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.

<br>American Sucker<br>by David Denby (2004)
Best book to read before taking a flier:

American Sucker
by David Denby (2004)
In the wake of a failed marriage and bitterly envious of all those dotcom billionaires he saw on CNBC, Denby turned to the then bubbly stock market for salvation.

Relive the brief, hyper and ultimately inglorious tech-investing career of the 60-year-old movie reviewer, who lost nearly a million bucks chasing the Nasdaq dream.

Lesson: Don't expect to get rich from the latest investing fad. Especially if it involves selling pet food over the Internet.

Greenspan

Lefevre

Denby

Franklin

Ehrenreich

Lewis

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