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24 alternatives to The Financial Lives of the Poets

A Great Recession novel - clever, poignant, funny

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

1. 1
   Quarter Life Poetry▲64

   Poems for the Young, Broke and Hangry

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The End of Jobs▲98

   Money, meaning and freedom without the 9-to-5

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Other People’s Money▲59

   The real business of finance

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The End of Money▲84

   The coming cashless society

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Happy Money▲72

   Learn the secret to “happiness-efficient” spending.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hall of Mirrors▲8

   The Great Depression, The Great Recession, and the Uses-and

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Opening Belle▲70

   A comic take on Wall Street by an ex-executive

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Fools Gold▲81

   The inside story the financial catastrophe

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital▲70

   The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Charles Schwab's New Guide to Financial Independence▲62

    Practical solutions for busy people

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Young Money▲77

    Inside the hidden world of Wall St's post-crash recruits

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The End of Alchemy▲60

    Money, banking, and the future of the global economy

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    More Than You Know▲55

    Finding financial wisdom in unconventional places

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Misfit Economy▲81

    Innovation on the fringe...

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Art of Money▲10

    A life-changing guide to financial happiness

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Business Adventures▲68

    Twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    BoBos in Paradise▲56

    The New Upper Class and How They Got There

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Fooling Some of the People All of the Time▲56

    A revealing look at Wall Street

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Thank You Economy▲89

    How companies big and small can scale

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hustle▲71

    A new book about hustling

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Unshakeable▲85

    Your financial freedom playbook

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Morning Short - "A Bank Fraud" By Rudyard Kipling▲55

    The story that will make you love a banker....

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Planet Money▲153

    A podcast covering the global economy

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    The Rational Optimist▲77

    How prosperity evolves

    2015 · its alternatives →

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