My Top 50 Books of 2023

It has been my tradition to informally rate the investment-related books I read in the past year. I have also rated the other books I read during the year. Here is my list of winners and losers.

Opinions about books are very personal, so these ratings reflect my tastes and opinions, which might be very different from yours.

Distinguished (8)

Pacific Crucible-Toll

The Sunne in Splendour-Penman

Decisive-Heath&Heath

The Daughter of Auschwitz-Friedman&Brabant

The Deserter-DeMille & DeMille

The Winners-Backman

The Missing Billionaires-Haghani & White

Road to Surrender-Thomas

Excellent (13)

Desert Star-Connelly

Sharpe’s Enemy- Cornwell

Sharpe’s Sword-Cornwell

A Random Walk Down Wall St.- Malkiel

The Maze-DeMille

1948-Morris

After Long Silence-Fremont

Surrender, New York-Carr

The Cuban Affair-DeMille

The Changing World Order-Dalio

Retire Secure for Professors and TIAA Participants-Lange

The Forgotten-Baldacci

Sharpe’s Fury-Cornwell

Very Good (9)

Sharpe’s Company-Cornwell

Racing the Light- Crais

Sharp’s Revenge- Cornwell

The British are Coming-Atkinson

No Plan B-Child&Child

Eli’s Promise-Balson

Hunting Time-Deaver

The Bullet Garden-Hunter

Dawnlands-Gregory

Good (14)

Be the Bird-Clark

The Nine-Strauss

The Little Book of Picking Top Stocks-Fridson

Smarter Investing-Hale

It Makes Total Sense-Henske

The Match-Coben

Plagues Upon the Earth-Harper

The Postcard-Berest

The Good Left Undone-Trigiani

Cleaning the Gold-Slaughter & Child

The Heart’s Invisible Furies-Boyne

Stay Close-Coben

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women-See

The Bones of Berdichev-Garrard&Garrard

Fair (5)

Dead Watch-Sandford

The Devil’s Code-Sandford

One Summer-Baldacci

City of the Dead-Kellerman

Uhtred’s Feast – Cornwell

Poor (1)

Transcription-Atkinson

Larry Swedroe is head of financial and economic research for Buckingham Wealth Partners, collectively Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC and Buckingham Strategic Partners, LLC.


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