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12 books with a reading profile close to All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis by Bethany McLean. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael Lewis

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative

Michael Lewis tracks the mechanics of the 2008 global financial collapse by following a small group of eccentric investors who anticipated the subprime mortgage crisis.
2

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

by Bryan Burrough

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative

Bryan Burrough and John Helyar chronicle the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, the largest corporate takeover of its era.
3

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

by Michael Lewis

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative

Michael Lewis tracks the global aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis by visiting nations that experienced extreme credit bubbles.
4

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

by Bethany McLean

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative

Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind document the organizational culture and accounting strategies that led to the collapse of the Enron Corporation.
5

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves

by Andrew Ross Sorkin

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative

Andrew Ross Sorkin reconstructs the day-by-day mechanics of the 2008 financial collapse, focusing on the frantic negotiations between Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, and the chief e…
6

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative

John Perkins details his career as a consultant for MAIN, where he manipulated developing nations into accepting massive infrastructure loans.
7

Economics Explained

by Robert L. Heilbroner, Lester Thurow

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics

Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow provide a foundational breakdown of how capital, labor, and markets operate within a modern society.
8

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

by Adam Higginbotham

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative

Adam Higginbotham reconstructs the events leading up to the 1986 explosion of Reactor Number Four at the V.I.
9

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

by John M. Barry

Also outward-looking · analytical, narrative

John M.
10

History Behind Game of Thrones

by David C. Weinczok

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative

David C.
11

Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

by Norman Ohler

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative

Norman Ohler examines the pervasive use of Pervitin, a factory-produced methamphetamine, within the military and civilian sectors of the Third Reich.
12

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative

Bill Bryson uses his 1851 Norfolk rectory as a physical map to trace how the modern domestic world evolved.

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