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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe · 690 pages
The Bankster
Ravi Subramanian · 358 pages
The Partner
John Grisham · 416 pages
John Grisham's bestselling backlist repackaged with fantastic new coversThey found him in a small town in Brazil, near the border with Paraguay. He had a new name, Danilo Silva, and his appearance had been changed by plastic surgery. The search had taken four years. They'd chased him around the world, always just missing him. It had cost their clients three and a half million dollars. But so far n
Union Atlantic
Adam Haslett · 302 pages
At the heart of Union Atlantic lies a test of wills between a retired history teacher, Charlotte Graves--who has suddenly begun to hear her two dogs speaking to her in the voices of Cotton Mather and Malcolm X--and an ambitious young banker, Doug Fanning, who is building an ostentatious mansion on what was once Charlotte's family land. Drawn into the conflict is Nate Fuller, a troubled high-school
Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
Kurt Eichenwald · 776 pages
The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders
Connie Bruck · 385 pages
During the '80s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham created the corporate raiders. He was the billionaire Junk Bond King. But, in the corner stood the U.S. District Attorney waiting to file criminal and racketeering charges.
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Jeffrey Archer · 255 pages
The conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. They have one thing in common. Overnight, each novice investor lost his life's fortune to one man. The con: Harvey Metcalfe. A brilliant, self-made guru of deceit. A very dangerous individual. And now, a hunted man. With nothing left to lose four strangers are about to come together—ea
All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera · 389 pages
According to the authors, both business journalists, no one has put all the pieces of the financial crisis together. This title explores the motivations of everyone from CEOs and politicians to anonymous lenders, borrowers and Wall Street traders. It goes back more than twenty years to reveal, how Wall Street, the mortgage industry, and the government conspired to change the way Americans bought t
The Number
Alex Berenson · 288 pages
Examines how companies have put too much emphasis on "the number," companies' quarterly earnings, and lost track of their true purpose of building profititable businesses, which has led to accounting fraud and the recent corporate scandals.
House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
William D. Cohan · 468 pages
'House of Cards' is a narrative about corporate greed on a truly epic scale. Cohan relates how the lack of foresight and regulation in an uncertain economy forced the government and Wall Street to take increasingly desperate and unprecedented measures to stop the carnage before the entire economy melted down.
Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
Barry Ritholtz, Bill Fleckenstein, Aaron Task · 332 pages
An engaging look at what led to the financial turmoil we now find ourselves in Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Written by Barry Ritholtz, one of today's most popular economic bloggers and a well-established industry pundit, this book skillfully explores how the United States evolved
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
Michael Lewis · 320 pages
Argues that post-crisis Wall Street continues to be controlled by large banks and explains how a small, diverse group of Wall Street men have banded together to reform the financial markets.
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Lawrence G. McDonald, Patrick Robinson · 351 pages
One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now. What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers--right from the belly of the beast.In A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, Larry McDo
Our Little Racket
Angelica Baker · 617 pages
In the aftermath of the collapse of Weiss & Partners investment bank, CEO Bob D'Amico's daughter Madison, her mother, her best friend, her nanny, and a family friend begin to question their shifting roles in the insular, moneyed world of Greenwich, Connecticut. All these women have witnessed more than they've disclosed, all harbor secret insecurities and fears, and all must ask themselves: where i
JR
William Gaddis · 725 pages
A humorous take on the American dream as JR, an eleven-year-old boy, uses his newfound knowledge of business and the stock market to build a huge and exploitive business empire.
Traders, Guns & Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives
Satyajit Das · 343 pages
Noble House
James Clavell · 1,142 pages
The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are the days of high from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes -- fire, flood, and landslide. Yet they are days filled as well with all the mystery and romance of Hong Kong -- the heart of Asia -- rich in every trade... money, flesh, opium, power.
The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
David Enrich · 528 pages
The Widow of Wall Street
Randy Susan Meyers · 352 pages
Putting her complete trust in her husband as he builds a financial empire, Phoebe is shattered when she discovers that her husband's successes are tied to an elaborate Ponzi scheme, a situation that forces her to make a terrible choice.
The Names
Peter Milligan
"THE NAMES is a contemporary thriller that starts off as a revenge story: A deadly heroine ticks off--and kills--each "name" that brings her closer to knowing who killed her husband. It will become much more than that... The world of THE NAMES is Big Money. Hedge funds, leveraged buyouts, market raids, flash buys. Incredibly high end deals that ruin lives and economies, where secret cabals gamble
Total Control
David Baldacci · 648 pages
Sidney Archer has it all: a husband she loves, a job at which she excels, and a cherished young daughter. Then, as a plane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes. And suddenly there is no one whom Sidney Archer can trust. Jason Archer is a rising young executive at Triton Global, the world’s leading technology conglomerate. Determined to give his family the best of everythin
A Dangerous Fortune
Ken Follett · 574 pages
Ondanks tegenslagen en duidelijke tegenwerking slaagt een jonge telg uit een Londense bankiersfamilie er ruim een eeuw geleden in door te dringen tot de top van het bedrijf.
Bloodline
Sidney Sheldon · 416 pages
Elizabeth Rolfe, only child of one of the world's richest men, has everything. When her father dies, she discovers that her inheritance includes far more than his international pharmaceutical company.