Some books that come recommended...

The Japanese have long espoused the philosophy of Kaizen or making small incremental improvements of the processes that people use. Everyone eventually creates a system for investing, whether by accident or design, and ultimately reaps what they sow for better or worse. Unsurprisingly our philosophy is that it's better to educate oneself than not and make intentional steps to knowledge.

Here follow just a few of the books that we have found useful. They are deliberately chosen as uncomplicated guides to investment and thinking about investment, as Albert Einstein once said "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler!" Many of these books have been an inspiration to us for years and Stockopedia wouldn't be here if it weren't for their work - please let us know if you think we should add any titles to these lists, we are all ears!

Psychology and General Interest

Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness both by Nicholas Naseem Taleb

The Little Book of Behavioural Investing by James Montier

Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

Accounts Demystified by Anthony Rice

Value Investing

The essays of Warren Buffett by Larry Cunningham

The Little Book that (still!) Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt

Contrarian Investment Strategies by David Dreman

The New Buffettology by Mary Buffett

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

The Dhandho Investor by Mohnish Pabrai

Growth Investing

The Zulu Principle by Jim Slater

How to Make Money in Stocks by William J. O'Neil

Super Stocks by Ken Fisher

One up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch

Trading, Momentum and Short Selling

How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short by William J. O'Neil

Way of the Turtle by Curtis Faith

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefebvre

Trader Vic by Vic Sperandeo