Thread by @landforce

I stopped reading business books a while ago, I'm reading history and biographies instead.

Here's 43 biographies that'll teach you way more than the concepts and strategies you're reading about right now.

The 3rd one is probably my favorite.

THREAD:

When I first mentioned this a few weeks ago and asked for recos, I got more than 120 from you guys. My VA pulled them all into a spreadsheet and we started organizing.

I've excluded some modern bios for lameness, and I've got a follow up thread tomorrow for straight up history.

The Tycoons

How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
amazon.com/dp/B00R1USYR8/…

The Innovators

How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
amazon.com/dp/B00M9KICAY/…

The Fish That Ate the Whale

The Life and Times of America's Banana King
amazon.com/Fish-That-Ate-…

The Power Broker

Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
amazon.com/Power-Broker-R…

King of Capital

The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
amazon.com/King-Capital-R…

The Box

How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
amazon.com/Box-Shipping-C…

Sam Walton

Made in America
amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Mad…

Titan

The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr
amazon.com/Titan-Life-Joh…

Grinding It Out

The Making of McDonald's
amazon.com/Grinding-Out-M…

Cable Cowboy

John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business
amazon.com/Cable-Cowboy-M…

The Ride of a Lifetime

Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
amazon.com/Ride-Lifetime-…

My Forty Years with Ford
amazon.com/Forty-Years-Gr…

The Chief

The Life of William Randolph Hearst
amazon.com/Chief-Life-Wil…

The History of the Standard Oil Company
amazon.com/History-Standa…

The First Tycoon

The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
amazon.com/First-Tycoon-T…

Mellon

An American Life
amazon.com/Mellon-David-C…

Boom Copper

The Story Of The First U.S. Mining Boom
amazon.com/Boom-Copper-St…

Andrew Carnegie
amazon.com/Andrew-Carnegi…

The Last Days of Night
amazon.com/Last-Days-Nigh…

The Snowball

Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
amazon.com/Snowball-Warre…

Tap Dancing to Work

Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2013
amazon.com/Tap-Dancing-Wo…

The House of Morgan

An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
amazon.com/House-Morgan-A…

The Mormon Way of Doing Business

How Nine Western Boys Reached the Top of Corporate America
amazon.com/Mormon-Way-Doi…

Baruch

My Own Story
amazon.com/Baruch-My-Own-…

Americana

A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
amazon.com/Americana-400-…

The Man Who Solved the Market

How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
amazon.com/Man-Who-Solved…

Benjamin Franklin

An American Life
amazon.com/Benjamin-Frank…

The Prize

The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
amazon.com/Prize-Epic-Que…

The Last Man Who Knew Everything

Thomas Young, The Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius
amazon.com/Last-Man-Who-K…

American Prometheus

The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

amazon.com/American-Prome…

Start-up Nation

The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
amazon.com/Start-up-Natio…

Flash Boys

A Wall Street Revolt
amazon.com/Flash-Boys-Wal…

UNIX

A History and a Memoir
amazon.com/UNIX-History-M…

Total Recall

My Unbelievably True Life Story
amazon.com/Total-Recall-E…

To Pixar and Beyond

My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
amazon.com/Pixar-Beyond-U…

Not Dead Yet

The Memoir
amazon.com/Not-Dead-Yet-P…

Walt Disney

The Triumph of the American Imagination
amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Ne…

The Anarchy

The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
amazon.com/Anarchy-Compan…

Wall Street

A History
amazon.com/Wall-Street-Ch…

Who Is Michael Ovitz?

The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood
amazon.com/Who-Michael-Ov…

Powerhouse

The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency
amazon.com/Powerhouse-Unt…

They Call Me Supermensch

A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock'n'Roll
amazon.com/They-Call-Supe…

Barbarians at the Gate

The Fall of RJR Nabisco
amazon.com/Barbarians-Gat…

The Gambler

How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History
amazon.com/Gambler-Pennil…

If you made it here, congrats, that was a hell of a list.

Don't worry, I haven't read em all.

Tomorrow (Sunday) I'm going to drop a thread of my favorite history books from that list of recos - let's get a little beyond Sapiens eh?

My name is Colin. I'm a serial entrepreneur and after these book lists, I'll get back to writing about building cannabis brands and businesses. That's all I do everyday.

Gimme a follow: @landforce

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Just dropped the follow up thread here

https://twitter.com/landforce/status/1434543804921516034