
Charlie Munger served as Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway for over 40 years, working alongside Warren Buffett to build one of the world's most successful investment firms. A polymath investor, he's renowned for his emphasis on mental models, rational thinking, and learning from multiple disciplines. His annual shareholder letters and interviews have influenced generations of investors.
38 Books Recommended by Charlie Munger
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Influence
18 people recommendedCharlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Tobi Lutke, Adam Robinson, Alexis Ohanian, Alex Hormozi, Andrew Wilkinson, Guy Kawasaki, James Clear, Mark Manson, Max Levchin, Michael Hyatt, Neil Strauss, Noah Kagan, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Ramit Sethi, Samy Kamkar, Scott Adams

Guns, Germs, and Steel
14 people recommendedCharlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
Also recommended by: Eric Jorgenson, Bill Gates, Daniel Ek, Jamie Dimon, James Clear, Jesse Williams, Joe Rogan, Margaret Atwood, Mark Manson, Patrick Arnold, Simon Sinek, Stewart Brand, Derek Sivers

The Selfish Gene
13 people recommendedI had to read [this book] twice before I fully understood it.
Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Brian Armstrong, Ev Williams, Bob Metcalfe, David Deutsch, Mark Manson, Matt Ridley, Mr Money Mustache, Nick Szabo, Phil Libin, Tai Lopez, Derek Sivers

Outliers
11 people recommendedPerfectly marvelous book.
Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Carlos Slim, Jay Z, Patrick Bet David, Dj Vlad, Dwayne Johnson, James Altucher, Joe Rogan, Shaun White, Will Smith

Only the Paranoid Survive
9 people recommendedCharlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
Also recommended by: Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jamie Dimon, Marc Andreessen, Vinod Khosla, Balaji S. Srinivasan, Ben Horowitz

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
8 people recommendedCharlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Jamie Dimon, Brandon Stanton, Cory Booker, Paul Graham, Vince Vaughn, Walter Isaacson

Benjamin Franklin
8 people recommendedA book I really like.
Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Ray Dalio, Brandon Stanton, Ed Zschau, George Raveling, Scott Belsky, Tim Ferriss

Einstein
8 people recommendedI’ve read all the Einstein biographies, and this is by far the best.
Also recommended by: Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Ray Dalio, Sam Altman, Ed Zschau, George Raveling, Scott Belsky

The Outsiders
7 people recommendedDetails the extraordinary success of CEOs who took a radically different approach to corporate management.
Also recommended by: Warren Buffett, Michael Dell, Brian Armstrong, Michael Mauboussin, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Sam Hinkie

Getting to Yes
7 people recommendedCharlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
Also recommended by: Drew Houston, Dustin Moskovitz, Tim Draper, Ann Miura Ko, Nick Ganju, Tim Ferriss

Titan
7 people recommendedOne of the best business biographies I have ever read.
Also recommended by: Ray Dalio, Anthony Pompliano, Austen Allred, David Friedberg, Jason Calacanis, Ryan Holiday

The Blind Watchmaker
4 people recommendedMarvelous.
Also recommended by: Jeff Bezos, David Deutsch, Steven Pinker

Genome
4 people recommendedCharlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Mark Zuckerberg, Nick Szabo

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
3 people recommendedA useful contribution to [the author's] fellow citizens.
Also recommended by: Warren Buffett, Mr Money Mustache

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
3 people recommendedCharlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
Also recommended by: Jamie Dimon, Brad Delong

Hard Drive
3 people recommendedYou really get a feeling for what it took to write and sell software in the software revolution.
Also recommended by: Carlos Slim, Paul Graham
Living within Limits
2 people recommendedCharlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
Also recommended by: Shane Parrish

Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
2 people recommendedI just hugely enjoyed it. Couldn't put it down.
Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant
A Universe from Nothing
2 people recommendedCharlie Munger recommended this book at the Daily Journal Meeting in 2013.
Also recommended by: Christopher Paolini

Pride in Performance
2 people recommendedWill demonstrate really shrewd compensation systems in a whole chain of small businesses.
Also recommended by: Warren Buffett

A Piece of the Action
2 people recommendedMost people here won't be able to put it down.
Also recommended by: Warren Buffett

In the Plex
2 people recommendedI hate to admit this because I've ignored high tech all my life, but I actually read [this book]. And I found it a very interesting book.
Also recommended by: John Doerr
Deep Simplicity
It's pretty hard to understand everything, but if you can't understand it, you can always give it to a more intelligent friend.
The Greatest Trade Ever
He made a lot of money from entirely legal ways but may have created a lot of trouble for himself in the process.
Models of My Life
Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
A Matter of Degrees
Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
The Warren Buffett Portfolio
Not only very well written, but a considerable contribution to the synthesis of human thought on the investment process.
The Third Chimpanzee
Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
Andrew Carnegie
Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
Three Scientists and Their Gods
Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.
The Martians of Science
A hell of a book about five Hungarian physicists, driven to the United States by Hitler, who contributed much to science here.
The Language Instinct
Says that human language ability is not just learned, it is deeply buried - to a considerable extent - in the genome.
Getting It Done
This book is must reading for those seeking to maximize their contribution to the constructive work of the world.
