Thread by @a_basumallick

December is the time of the year when people start getting into the festive mood and also start planning for the year ahead.

Here is a pick of 12 incredible books that you can read - one per month.

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1) Alchemy by Rory Sutherland

A brilliant book on applied behavioural psychology written superbly well.

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2) The Zurich Axioms by Max Gunther

A set of rules followed by Swiss speculators. A brilliant book that will help all investors.

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3) India’s Money Monarchs by Chetan Parikh

A compilation of interviews done some years back. Out-of-print book now released on Kindle. This is only for serious investors.

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4) Poor Charlie's Almanac (kindle low-priced edition)

This is a book which I have in both physical copy and on Kindle. It is less about investing and more about how to think about money, business and life. A must-read.

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5) Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos by Walter Isaacson

Insights into the mind of one of the best entrepreneurs of our times.

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6) A Guide to the Good Life by Irvine William Braxton

A very good book on Stoicism, the book is filled with practical tips on how to use stoicism in your life.

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7) The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty by Dan Ariely

An interesting book on cheating, deception and willpower by Dan Ariely.

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8) Red Roulette by Desmond Shum

A thriller-like real-life story of how business is done in China.

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9) Red Notice by Bill Browder

If you read one book on how business is done in a hostile country, it is this one. Just a fascinating and gut-wrenching thriller-like real-life story.

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10) The Spider Network

It is the almost-unbelievable inside account of the Libor scandal – one of the biggest, farthest-reaching financial scams – written by the only journalist with access to Tom Hayes before he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

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11) The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo Cipolla

A quick, short read on what stupidity is and how stupid people affect everything around them.

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12) Moneyball by Michael Lewis

It has been twenty years since the launch of Moneyball. This book, probably more than any other, brought the use of quants into the limelight.

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