Follow the story of the Oakland A’s and their manager Billy Beane, and how they went about winning in baseball using statistics rather than gut feel. Very applicable to systematic trading and a great story.

No descriptive words are necessary. Just read it and have a very good laugh along the way. A true classic!

This book is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the US stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post–financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. If you want to learn more about high-frequency trading, this book is for you.

The tsunamic of cheap credit that rolled across the world between 2002 and 2008 caused a couple of interesting side effects: Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; and the Irish wanted to stop being Irish. Read about the ramifications and scratch your head once or twice. Very entertaining.

An intriguing look at how technology is changing financial markets.

Another classic, purportedly about the great trader, Jesse Livermore. Numerous classic words of trading and trend following wisdom in here. Really fun to read!

The late and excellent Stephen Hawking answers some of the most interesting questions in this beautiful little book. For everyone who’s interested in an easy-to-read primer in physics (without the formulas).

An essential and very interesting book about the history of humanity.

This book presents the story of Claude Shannon—one of the foremost intellects of the twentieth century and the architect of the Information Age, whose insights stand behind every computer built, email sent, video streamed, and webpage loaded.

This book tries to answer the question: “What makes high achievers different?”