Books like Moneyball
12 books with a reading profile close to Moneyball by Michael Lewis. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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1
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
by Tom Wright
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative
Journalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope document the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, centered on Jho Low, a financier who siphoned billions from a sovereign wealth fund.
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2
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by Deborah Blum
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative
In Jazz Age New York, poison was the perfect weapon because medical examiners lacked the chemical knowledge to detect it in human tissue.
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3
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
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.
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
by Beth Macy
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative
Beth Macy chronicles the rise of the opioid crisis within the Appalachian region, documenting how the aggressive marketing of OxyContin by Purdue Pharma ignited a public health disaster.
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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Bryan Burrough and John Helyar chronicle the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, the largest corporate takeover of its era.
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6
Microsoft Secrets
by Michael A. Cusumano, Richard W. Selby
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Michael A.
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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind document the organizational culture and accounting strategies that led to the collapse of the Enron Corporation.
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8
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, narrative
Richard Dawkins assembles a cumulative case for biological evolution, positioning it as an established fact rather than a tentative hypothesis.
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9
The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
Also outward-looking · analytical, narrative
In this study of federal governance, Michael Lewis details the transition between the Obama and Trump administrations, focusing on the Department of Energy, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Commerce.
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Also outward-looking · analytical, narrative
Walter Isaacson chronicles the development of CRISPR-Cas9, a tool that allows scientists to edit DNA by cutting and pasting genetic sequences.
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
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…
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12
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
by Jim Collins
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Jim Collins and Jerry Porras compare eighteen enduring "visionary" corporations against a control group of similar competitors to identify why certain organizations thrive for decades.
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