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The always wise Paul Kedrosky blogged a intern reading list for Bear Stearns:

• Barbarians at the Gate, by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
• Beyond Greed and Fear:  Understanding Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing, by Hersh Shefrin
• Confessions of a Street Addict, by Jim Cramer
• Den of Thieves, by James B. Stuart
• Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation, by Edward Chancellor
• Fooled by Randomness:  The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Liar’s Poker, by Michael Lewis
• Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle, by John Rolfe and Peter Troob
• Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefèvre
• The Mind of Wall Street, by Leon Levy
• The Predator’s Ball, by Connie Bruck
• Wall Street Meat:  My Narrow Escape from the Stock Market Grinder, by Andy Kessler
• When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, by Roger Lowenstein

I’ve read a random smattering of these during my undergrad days, when I briefly entertained the idea of pursuing a career on Wall Street.

What would a similar list of books for the Venture Capital and Startups look like? I’ll take suggestions and then contribute my own recommendations in a later post.

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