6 Best money memoirs

How would you rather learn about finance: from a dusty textbook, or a tale of towering egos and high-stakes gambling? Money Magazine picked out six of the best real-life stories.

By David Futrelle, Money Magazine contributing writer
<br>Liar's Poker: Rising Through <br>the Wreckage on Wall Street<br>by Michael Lewis (1989)
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Best book about bond trading:

Liar's Poker: Rising Through
the Wreckage on Wall Street
by Michael Lewis (1989)
The enormously engaging story of Lewis' surreal and frantic three-year career as a bond trader at Salomon Bros. in the late-'80s "greed is good" era.

He deftly captures the frathouse atmosphere of the trading floor, as well as the energy and eccentricities of some of the biggest players in the biz. An instant classic.

Lesson: Making money on Wall Street is very much like making sausages, minus the dangers of trichinosis.

Greenspan
Lefevre
Denby
Franklin
Ehrenreich
Lewis
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