My 2005 Book List
Tomorrow, we'll continue our look at strategies such as the CAN SLIM strategy, but I wanted to share my 2005 book list with you. As always, feel free to leave comments on your thoughts on any of the books on this list.
Distinguished
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara
A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Narrows by Michael Connelly
In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Unconventional Success by David Swensen
100 People Who Are Screwing Up America by Bernard Goldberg
The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter
Excellent
A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly
A Darkening Stain by Robert Wilson
Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales
The Misbehavior of Markets by Benoit Mandelbrot
The Last Jew by Noah Gordon
Night Fall by Nelson DeMille
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
Very Good
Heretic by Bernard Cornwell
Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
Garden of Beasts by Jeffery Deaver
The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi by Jacqueline Park
To the Last Man by Jeff Shaara
Nighttime is My Time by Mary Higgins Clark
Managing Concentrated Stock Wealth by Tim Kochis
Plan Your Estate by Denis Clifford
Freakonomics by Stephen Levitt
Good
Nonprofit Investment Policies by Robert Fry
Index Funds by Mark Hebner
Investment Management by Robert Hagin
To Life by Harold Kushner
The Pity of It All by Amos Elon
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Bleachers by John Grisham
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
The Confessor by Daniel Silva
Jewish Humor by Joseph Telushkin
Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer
The New Rules of Retirement by Robert Carlson
Collapse by Jared Diamond
The Righteous by Martin Gilbert
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
Living It Up Without Outliving Your Money! By Paul Merriman
Rebel by Bernard Cornwell
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Big Killing by Robert Wilson
Fair
P is for Peril by Sue Grafton
The Beach House by James Patterson
Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
The Art of Asset Allocation by David Darst
Why Stock Markets Crash by Didier Sornette
Mississippi Solo by Eddy Harris
Dark Voyage by Alan Furst
Enigma by Robert Harris
Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith
Mean Markets and Lizard Brains by Terry Burnham
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Night Soldiers by Alan Furst
Abraham by Bruce Feiler
Guests of the Sheik by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Poor
The Final Solution by Michael Chabon
Wealth Without Worry by James Whiddon
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