Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times journalist, writes a fascinating portrayal of the most powerful men and women at the center of the fall of Wall Street - from the Lehman brothers to Jamie Dimon to Hank Paulson to Joseph Cassano. Andrew Ross Sorkin tells us how it all came tumbling down in Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves.

David Denby’s memoir details money, lust, greed, and love. Written about his divorce, Denby tells us of the effects this divorce has on him, and his irrational leap into the stock market during the high-tech boom, providing us with an analysis of his incentives and delusions in relation to the confusion and constant need for more that ate away at us all.

Frank Partnoy tells us the tale of Ivar Kreuger, a man who had it all, yet lost his entire financial empire due to his illegal activities. Kreuger made a fortune raising money in the United States and then loaning it to Europe for matchstick monopolies. Kreuger was driven to work with shell companies, misrepresent accounting figures, and even forgery. Eventually, everything came tumbling down and millions went bankrupt. Partnoy describes Kreuger’s life in a way that compels us to re-evaluate our notions about the intelligence of groups, the invisible hand, and the free market.

Charles Morris writes on how we entered the Credit Crunch—the greatest credit bubble in our history. Morris describes the financial operations, the deceit, the misjudgments, and the deceptions that lead it all to come falling down.

Lewis compellingly writes of a group of wall street rebels who discover the stock market has been rigged for the advantage of insiders. They come together to explore, expose, and change the evil ways that Wall Street turns a profit.

In this compelling, smart, and comprehensive compilation of economic and cultural history, Scott Nations walks us through the five most significant stock market crashes over the past century in order to portray how they have come to characterize our country today.

Are your investments in the newest and hottest stocks a sign of stock market smarts, or, hypothetically, foolish? Edward Chancellor takes us back to the beginning of our analytical selves: Ancient Rome, in order to show how our psychologies regarding the stock market have changed over the past 400 years.

John Kenneth Galbraith guides us through four centuries of financial bubbles, panics, and crashes, and warns investors about what they should look for to see cautionary signs for economic depressions.