Giorgio Delgado

Like previously mentioned, I'm all about continual self improvement. But much like the show "Hoarders", I too have a problem with letting things go. In my case, however, it's information. The second I see a useful link, newsletter, or potential tap for knowledge I immediately note it down. For links, I save them into my reading list. Newsletters, I click on the subscribe button. But books, that's where the real hoarding happens. I always hear, or read about recommendations and invariably write them down. This tendency of mine has somewhat hindered my ability to stay focused on one task. I figured, then, that at least someone out there may use my ever expanding book list to better use.

Here are the current books I have in either digital or physical form that I have yet to read:

• Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
• Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
• Infinite Jest - David Foster
• Empire of Debt - Bill Bonner & Addison Wiggin
• Liar's Poker - Michael Lewis
• Reminiscences of a Stock Operator - Edwin Lefevre
• The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty - Dan Ariely
• Valuation - McKinsey & Company

I did not bother showing the inordinate amount of finanicial academic research papers or other quantitative financial literature.

Here is the list of books I hope to some day read. I have split the list between finance and non finance books.

Non Financial Books

• The 4-Hour Workweek - Tim Ferris
• When God Was a Rabbit - Sarah Winman
• TransAtlantic - Colum McCann
• The Black Swan - Nassim Taleb

Financial Books:

• Investment Fables - Aswath Damodaran
• The $100 Startup - Chris Guillebeau
• The 16% Solution - Joel Moskowitz
• Beating the Street - Peter Lynch & John Rothchild
• A Random Walk Down Wall Street - Burton Malkiel
• The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success - William N. Thorndike
• Manual of Ideas: The proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments - John Mihaljevic
• Competition Demystified - Bruce Greenwald
• Value Investing - Bruce Greenwald
• Millionaire Traders: How Everyday People Are Beating Wall Street at its Own Game
• Market Wizards - Jack D. Schwager
• The Warren Buffet Way - Robert Hagstrom
• The Warren Buffet Portfolio - Robert Hagstrom
• The Little Book That Builds Wealth - Pat Dorsey
• The Interpretation of Financial Statements - Benjamin Graham
• Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Fix Them - Gary Belsky & Thomas Gilovich
• You Can Be a Stock Market Genius - Joel Greenblatt
• Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits - Philip Phisher
• The Four Pillars of Investing - William Bernstein
• The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing - Bogle, Larimore, LeBoeuf, & Lindauer
• Killing Sacred Cows - Garrett Gunderson

And with this list, you can begin to see where my aspirations lie.

Hopefully this list gives you something to read, because I doubt this backlog will be cleared by me any time soon. As previously mentioned, I have another list of more technical books and journal articles. If you wish to attain this list, please contact me.

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