@InvestmentBook1: Charlie Munger died at 99 year...
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May 14, 2026
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Charlie Munger died at 99 years old.
He was still working at Berkshire Hathaway 3 weeks before he passed.
His secret weapon wasn't stocks. It wasn't spreadsheets.
It was books.
"In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time — none, zero. You'd be amazed at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out."
Here are the books he recommended most. 🧵
He was still working at Berkshire Hathaway 3 weeks before he passed.
His secret weapon wasn't stocks. It wasn't spreadsheets.
It was books.
"In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time — none, zero. You'd be amazed at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out."
Here are the books he recommended most. 🧵
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Most investors study companies.
Munger studied human behaviour.
His #1 most recommended book:
Influence — Robert Cialdini
Munger recommended it in Poor Charlie's Almanack and gave away more copies of this book than any other.
Why? Because markets are made of humans. And humans are predictable if you understand psychology.
Master influence. Master markets.
Munger studied human behaviour.
His #1 most recommended book:
Influence — Robert Cialdini
Munger recommended it in Poor Charlie's Almanack and gave away more copies of this book than any other.
Why? Because markets are made of humans. And humans are predictable if you understand psychology.
Master influence. Master markets.
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Munger didn't just read investing books.
He read about CEOs who quietly compounded billions with zero fame.
The Outsiders — William Thorndike
Munger called it "a book that details the extraordinary success of CEOs who took a radically different approach to corporate management."
8 CEOs. All obsessed with one thing: capital allocation.
The best investing book that doesn't call itself an investing book
He read about CEOs who quietly compounded billions with zero fame.
The Outsiders — William Thorndike
Munger called it "a book that details the extraordinary success of CEOs who took a radically different approach to corporate management."
8 CEOs. All obsessed with one thing: capital allocation.
The best investing book that doesn't call itself an investing book
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Munger worshipped Benjamin Franklin his entire life.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
At the 1994 Berkshire annual meeting, Munger said: "We've never had anybody quite like Franklin in this country. Never again."
Franklin was a scientist, diplomat, writer, entrepreneur, and philosopher — all at once.
Munger modelled his entire mental model framework on Franklin's multidisciplinary approach to thinking.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
At the 1994 Berkshire annual meeting, Munger said: "We've never had anybody quite like Franklin in this country. Never again."
Franklin was a scientist, diplomat, writer, entrepreneur, and philosopher — all at once.
Munger modelled his entire mental model framework on Franklin's multidisciplinary approach to thinking.
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Munger believed most investors fail not because of bad math but because of bad thinking.
Poor Charlie's Almanack — compiled by Peter Kaufman
Not written by Munger. Compiled from his speeches, letters, and talks over decades.
It contains Munger's 20 most recommended books in the appendix — covering finance, science, history, and biography.
Start here before anything else on this list.
Poor Charlie's Almanack — compiled by Peter Kaufman
Not written by Munger. Compiled from his speeches, letters, and talks over decades.
It contains Munger's 20 most recommended books in the appendix — covering finance, science, history, and biography.
Start here before anything else on this list.
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Munger's edge was mental models — frameworks from multiple disciplines applied to investing.
He pulled them from everywhere. Including science.
Genome — Matt Ridley
At a Berkshire meeting Munger called it "a fabulous book" and said the correlations Ridley found between stress and longevity were "awesomely interesting."
He recommended it from the annual meeting stage. In front of 40,000 shareholders.
That tells you how seriously he took reading outside finance.
He pulled them from everywhere. Including science.
Genome — Matt Ridley
At a Berkshire meeting Munger called it "a fabulous book" and said the correlations Ridley found between stress and longevity were "awesomely interesting."
He recommended it from the annual meeting stage. In front of 40,000 shareholders.
That tells you how seriously he took reading outside finance.
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Munger once said: "We read a lot. I don't know anyone who's wise who doesn't read a lot. But that's not enough — you have to have the temperament to grab ideas and do sensible things. Most people don't grab the right ideas or don't know what to do with them."
Reading without thinking is just collecting words.
Munger read to build a latticework of mental models — then he used them.
Reading without thinking is just collecting words.
Munger read to build a latticework of mental models — then he used them.
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Charlie Munger's most recommended books:
◆ Influence — Robert Cialdini
◆ The Outsiders — William Thorndike
◆ Poor Charlie's Almanack — Peter Kaufman
◆ The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
◆ Genome — Matt Ridley
◆ Guns, Germs & Steel — Jared Diamond
◆ Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger — Peter Bevelin
◆ The Intelligent Investor — Benjamin Graham
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He read across science, history, biography, and psychology.
Not just finance.
That's why he thought differently from everyone else.
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◆ Influence — Robert Cialdini
◆ The Outsiders — William Thorndike
◆ Poor Charlie's Almanack — Peter Kaufman
◆ The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
◆ Genome — Matt Ridley
◆ Guns, Germs & Steel — Jared Diamond
◆ Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger — Peter Bevelin
◆ The Intelligent Investor — Benjamin Graham
Books Links :
1. geni.us/0MHNd
2. amzn.to/3R2LtXC
3. amzn.to/4fhuzhP
4. amzn.to/4nmaAAR
5. amzn.to/4dkmINY
6. amzn.to/49FNsr6
7. amzn.to/4u84Ugk
8. amzn.to/4ntQ69q
He read across science, history, biography, and psychology.
Not just finance.
That's why he thought differently from everyone else.
Save this. 🔖
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