Books Recommended by Mohnish Pabrai
Mohnish Pabrai is an Indian-American businessman, investor and philanthropist.
Pabrai is the founder and managing partner of Pabrai Investment Funds, a value-oriented investment firm.
36 books recommended by Mohnish Pabrai
The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Awesome book. May move soon to my Top Ten List. If anything will keep CEOs awake at night, reading this book certainly will. Eyeopening.
Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
On my Top Ten List. Great Book. Grove was CEO of Intel.
Ogilvy on Advertising
by David Ogilvy
Ogilvy is a brilliant guy and a terrific writer. Really enjoyed this book and learned a lot.
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr.
by Ron Chernow
Very compelling biography on John D. Rockefeller, a must read.
The Intelligent Investor
Wonderful Book. There is a lot of terrific data in this book. Needs to be read slowly and carefully - and then re-read. Strongly recommended.
Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
Good book. The Starbucks Story.
The Soul of a New Machine
by Tracy Kidder
Must-read for anyone in a product development or a startup environment.
The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America
by Warren Buffett, Lawrence A. Cunningham
The only book on Buffett endorsed by him. It's a good book to pick up after having read the last 20 years of letters to shareholders. He did a terrific job.
The Warren Buffett Way: Investment Strategies of the World’s Greatest Investor
Good first book on Buffett.
Beating the Street
by Peter Lynch, John Rothchild
I strongly recommend all of Peter Lynch's book esp. this one and One up on Wall Street.
Buffettology
It's a good book to get started on Buffett's investment approach, but not one to use as the ultimate guide.
City of Djinns
Awesome book. Great way to get a perspective on Delhi's present and past.
Common Sense on Mutual Funds
Wonderful Book. I highly recommend all of John Bogle's writings to any investor. John's views are strongly grounded with both theory and extensive empirical data.
Cracking India
by Bapsi Sidhwa
Bapsi is an awesome writer. Wonderful book. Part of it was made into the film "Earth" by Mira Nair. Recommend the movie and the book.
Damn Right! Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger
by Janet Lowe
Great book. Highly Recommended.
How to Drive Your Competition Crazy
by Guy Kawasaki
Awesome book. On my Top Ten List. CEO of garage.com and a friend.
Made in America: My Story
by Sam Walton, John Huey
Awesome book. The Sam Walton/Walmart Story. On my Top Ten List. Inspiration for me during the first year at TransTech.
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
by John Gray
If you're a man and married, read and follow this book. Very helpful.
Security Analysis (1934 Edition)
by Benjamin Graham, David Dodd
Make sure you read the 1934 edition. It is a terrific work and should be digested slowly
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe is really good at chronicling our times. This was a wonderful book on the 1990s NY scene.
The Deceiver
Frederick Forsyth is one of my favorite fiction authors. His worldly wisdom is terrific and difficult to put his books down after you start.
The Essential Buffett
I recommend all of Hagstrom's books on Buffet. One should read them in sequence - "The Warren Buffett Way" followed by "The Warren Buffett Portfolio" followed by "Latticework" and finally ,"The Essential Buffett".
The Geodesic Network
by Peter Huber
This is a brilliant work written after the break-up of the Bell System via divestiture.
The Making of a Blockbuster
The Wayne Huizenga Story. On my Top Ten List. Awesome. An inspiration.
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
by Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton
Richard Feynman's books are awesome. Very bright physicist.































