188. Booklist #1.

When you go into a person's study or library, you can immediately tell a great deal about them by looking at what books they have on their shelves. When you know about someone and want to emulate them, a list of their books can help you to embody their philosophy. Here is Warren Buffett's list of recommended reading :

* 1989 — Essays in Persuasion by John Maynard Keynes
* 1992 — The Theory of Investment Value by John Burr Williams
* 1994 — The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel by Benjamin Graham
* 1994 — The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Great Minds Series) by John Maynard Keynes (in OID)
* 1994 — The People V. Clarence Darrow : The Bribery Trial of America’s Greatest Lawyer by Geoffrey Cowan (in OID)
* 1995 — A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class by Joseph Nocera (in OID)
* 1996 — The Money Masters by John Train
* 1996 — Paths to wealth through common stocks by Philip Fisher (in OID)
* 1997 — The Science of Hitting by Ted Williams
* 1997 — Only the Paranoid Survive : How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company by Andrew S. Grove (in OID)
* 1998 — The Expanded Quotable Einstein by Albert Einstein
* 2000 — The Farmer From Merna by Karl Schriftgeisser
* 2000 — Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Philip Fisher
* 2000 — The Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America by Lawrence A. Cunningham
* 2001 — The Warren Buffett CEO by Robert P Miles
* 2001 — Security Analysis by Ben Graham and Dave Dodd
* 2001 — Personal History by Katharine Graham
* 2002 — Take on the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don’t Want You to Know. What you can do to fight back by Arthur Levitt
* 2003 — First a Dream by Jim Clayton
* 2003 — Bull! by Maggie Mahar
* 2003 — The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
* 2003 — In an Uncertain World by Bob Rubin
* 2003 — The Intelligent Investor — 2003 Revised Edition by Jason Zweig
* 2003 — Sam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton
* 2003 — Bull! : A History of the Boom, 1982-1999: What drove the Breakneck Market–and What Every Investor Needs to Know About Financial Cycles by Maggie Mahar
* 2003 — Science of Hitting by Ted Williams and John Underwood
* 2004 — The Intelligent Investor
* 2004 — The Financial Times, Amercian Edition Newspaper
* 2004 — The General Theory by John Maynard Keynes
* 2004 — A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
* 2004 — Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger by Charles T. Munger
* 2004 — Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe by Graham Allison
* 2005 — F.I.A.S.C.O.: Blood In The Water On Wall Street by Frank Partnoy
* 2005 — Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture in America by Ken Wells
* 2006 — Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger (Thrid Edition) by Peter Bevelin
* 2007 — Where Are the Customers’ Yachts? or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street by Fred Schwed, Jr
* 2007 — Supermoney [Edition with a new foreword by John Bogle and a preface by Adam Smith (aka George J. W. Goodman)] by Adam Smith
* 2007 — The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
* 2007 — Warren Buffett: An Illustrated Biography of the World’s Most Successful Investor by Ayano Morio
* 2008 — The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, edited by Lawrence Cunningham
* 2008 — The Warren Buffett CEO: Secrets From the Berkshire Hathaway Managers, by Robert Miles
* 2008 — Foods You Will Enjoy — The Story of Buffett’s Store, by Bill Buffett
* 2008 — Pleased, but Not Satisfied by David Sokol (Note: WEB did not recommend specifically at the AGM the new book by David Sokol, but he has written its foreword!)

Books Recommended by Warren Buffett (Years Unkown):

* Benjamin Graham on Value Investing: Lessons from the Dean of Wall Street by Janet Lowe
* Do Business with People You Can Trust: Balancing Profits and Principles by L. J. Rittenhouse
* John Bogle on Investing: The First 50 Years by John C. Bogle
* Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor by John C. Bogle
* The Real Warren Buffett: Managing Capital, Leading People by James O’Loughlin
* Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2007 International Edition/in 2 volumes by Andrew Kilparrick
* Will America Grow up Before it Grows Old : How the Coming Social Security Crisis Threatens You, Your Family and Your Country by Peter G. Peterson (Source: Of Permanent Value, Literary Edition page 197)
* Father, Son & Co : My Life at IBM and Beyond by Thomas, Jr. Watson
* Memos from the Chairman by Alan “Ace” C. Greenberg
* Jack Welch Speaks: Wisdom from the World’s Greatest Business Leader by Janet Lowe
* Quality Financial Reporting by Paul B. W. Miller & Paul R. Bahnson
* Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch
* Epidemic of Care : A Call for Safer, Better, and More Accountable Health Care by George C. Halvorson
* Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It” by Peter G. Peterson
* The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley by Leslie Berlin
* Speculative Contagion: An Antidote for Speculative Epidemics by Frank Martin
* The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Book Big Profits) by John C. Bogle