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12 books with a reading profile close to Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis. Outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

by Michael Lewis

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

Michael Lewis details the rise of high-frequency trading and its impact on the American stock market.
2

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

by Michael Lewis

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

Michael Lewis profiles Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the hedge fund Alameda Research.
3

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Barbara Kingsolver moves her family from Arizona to a farm in southern Appalachia to live as locavores for one year.
4

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard P. Feynman

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Richard Feynman recounts his life through a series of anecdotal sketches that prioritize intellectual play over formal academic history.
5

Papillon

by Henri Charrière

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Henri Charrière, a safecracker nicknamed Papillon, receives a life sentence for a murder he maintains he did not commit.
6

1929

by Andrew Ross Sorkin

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

Andrew Ross Sorkin reconstructs the escalating collisions between federal regulators and financial titans leading up to the Great Crash.
7

Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

by J.B. West

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

J.B.
8

Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

by Farley Mowat

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

In 1948, the Canadian Wildlife Service dispatched biologist Farley Mowat to the Keewatin Barrens to document the perceived slaughter of caribou herds by Arctic wolves.
9

Permanent Record

by Edward Snowden

memoir, narrative

Edward Snowden details his transition from a committed CIA and NSA technologist to a whistleblower who exposed the United States government’s system of mass digital surveillance.
10

The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants

by Lawrence Anthony

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Lawrence Anthony accepts a rogue herd of wild elephants onto his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, South Africa, to save them from being shot.
11

Red Roulette

by Desmond Shum

Also outward-looking · memoir, narrative

Desmond Shum details his rise from an impoverished background to the peak of China’s billionaire class alongside his former wife, Whitney Duan.
12

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

by Adam Kay

Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative

Adam Kay provides a chronological account of his medical career through verbatim diary entries written between 2004 and 2010.

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