Category Report
Which books are shaping investor thinking this month, as mentioned across leading finance and investing podcasts.
Biggest mover: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre #1, rising 105 places.
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer was the top newcomer at #4. In total 16 books had their debut mentions.
Animal Spirits Podcast drove the most book chatter, with 13% of this months book mentions.
Across podcasts this month, conversation clusters around how markets behave, how people make decisions within them, and how broader systems shape outcomes. Classic market texts like *Reminiscences of a Stock Operator*, *Active Portfolio Management*, *Engines That Move Markets*, and *On the Origin of Money* are being used as lenses on today’s volatility, capital cycles, and technology-driven manias, with the renewed attention to Lefèvre’s book in particular signaling anxiety about liquidity, bubbles, and “smart money” behavior. In parallel, titles such as *Capital in the Twenty-First Century* and *On Becoming a Person* reflect concern with inequality, legitimacy, and the human side of leadership and investing. Finally, books on storytelling and financial-planning psychology point to a growing emphasis on communication, client behavior, and goal-setting as differentiators in advisory and investment practice.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefèvre
2
mentions
Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
Matthew Dicks, Dan Kennedy
1
mentions
Active Portfolio Management (PB)
Richard C. Grinold
1
mentions
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer
1
mentions
The Goal Standard: The Psychology of Defining, Pursuing and Achieving What Matters
Dr. Charles R Chaffin
1
mentions
Psychology of Financial Planning: The Practitioner's Guide to Money and Behavior
Brad Klontz, Charles R. Chaffin, Ted Klontz
1
mentions
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company
Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff
1
mentions
Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond
Alasdair Nairn
1
mentions
On the Origin of Money
Carl Menger, Caroline A Foley
1
mentions
On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth
Carl Rogers
1
mentions
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator to #1.
Significant outlier with 1.9x as many mentions as the average book.
Capital in the Twenty-First Century to #4.
Highest ranking new entry to the chart.
The Goal Standard: The Psychology of Defining, Pursuing and Achieving What Matters to #5.
Highest ranking new entry to the chart.
The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy to #41.
Down from #1 last month
The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy to #41.
No mentions after ranking #1 last month.
The Count of Monte Cristo to #80.
No mentions after ranking #2 last month.
The shows that surfaced the most book mentions this month.
Mentions recorded per 30-day window (past 8 months)
How many of the mentions were for the top 10 books.
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