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Charlie Munger

Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

Charlie Munger built his worldly wisdom approach on reading across psychology, biology, and history, and the recommended list in Poor Charlie's Almanack sent a generation of investors to the same shelf. These picks of his live in the index.

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  1. 01
    Cover of Influence by Robert B. Cialdini

    Influence

    Robert B. Cialdini·320 pp
    Why Charlie rates itMunger rates Cialdini's work so highly that he sent him a share of Berkshire stock as thanks for filling holes in his thinking about misjudgment.
  2. 02
    Cover of The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

    The Selfish Gene

    Richard Dawkins·360 pp
    Why Charlie rates itThe gene's-eye view is one of Munger's favourite examples of a big idea from one discipline that explains behaviour everywhere else.
  3. 03
    Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Jared Diamond·480 pp
    Why Charlie rates itDiamond's environmental account of history sits on Munger's recommended list as a model of explaining outcomes through systems rather than personalities.
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