I read through the past 10 years of Berkshire Hathaway annual reports.
Each report is well worth reading (and re-reading).
Both Warren Buffett and his business partner Charlie Munger often talk about how much they read.
Munger is famously quoted as saying:
“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time – none, zero.”
True to form, each Berkshire Hathaway report mentions a few books worth reading.
While a summer reading list or a “best books of the year” list is nothing new, a book recommendation means something entirely different when it comes from Warren Buffett.
Here are all the books that were recommended from 2006 to 2016.
2016 Annual Report
- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
2015 Annual Report
- Limping on Water by Phil Beuth
- Warren Buffett’s Ground Rules by Jeremy Miller
2014 Annual Report
- Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders by Max Olson
- Where Are the Customers’ Yachts by Fred Schwed
- The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John Bogle
- Jim Ling by Chris Tucker, D Magazine
2013 Annual Report
- Forty Chances by Howard Graham Buffett
- The Intelligent Investor by Ben Graham
2012 Annual Report
- Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything by Carol Loomis
- The Outsiders by William Thorndike, Jr.
- The Clash of the Cultures by John Bogle
- Investing Between the Lines by L.J. Rittenhouse
- Unbeatable by Henry J. Cordes
2011 Annual Report
- Jamie Dimon’s Annual Letters
- IBM’s Annual Reports
- MiTek by Jim Healey
- A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers from Warren E. Buffett by Peter Bevelin
2010 Annual Report
- Charles T. Munger (Chinese Edition) by Charles T. Munger
2009 Annual Report
- FRAGILE: The Human Condition by Howard G. Buffett
- Life Is What You Make It by Peter Buffett
- Giving It All Away: The Doris Buffett Story by Doris Buffett
- Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger by Charles T. Munger
2008 Annual Report
I did not find any book recommendations listed for 2008.
2007 Annual Report
No other recommendations besides Poor Charlie’s Almanack which I’ve included in 2009 since it was again mentioned there.
2006 Annual Report
- Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger by Peter Bevelin
But wait, there’s more.
These are just the last 10 years!
I will compile the last 20 or 30 years if a couple of people find the info helpful.
For the full post with book covers and quotes from Warren on each book and links to the books, see it here http://ift.tt/2tDCi06.
Submitted July 26, 2017 at 03:38PM by NickGrayNYC http://ift.tt/2uZYJAk
