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Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Stockerblog has released its list of 100 investment books -- the site adds that these are just the last 100 books the site has mentioned in the past couple of years, but if they're good enough to discuss, that's probably an endorsement of some kind. The list contains some classics and a lot of books you've probably never heard of.

Rather than rehash all the classics that every investor worth his or her salt has read, I'm going to give a list of a few of my favorite investment books that are either new but not bestsellers or long and forgotten. Click on the title for my review:

R. Foster Winans' Trading Secrets: This is a richly-written morality tale of sorts about the insider trading scandal that ruined Winans' career.

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The best and certainly most enjoyable way to learn about business is through stories. Harvard Business School realizes this, which is why it relies on its famous case studies for its MBA classes. But for the rest of us, there are memoirs offering a glimpse into the worlds of writers who played roles, however small, in American finance.

Money has its list of the top six financial memoirs, all of which are quite good. I would strongly urge you to pick up all of those at your local library (with the possible exception of Ben Franklin's which, alas, is rather unreadable). Here are two more you may want to check out:

Jim Cramer's Confessions of a Street Addict. This is Cramer's memoir of his days as a hedge fund manager -- screaming orders, throwing phones, and generally acting even more insane than he does on his TV show. It's an incredibly engaging book, and you may be surprised at what a terrifically talented journalist Jim Cramer is. Had he chosen journalism as a career over the financial markets, he probably would have become equally famous in that field. Regardless of what you think of his stock picks, Jim Cramer is a brilliant man and this is a brilliant book.

Andrew Tobias' The Funny Money Game. Before he was famous for his book The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need, Tobias was a vice president at a high-flying momentum stock called National Student Marketing, debating what island to retire to when his rich options package vested. Unfortunately, NSM collapsed in scandal, leaving Tobias' options worthless, but he still leaves us with this hilarious memoir about the life of a young executive at a chaotic young company embarking on almost-weekly acquisitions.

Money magazine's best financial memoirs, and my favorites originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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