Charlie Munger

I am rereading a book I really like, which is Van Doren’s biography of Benjamin Franklin, which came out in 1952, and I’d almost forgotten how good a book it was. And that’s available in paperback everywhere. We’ve never had anybody quite like Franklin in this country. Never again.

There’s a textbook which is called, I think, “Judgment in Managerial Decision Making.” And it’s used in some of the business schools, and it’s actually quite a good book.
It’s not spritely — it’s not written in a spritely way that makes it fun to read, but there’s a lot of wisdom in it. It’s something like Braberman [Max Bazerman]. But it’s “Judgment in Managerial Decision Making.”

By the way, that is a fabulous book. Most of the people who are here will not be able to put it down. I mean, for a book about an economic development, it captures the human background in a very interesting way.

Recommended by Charlie Munger - 1992 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting (OID June 22, 1992)

Recommended by Charlie Munger - 1992 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting (OID June 22, 1992)

Recommended by Charlie Munger - 1992 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting (OID June 22, 1992)

"I recommend that everyone read the last book by Garrett Hardin--Living Within Limits. It is a summary of the major things Hardin has learned in a lifetime. He is a real thinker. That is a fabulous book." Charlie Munger - (OID June 30, 1993)

"I think Bill Gates' biography, is a very useful book. You really get a feeling for what it took to write and sell software in the software revolution."- Charlie Munger - (June 30, 1993 - Wesco Annual Meeting)

Yeah. I have recently read a new book twice, which I very seldom do. And that book is “Guns, Germs and Steel” by Jared Diamond. And it’s a marvelous book. And the way the guy’s mind works would be useful in business. He’s got a mind that is always asking why. Why, why, why. And he’s very good at coming up with answers.

I would say it’s the best work of its kind I have ever read.

..sent me the second book, a full version, and I read it and I was flabbergasted to find it not only very well written, but a considerable contribution to the synthesis of human thought on the investment process. And I would recommend that all of you buy a copy of Hagstrom’s second Buffett book.

Well, one book I really like I couldn’t buy because it’s published only in England. But it’ll get here in due course. And that’s called “Deep Simplicity” by John Gribbin. It’s a perfectly marvelous book. And of course, that’s a great title: “Deep Simplicity.” That’s what we’re all looking for.

"Munger was asked to name his favorite books of all time. He replied, "That's hard because I mix ideas from so many books. One fabulous book is The Selfish Gene, which provides basic insights on human conditions.""