Barry Ritholtz, Columnist

Summer Reading Season Starts Now

A selection of books that some smart and interesting people in finance say are worth a look.

May 26, 2017 at 3:02 PM UTC

Barry Ritholtz is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is chairman and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and was previously chief market strategist at Maxim Group. He is the author of “Bailout Nation.”

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The Memorial Day weekend is here! Summer is upon us, which means there is no better time of year to lay out a blanket outdoors or on the beach, and dive into a wonderful book. But which one should you choose to lavish your limited free time upon?

My solution is to ask the smartest folks I know what their favorite book was this past year, and what they are most looking forward to reading this summer1495807831970 (my earlier lists are here, here and here). A lightly edited version of their responses follows.1495807891593 Get busy: