Independence 📈 Market Speculation 🍸 Addiction Memoir 🎲 Risk And Reward

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire Summary

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire 93%

He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.

by Dan Conway 2019

4.22

199 ratings

💰 Cryptocurrency 🏖️ Financial Independence 📈 Market Speculation 🍸 Addiction Memoir 🎲 Risk And Reward

Girl Walks Out of a Bar

by Lisa F. Smith • 2016

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

4.14

7k+

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Girl Walks Out of a Bar 93%

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

by Lisa F. Smith 2016

4.14

7k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis • 1989

Two Fed decisions, not trader genius, created the 1980s bond fortune, and the men inside never knew.

4.15

113k+

🧱 Wall Street Culture 💾 1980s Finance 📈 Trading Memoirs 📊 Information Asymmetry ↔️ Contrarian Investing

Liar's Poker 93%

Two Fed decisions, not trader genius, created the 1980s bond fortune, and the men inside never knew.

by Michael Lewis 1989

4.15

113k+ ratings

🧱 Wall Street Culture 💾 1980s Finance 📈 Trading Memoirs 📊 Information Asymmetry ↔️ Contrarian Investing

The Year of Less

by Cait Flanders • 2018

She quit shopping for a year and shed 70% of her belongings. What remained surprised her.

3.45

71k+

🛒 Shopping Addiction 🏠 Minimalist Living 🍷 Sobriety Journey 📉 Consumerism Critique 💸 Debt Recovery

The Year of Less 93%

She quit shopping for a year and shed 70% of her belongings. What remained surprised her.

by Cait Flanders 2018

3.45

71k+ ratings

🛒 Shopping Addiction 🏠 Minimalist Living 🍷 Sobriety Journey 📉 Consumerism Critique 💸 Debt Recovery

Bully Market

by Jamie Fiore Higgins • 2022

Tracked by her husband, ground down by Goldman: it took four children to walk away.

4.15

3k+

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🚺 Workplace Sexism ☠️ Toxic Work Culture 🧠 Mental Health At Work

Bully Market 93%

Tracked by her husband, ground down by Goldman: it took four children to walk away.

by Jamie Fiore Higgins 2022

4.15

3k+ ratings

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🚺 Workplace Sexism ☠️ Toxic Work Culture 🧠 Mental Health At Work

The Money Trap

by Alok Sama • 2024

He brokered SoftBank's biggest bets. Then he realized the money was never the point.

4.09

2k+

🏦 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Venture Capital 💭 Wealth Psychology 📉 Boom And Bust Cycles 🌏 Cross-Cultural Business

The Money Trap 93%

He brokered SoftBank's biggest bets. Then he realized the money was never the point.

by Alok Sama 2024

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏦 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Venture Capital 💭 Wealth Psychology 📉 Boom And Bust Cycles 🌏 Cross-Cultural Business

Hedgehogging

by Barton Biggs • 2005

One thousand hedge funds die every year. The psychological gauntlet that kills them.

3.75

2k+

🏦 Hedge Fund Industry ✍️ Wall Street Memoir 🔁 Contrarian Investing 🤔 Market Psychology ⚖️ Risk Management

Hedgehogging 93%

One thousand hedge funds die every year. The psychological gauntlet that kills them.

by Barton Biggs 2005

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏦 Hedge Fund Industry ✍️ Wall Street Memoir 🔁 Contrarian Investing 🤔 Market Psychology ⚖️ Risk Management

Exile on Wall Street

by Mike Mayo • 2011

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

3.69

260

🏦 Banking Industry 📖 Wall Street Memoirs 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Corporate Governance 🧮 Creative Accounting

Exile on Wall Street 93%

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

by Mike Mayo 2011

3.69

260 ratings

🏦 Banking Industry 📖 Wall Street Memoirs 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Corporate Governance 🧮 Creative Accounting

The Accidental Investment Banker

by Jonathan A. Knee • 2006

Inside the decade investment banks abandoned client loyalty for fast deals and met the dot-com bust.

3.58

849

🏦 Investment Banking 🗽 Wall Street History 🕶️ Insider Memoir 🤝 Deal Making ⚠️ Conflicts Of Interest

The Accidental Investment Banker Summary

The Accidental Investment Banker 92%

Inside the decade investment banks abandoned client loyalty for fast deals and met the dot-com bust.

by Jonathan A. Knee 2006

3.58

849 ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 🗽 Wall Street History 🕶️ Insider Memoir 🤝 Deal Making ⚠️ Conflicts Of Interest

Black Edge

by Sheelah Kolhatkar • 2017

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

4.20

17k+

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Black Edge 92%

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

by Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017

4.20

17k+ ratings

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst

by Daniel Reingold • 2006

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

3.88

1k+

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information 📡 Tech Bubbles 🕵️ Corporate Fraud

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst 92%

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

by Daniel Reingold 2006

3.88

1k+ ratings

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information 📡 Tech Bubbles 🕵️ Corporate Fraud

Tweak

by Nic Sheff • 2008

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

3.99

48k+

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

Tweak 92%

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

by Nic Sheff 2008

3.99

48k+ ratings

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

The Fifth Vital

by Mike Majlak • 2020

A thousand-dollar heroin habit. A shattered ankle. A dying grandfather. Then, Logan Paul's podcast.

4.32

3k+

💊 Opioid Crisis 🩹 Addiction Recovery 📝 Twelve-Step Programs 🔗 Drug Dealing Memoirs 🚴 Exercise And Mental Health

The Fifth Vital 92%

A thousand-dollar heroin habit. A shattered ankle. A dying grandfather. Then, Logan Paul's podcast.

by Mike Majlak 2020

4.32

3k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Crisis 🩹 Addiction Recovery 📝 Twelve-Step Programs 🔗 Drug Dealing Memoirs 🚴 Exercise And Mental Health

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense

by Lawrence G. McDonald • 2009

Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.

3.91

3k+

🏦 Wall Street 💼 Investment Banking 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 💥 Corporate Collapse ⚠️ Toxic Leadership

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense Summary

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense 92%

Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.

by Lawrence G. McDonald 2009

3.91

3k+ ratings

🏦 Wall Street 💼 Investment Banking 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 💥 Corporate Collapse ⚠️ Toxic Leadership

Sonny Boy

by Al Pacino • 2024

South Bronx to The Godfather to fifty million lost. Pacino's most unguarded confession.

4.01

14k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎭 Acting Craft 💫 The Cost Of Fame 🍷 Addiction And Recovery 🏙️ Rise From Poverty

Sonny Boy 92%

South Bronx to The Godfather to fifty million lost. Pacino's most unguarded confession.

by Al Pacino 2024

4.01

14k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎭 Acting Craft 💫 The Cost Of Fame 🍷 Addiction And Recovery 🏙️ Rise From Poverty

The Addicted Lawyer

by Brian Cuban • 2017

Brian Cuban practiced law by day and fed his addiction by night. The collapse took years.

3.87

150

🏛️ Legal Profession 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🎭 Functional Addiction 🧠 Dual Diagnosis ⚖️ Attorney Wellness

The Addicted Lawyer 92%

Brian Cuban practiced law by day and fed his addiction by night. The collapse took years.

by Brian Cuban 2017

3.87

150 ratings

🏛️ Legal Profession 📖 Addiction Memoirs 🎭 Functional Addiction 🧠 Dual Diagnosis ⚖️ Attorney Wellness

How to Murder Your Life

by Cat Marnell • 2017

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

3.88

21k+

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

How to Murder Your Life 92%

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

by Cat Marnell 2017

3.88

21k+ ratings

🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

When Genius Failed

by Roger Lowenstein • 2000

Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.

4.20

32k+

🏦 Hedge Funds 🔥 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Model Risk ⛓️ Systemic Risk

When Genius Failed 92%

Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.

by Roger Lowenstein 2000

4.20

32k+ ratings

🏦 Hedge Funds 🔥 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Model Risk ⛓️ Systemic Risk

The Education of a Value Investor

by Guy Spier • 2015

He paid $650,000 for lunch with Warren Buffett. The lesson: investing well is a design problem.

4.24

6k+

📉 Value Investing 💼 Investor Memoir 🧠 Investing Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Finance 💰 Money And Meaning

The Education of a Value Investor Summary

The Education of a Value Investor 92%

He paid $650,000 for lunch with Warren Buffett. The lesson: investing well is a design problem.

by Guy Spier 2015

4.24

6k+ ratings

📉 Value Investing 💼 Investor Memoir 🧠 Investing Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Finance 💰 Money And Meaning

The Bond King

by Mary Childs • 2022

A card counter built a two-trillion-dollar bond empire. The instincts that built it destroyed him.

3.80

3k+

🏦 Bond Markets 🏢 Asset Management 🗽 Wall Street History 📉 Financial Crises 👑 Founder Hubris

The Bond King 92%

A card counter built a two-trillion-dollar bond empire. The instincts that built it destroyed him.

by Mary Childs 2022

3.80

3k+ ratings

🏦 Bond Markets 🏢 Asset Management 🗽 Wall Street History 📉 Financial Crises 👑 Founder Hubris

American Drug Addict

by Brett Douglas • 2018

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 👪 Family And Addiction

American Drug Addict 92%

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

by Brett Douglas 2018

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 👪 Family And Addiction

Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts

by Santosh Nair • 2016

Insider whispers, auction tricks, and the crash of India's biggest bull: one trader's education.

4.32

2k+

🇮🇳 Indian Markets 📖 Trading Memoirs 🤫 Insider Trading 🎭 Market Manipulation 💰 Rags To Riches

Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts 92%

Insider whispers, auction tricks, and the crash of India's biggest bull: one trader's education.

by Santosh Nair 2016

4.32

2k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Markets 📖 Trading Memoirs 🤫 Insider Trading 🎭 Market Manipulation 💰 Rags To Riches

In an Uncertain World

by Robert E. Rubin • 2003

Markets and governments run on uncertain bets. A Treasury Secretary's method for weighing them.

3.70

663

🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🎲 Uncertainty Navigation 🌐 Globalization 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

In an Uncertain World 92%

Markets and governments run on uncertain bets. A Treasury Secretary's method for weighing them.

by Robert E. Rubin 2003

3.70

663 ratings

🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🎲 Uncertainty Navigation 🌐 Globalization 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

The Book of Drugs

by Mike Doughty • 2012

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

3.63

2k+

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

The Book of Drugs 92%

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

by Mike Doughty 2012

3.63

2k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Benjamin Graham

by Benjamin Graham • 1996

Before value investing had rules, its founder lost a fortune on fireworks. His memoir explains why.

4.32

253

🧱 Value Investing 🏦 Wall Street History 📚 Self-Education 📉 Financial Crashes 🗳️ Shareholder Activism

Benjamin Graham 92%

Before value investing had rules, its founder lost a fortune on fireworks. His memoir explains why.

by Benjamin Graham 1996

4.32

253 ratings

🧱 Value Investing 🏦 Wall Street History 📚 Self-Education 📉 Financial Crashes 🗳️ Shareholder Activism

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

3.69

265k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Million Little Pieces 92%

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

by James Frey 2003

3.69

265k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

Bull by the Horns

by Sheila Bair • 2012

She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.

3.91

494

🏦 Financial Regulation 🎭 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🛡️ Predatory Lending

Bull by the Horns 92%

She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.

by Sheila Bair 2012

3.91

494 ratings

🏦 Financial Regulation 🎭 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🛡️ Predatory Lending

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

by Matthew Perry • 2022

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

3.94

408k+

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🎭 Fame And Emptiness

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Summary

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing 92%

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

by Matthew Perry 2022

3.94

408k+ ratings

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🎭 Fame And Emptiness

The Mind of Wall Street

by Leon Levy • 2002

Markets aren't efficient; they're emotional. A Wall Street legend on what psychology does to prices.

3.52

132

🧠 Market Psychology 💎 Value Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

The Mind of Wall Street 91%

Markets aren't efficient; they're emotional. A Wall Street legend on what psychology does to prices.

by Leon Levy 2002

3.52

132 ratings

🧠 Market Psychology 💎 Value Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

Unwasted

by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

3.79

2k+

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

Unwasted 91%

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011

3.79

2k+ ratings

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

Goldman Sachs

by Lisa Endlich • 1999

One rule built Wall Street's last private giant: every partner was personally liable for every loss.

3.50

646

🏦 Investment Banking 📜 Wall Street History 🏢 Corporate History 🧩 Organizational Culture ⚠️ Risk Management

Goldman Sachs 91%

One rule built Wall Street's last private giant: every partner was personally liable for every loss.

by Lisa Endlich 1999

3.50

646 ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 📜 Wall Street History 🏢 Corporate History 🧩 Organizational Culture ⚠️ Risk Management

Molly's Game

by Molly Bloom • 2014

Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.

3.84

25k+

🎰 High-Stakes Gambling 👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship 🕶️ Underground Economies 🌟 Celebrity Culture ⚡ Power Dynamics

Molly's Game 91%

Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.

by Molly Bloom 2014

3.84

25k+ ratings

🎰 High-Stakes Gambling 👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship 🕶️ Underground Economies 🌟 Celebrity Culture ⚡ Power Dynamics

Crypto Confidential

by Nathaniel Eliason • 2024

A 7,700 percent gain, then zero: one insider's ride through the crypto casino.

4.21

740

🪙 Crypto Markets 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧪 Behavioral Economics ⚠️ Cautionary Tales 🎙️ Insider Tell-All

Crypto Confidential 91%

A 7,700 percent gain, then zero: one insider's ride through the crypto casino.

by Nathaniel Eliason 2024

4.21

740 ratings

🪙 Crypto Markets 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧪 Behavioral Economics ⚠️ Cautionary Tales 🎙️ Insider Tell-All

Rogue Trader

by Nick Leeson • 1996

A 233-year-old bank collapsed because one young trader was allowed to hide his own losses.

3.93

1k+

🔍 Financial Fraud 🏦 Banking Failures 📊 Derivatives Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 📝 Confession Memoirs

Rogue Trader 91%

A 233-year-old bank collapsed because one young trader was allowed to hide his own losses.

by Nick Leeson 1996

3.93

1k+ ratings

🔍 Financial Fraud 🏦 Banking Failures 📊 Derivatives Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 📝 Confession Memoirs

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

by Madeline Pendleton • 2024

The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.

4.52

4k+

💰 Financial Memoir 📱 Millennial Money 🏚️ Economic Precarity 🤝 Ethical Business ✊ Anti-Capitalist Critique

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 91%

The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.

by Madeline Pendleton 2024

4.52

4k+ ratings

💰 Financial Memoir 📱 Millennial Money 🏚️ Economic Precarity 🤝 Ethical Business ✊ Anti-Capitalist Critique

Tremendous

by Joey "Coco" Diaz • 2023

Homeless at twenty-one, sleeping in a rocket ship. How Joey Diaz traded crime for stand-up.

4.46

3k+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🔫 Criminal Past 🏙️ Street Hustle 💔 Childhood Trauma

Tremendous 91%

Homeless at twenty-one, sleeping in a rocket ship. How Joey Diaz traded crime for stand-up.

by Joey "Coco" Diaz 2023

4.46

3k+ ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🔫 Criminal Past 🏙️ Street Hustle 💔 Childhood Trauma

Pour Me, A Life

by A.A. Gill • 2014

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

4.08

3k+

🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Pour Me, A Life 91%

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

by A.A. Gill 2014

4.08

3k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Burn Rate

by Andy Dunn • 2022

He hid bipolar disorder while building Bonobos. A jail cell forced the secret out.

4.33

3k+

🏢 Startup Memoirs 🧠 Bipolar Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🚀 Startup Culture 💬 Vulnerable Leadership

Burn Rate 91%

He hid bipolar disorder while building Bonobos. A jail cell forced the secret out.

by Andy Dunn 2022

4.33

3k+ ratings

🏢 Startup Memoirs 🧠 Bipolar Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🚀 Startup Culture 💬 Vulnerable Leadership

Recovery

by Russell Brand • 2017

Why you can't stop scrolling, eating, or working, and what to do about it.

3.93

13k+

🧰 Addiction Recovery 📋 Twelve Step Programs 📱 Behavioral Addiction 🙏 Spiritual Recovery 🔍 Self Examination

Recovery 91%

Why you can't stop scrolling, eating, or working, and what to do about it.

by Russell Brand 2017

3.93

13k+ ratings

🧰 Addiction Recovery 📋 Twelve Step Programs 📱 Behavioral Addiction 🙏 Spiritual Recovery 🔍 Self Examination

Basketball Junkie

by Chris Herren • 2011

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

4.11

2k+

🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives 💉 Heroin Addiction 🏀 Basketball Careers

Basketball Junkie 91%

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

by Chris Herren 2011

4.11

2k+ ratings

🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives 💉 Heroin Addiction 🏀 Basketball Careers

The Dealmaker

by Guy Hands • 2021

After building a private equity empire, one acquisition cost him €78 million in legal fees alone.

3.90

655

🏢 Private Equity 📈 Value Investing 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Business Memoir 😰 Executive Burnout

The Dealmaker 91%

After building a private equity empire, one acquisition cost him €78 million in legal fees alone.

by Guy Hands 2021

3.90

655 ratings

🏢 Private Equity 📈 Value Investing 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Business Memoir 😰 Executive Burnout

Short Stories

by Columbus Short • 2020

A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.

3.94

293

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Race In Entertainment

Short Stories 91%

A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.

by Columbus Short 2020

3.94

293 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Race In Entertainment

Flash Boys

by Michael Lewis • 2014

Wall Street's speed advantage rigs the market. A team of outsiders built a fair exchange.

4.14

91k+

📡 High-Frequency Trading 🏦 Wall Street Exposé 💻 Electronic Markets 🎭 Market Manipulation ⚖️ Financial Regulation

Flash Boys 91%

Wall Street's speed advantage rigs the market. A team of outsiders built a fair exchange.

by Michael Lewis 2014

4.14

91k+ ratings

📡 High-Frequency Trading 🏦 Wall Street Exposé 💻 Electronic Markets 🎭 Market Manipulation ⚖️ Financial Regulation

Monkey Business

by John Rolfe • 2000

Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.

3.97

6k+

🪙 Investment Banking ☣️ Toxic Workplaces 🤡 Career Disillusionment ⚖️ Work-Life Imbalance 📰 Financial Industry Exposé

Monkey Business 91%

Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.

by John Rolfe 2000

3.97

6k+ ratings

🪙 Investment Banking ☣️ Toxic Workplaces 🤡 Career Disillusionment ⚖️ Work-Life Imbalance 📰 Financial Industry Exposé

More Money Than God

by Sebastian Mallaby • 2010

How a handful of secretive traders amassed power to rival central banks and rewired global finance.

4.11

10k+

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