Nassim Taleb

Nassim Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, mathematical statistician, and former option trader and risk analyst, whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty.

77 Book Recommendations

1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton
1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die
Mimi Sheraton
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes by Peter Bevelin
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes
Peter Bevelin
A Guide To Econometrics by Peter E. Kennedy
A Guide To Econometrics
Peter E. Kennedy
A History of the Mind by Nicholas Humphrey
A History of the Mind
Nicholas Humphrey
A Man for All Markets by Edward Thorp
A Man for All Markets
Edward Thorp
Adapt by Tim Harford
Adapt
Tim Harford
Alchemy by Rory Sutherland
Alchemy
Rory Sutherland
Birth of a Theorem by Cédric Villani
Birth of a Theorem
Cédric Villani
Body by Science by John Little
Body by Science
John Little
Bull! by Maggie Mahar
Bull!
Maggie Mahar
Bull by the Horns by Sheila Bair
Bull by the Horns
Sheila Bair
Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
Collected Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges
Confessions of a Philosopher by Bryan Magee
Confessions of a Philosopher
Bryan Magee
Consciousness by Susan Blackmore
Consciousness
Susan Blackmore
Explaining Social Behavior by Jon Elster
Explaining Social Behavior
Jon Elster
Financial Derivatives by Jamil Baz
Financial Derivatives
Jamil Baz
Free The Animal by Richard Nikoley
Free The Animal
Richard Nikoley
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
Good Calories, Bad Calories
Gary Taubes
Happy Accidents by Morton A. Meyers
Happy Accidents
Morton A. Meyers
Hopping Over The Rabbit Hole by Anthony Scaramucci
Hopping Over The Rabbit Hole
Anthony Scaramucci
How Nature Works by Per Bak
How Nature Works
Per Bak
I Think, Therefore I Laugh by John Allen Paulos
I Think, Therefore I Laugh
John Allen Paulos
Idea Makers by Stephen Wolfram
Idea Makers
Stephen Wolfram
Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages by Lesley M. Smith
Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages
Lesley M. Smith
Invariances by Robert Nozick
Invariances
Robert Nozick
Kant and the Platypus by Umberto Eco
Kant and the Platypus
Umberto Eco
Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter
Mapping the Mind
Rita Carter
Market Wizards by Jack Schwager
Market Wizards
Jack Schwager
Mathematics by A.D. Aleksandrov
Mathematics
A.D. Aleksandrov
Mean Genes by Terry Burnham
Mean Genes
Terry Burnham
Modelling Extremal Events by Paul Embrechts
Modelling Extremal Events
Paul Embrechts
Models. Behaving. Badly. by Emanuel Derman
Models. Behaving. Badly.
Emanuel Derman
Modern Aramaic (Assyrinan/Syriac) Dictionary by Nicholas Awde
Modern Aramaic (Assyrinan/Syriac) Dictionary
Nicholas Awde
No Bull by Michael Steinhardt
No Bull
Michael Steinhardt
Order Without Design by Alain Bertaud
Order Without Design
Alain Bertaud
Perilous Interventions by Hardeep Singh Puri
Perilous Interventions
Hardeep Singh Puri
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar by Thomas Cathcart
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
Thomas Cathcart
Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes by Athanasios Papoulis
Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes
Athanasios Papoulis
Probability Theory by S.R.S. Varadhan
Probability Theory
S.R.S. Varadhan
Rational Decisions by Ken Binmore
Rational Decisions
Ken Binmore
Scale by Geoffrey West
Scale
Geoffrey West
Seeking Wisdom by Peter Bevelin
Seeking Wisdom
Peter Bevelin
Social Cognition by Ziva Kunda
Social Cognition
Ziva Kunda
Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails by Nassim Taleb
Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails
Nassim Taleb
Statistical Models by David A. Freedman
Statistical Models
David A. Freedman
The (Mis)Behavior of Markets by Benoit Mandelbrot
The (Mis)Behavior of Markets
Benoit Mandelbrot
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo Cipolla
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
Carlo Cipolla
The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous
The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
The Blank Slate
Steven Pinker
The Blank Swan by Elie Ayache
The Blank Swan
Elie Ayache
The Cancer Code by Jason Fung
The Cancer Code
Jason Fung
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
The Dao of Capital by Mark Spitznagel
The Dao of Capital
Mark Spitznagel
The Discovery of France by Graham Robb
The Discovery of France
Graham Robb
The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition by Norman Russell
The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition
Norman Russell
The Dream of Reason by Anthony Gottlieb
The Dream of Reason
Anthony Gottlieb
The Elements of Statistical Learning by Trevor Hastie
The Elements of Statistical Learning
Trevor Hastie
The Formula by Albert-László Barabási
The Formula
Albert-László Barabási
The French Revolution and What Went Wrong by Stephen Clarke
The French Revolution and What Went Wrong
Stephen Clarke
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf by John Coates
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
John Coates
The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris
The Invisible Gorilla
Christopher Chabris
The Kelly Capital Growth Investment Criterion by Leonard C. Maclean
The Kelly Capital Growth Investment Criterion
Leonard C. Maclean
The Making of a Philosopher by Colin McGinn
The Making of a Philosopher
Colin McGinn
The Mind Doesn't Work That Way by Jerry A. Fodor
The Mind Doesn't Work That Way
Jerry A. Fodor
The Opposing Shore by Julien Gracq
The Opposing Shore
Julien Gracq
The Science of Conjecture by James Franklin
The Science of Conjecture
James Franklin
The Secret of Fatima by Peter J. Tanous
The Secret of Fatima
Peter J. Tanous
The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets by Johannes Voit
The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets
Johannes Voit
The Status Syndrome by Michael G. Marmot
The Status Syndrome
Michael G. Marmot
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
The Sunday Philosophy Club
Alexander McCall Smith
The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati
The Tartar Steppe
Dino Buzzati
The Tyranny of Experts by William Easterly
The Tyranny of Experts
William Easterly
The Wisdom Paradox by Elkhonon Goldberg
The Wisdom Paradox
Elkhonon Goldberg
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Thinking and Deciding by Jonathan Baron
Thinking and Deciding
Jonathan Baron
Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich
Who We Are and How We Got Here
David Reich
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
Zero to One
Peter Thiel