Books I thoroughly enjoyed in 2011

Here is a list of select books that thoroughly entertained and enlightened me in 2011.

1. Linchpin by Seth Godin : Remarkable and artistic. Seth tells you how to evolve into a new age contributor in your line of work debunking the myth of remaining emotionally detached from your work. First book by him which I read 2 times.
2. The Drunkard's walk : Lovely walk through the world of probabilities and their impact on our world. 
3. Happiness Hypothesis: Now this one was more enlightening than other. Summarizes the philosophies from different genres and presents them in a cogent mannner.
4. The Quants : A thorough entertainer for all the wall street & quant junkies. Walks through the lives of many prominent Quants and the impact of the profession on the financial systems across the globe.
5. No one would listen : Little self occupied yet brings home the basic fallacies of financial foolery. You will be surprised how Madoff swindled 65 Billions from some of the savviest investors in the world.
6. Adapt by Tim Hartford: Now this one was really interesting and I loved Tim's writing style of driving home his points with such great stories. In the end, all success starts with failure. And having failure in the ecosystem is the only way to create true innovation. 
7. Endgame by john Maudlin: John takes you through his researched hypothesis of how the current financial crisis is different than the previous ones. He calls it the debt supercycle and takes us a journey of how different countries will pan out in the coming years wrt the same. A good read for an investor.

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