Charlie Munger's Reading List
The 5 books that shaped Charlie Munger — investor & polymath.
Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman whose "mental models" approach to thinking drew from an extraordinarily wide reading habit.
Influential Books
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins(1976)
Munger praised Dawkins for making evolutionary biology accessible and applicable to understanding human behavior.
Influence
Robert B. Cialdini(1984)
A cornerstone of Munger's "psychology of misjudgment" framework. He gave copies to Cialdini's university.
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Peter D. Kaufman(2005)
A collection of Munger's own speeches and mental models — his approach to multidisciplinary thinking.
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith(1776)
Munger insisted that understanding Smith's foundational economics was non-negotiable for any investor.
Deep Simplicity
John Gribbin(2004)
Munger's interest in complexity theory and emergent systems drew from works like this.