# Books Recommended by Warren Buffett (Worth Reading Repeatedly, with Brief Reviews)

**Rating: Must-Read Classics for Investing 💎**
- *The Intelligent Investor* — Just read it
- *Security Analysis* — The foundational work of security analysis
- *Common Sense on Mutual Funds* — Essential reading for fund investors
- *Warren Buffett's Letters to Partners (Original Text)* — Two words: must read
- *The Wealth of Nations* — Difficult but essential reading
- *How to Pick Growth Stocks* — The underlying logic of Buffett's mid-to-late career investments

**Five-Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐**
- *Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders* — A distillation of decades of shareholder letters
- *My Life Is a Little Less Than American Modern History* — Excellent book written by Buffett's soulmate
- *Howard Marks' Memos Over the Years* — Not a book but better than one
- *Buffett's Letters to Shareholders: Investment Principles Edition* — Different from the above
- *Business Adventures* — A book Buffett recommended to Bill Gates
- *Stocks for the Long Run (6th Edition)* — Data enthusiasts will love it
- *The Most Important Thing* — Buffett read this twice at an advanced age
- *Shoe Dog* — The Nike founder's memoir, extremely engaging
- *IBM Empire Builder: Thomas J. Watson Jr.'s Autobiography* — Touching and deeply moving
- *Competitive Strategy* — Challenging but worthwhile
- *Complete Peter Lynch Series* — Buffett bought a set for his own children
- *Economics* (Paul Samuelson edition) — Learn some fundamentals
- *The Outsiders* — Defines what a legendary executive is

**Four-Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐**
- *Ten Commandments of Management* — Coca-Cola's former CEO reflects on his management career
- *Competitive Advantage* — Analysis of the "moat" concept
- *Forty Chances* — A new appreciation for Buffett's eldest son
- *Jack Welch's Autobiography* — More storytelling compared to "Winning"
- *Only the Paranoid Survive* — Strategic turning points aren't points but lines
- *Crisis 1932* — A great book for FDR fans
- *A Short History of Nearly Everything* — Very interesting; money is nothing before the universe
- *Fermat's Last Theorem* — Understandable after high school graduation
- *Dancing to Work* — Seems like chicken soup but actually hard-hitting
- *Made in America* — Walmart; the old man was determined his whole life
- *Investment Bible: The True Story of Warren Buffett* — 1.77 million characters, for Buffett enthusiasts
- *Retail King* — Discusses how to protect retail investors from a regulatory perspective
- *The Money Masters* — Humorous tales of oddities in investing
- *The Money Game* — Companion to the previous book
- *Where Are the Customers' Yachts?* — Witty and self-deprecating from industry insiders
- *Essays in Persuasion* — Keynes' book, very readable
- *The Art of Investment* — Letters from Keynes' partner, worth a read
- *The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money* — Only Chapter 12 is understandable
- *The Great Crash of 1929* — Learning from others' experience
- *Markets in Turmoil 1982-2004* — Engaging
- *Uncertain World* — Viewing markets from a higher dimension
- *The Art of Speculation* — The author lived to 105
- *Too Big to Fail* — The interplay between financial institutions and regulatory rescue
- *The Gambler* — Winners beat geniuses, losers beat fools
- *The Smartest Guys in the Room* — Enron; how important management integrity is
- *Warren Buffett's CEOs* — Managers under Berkshire Hathaway
- *Stress Test* — The interplay of regulatory market mechanisms
- *3G Capital Empire* — History of how Anheuser-Busch's major shareholder built his fortune
- *Equity Warfare Erupting* — Contains letters from Graham and others, extremely fascinating
- *Rescue of the Billionaires* — Buffett's latest recommended book; Federal Reserve decisions during the pandemic
- *Source Code* — Bill Gates' autobiography from his teenage years; light and enjoyable content worth reading