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24 alternatives to The Big Short

Michael Lewis reveals the inside story of the financial cra…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Big Short launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Big Short▲2
Inside the credit crisis :( Amazing thriller :)
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Fools Gold▲81
The inside story the financial catastrophe
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Young Money▲77
Inside the hidden world of Wall St's post-crash recruits
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine▲77
Betting against the herd is scary and at times lucrative
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Dark Money▲67
The hidden history of the billionaires behind...
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Morning Short - "A Bank Fraud" By Rudyard Kipling▲55
The story that will make you love a banker....
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
7
Other People’s Money▲59
The real business of finance
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Fooling Some of the People All of the Time▲56
A revealing look at Wall Street
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
Flash Boys▲81
Inside the high-frequency trading floors of Wall Street
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story▲71
The most compelling & in-depth investigation into Bitcoin
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Business Adventures▲68
Twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Solopreneur▲69
Going faster on your own
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Charles Schwab's New Guide to Financial Independence▲62
Practical solutions for busy people
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Planet Money▲153
A podcast covering the global economy
2014 · its alternatives →
15
More Than You Know▲55
Finding financial wisdom in unconventional places
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
The Education of a Value Investor▲68
What happens when a young hedge fund manager spends a small…
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
New Market Wizards▲70
Conversations with America's top traders
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book On Value Investing▲68
Ayan Mitra's favorite book on The Twenty Minute VC
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Why I Left Goldman Sachs: A Wall Street Story▲66
Goldman Sachs seen from inside by a trader
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream ▲56
The extraordinary inside story of an American icon
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Investors and Mana▲68
Curated and aggregated investor letters from Buffet and team
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
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The Outsiders▲63
Extraordinary companies and returns, building for longer run
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Scaling Up▲71
How a few companies make it...and why the rest don't
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Epic Content Marketing▲95
How to Tell a Different Story, Break through the Clutter, a…
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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