Timothy W. Maina

Library

The books behind the building

A working library of 174books — the ones I've actually read on investing, business, money, and how to think. It started with one my mother gave me at 13; it hasn't stopped since. Search it, or browse by what you're into.

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Investing & Markets

  • 100 BaggersChristopher W. Mayer
  • A Random Walk Down Wall StreetBurton Malkiel
  • A Short History of Financial EuphoriaJohn Kenneth Galbraith
  • A Zebra in Lion CountryRalph Wanger & Everett Mattlin
  • Beating the StreetPeter Lynch
  • BuffettologyMary Buffett & David Clark
  • Capital ReturnsEdward Chancellor
  • Common Stocks and Uncommon ProfitsPhilip Fisher
  • Expected ReturnsAntti Ilmanen
  • Financial StatementsThomas R. Ittelson
  • Global Investing: The Templeton WayLauren Templeton & Scott Phillips
  • Hedge Fund Market WizardsJack D. Schwager
  • How to Make Money in StocksWilliam O'Neil
  • How to Read a Financial ReportJohn A. Tracy
  • Investing All-in-One for DummiesEric Tyson
  • Investing for GrowthTerry Smith
  • Investment ValuationAswath Damodaran
  • Learn to EarnPeter Lynch
  • Manias, Panics, and CrashesCharles P. Kindleberger
  • One Up on Wall StreetPeter Lynch
  • Only the Best Will DoPeter Seilern
  • Poor Charlie's AlmanackCharlie Munger
  • Quality InvestingCunningham, Hargreaves & Eide
  • Quality of EarningsThornton L. O'glove
  • Security AnalysisBenjamin Graham
  • Stocks for the Long RunJeremy Siegel
  • Technical Analysis for DummiesBarbara Rockefeller
  • The 5 Keys to Value InvestingJ. Dennis Jean-Jacques
  • The 5 Mistakes Every Investor MakesPeter Mallouk
  • The Art of ExecutionLee Freeman-Shor
  • The Daily Trading CoachBrett N. Steenbarger
  • The Emotionally Intelligent InvestorRavee Mehta
  • The Essays of Warren BuffettWarren Buffett
  • The Five Rules for Successful Stock InvestingPat Dorsey
  • The Four Pillars of InvestingWilliam J. Bernstein
  • The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin Graham
  • The Investment ChecklistMichael Shearn
  • The Joys of CompoundingGautam Baid
  • The Kelly CriterionJohn Larry Kelly Jr.
  • The Little Book of Common Sense InvestingJohn C. Bogle
  • The Little Book That Beats the MarketJoel Greenblatt
  • The Little Book That Builds WealthPat Dorsey
  • The Money MastersJohn Train
  • The Motley Fool Investment GuideDavid Gardner & Tom Gardner
  • The Warren Buffett WayRobert G. Hagstrom
  • Tomorrow's GoldMarc Faber
  • TulipmaniaAnne Goldgar
  • Unconventional SuccessDavid F. Swensen
  • Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and BeyondBruce C. Greenwald
  • Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial StatementsMary Buffett & David Clark
  • Warren Buffett: In His Own WordsWarren Buffett
  • Why Does the Stock Market Go Up?Brian Feroldi
  • You Can Be a Stock Market GeniusJoel Greenblatt

Money & Financial Independence

  • 10 Keys to Financial FreedomTeena Smith
  • Beyond WealthAlexander Green
  • Cashflow QuadrantRobert Kiyosaki
  • Choose FIChris Mamula, Brad Barrett & Jonathan Mendonsa
  • Early Retirement ExtremeJacob Lund Fisker
  • Everyday MillionairesChris Hogan
  • I Will Teach You to Be RichRamit Sethi
  • Killing Sacred CowsGarrett B. Gunderson
  • Meet the FrugalwoodsElizabeth Willard Thames
  • Money: Master the GameTony Robbins
  • Money: What I Wish I Knew When I Was YoungerBrian Siemens
  • Penny InvestsPaul Essen
  • Playing with FireScott Rieckens
  • Rich Dad Poor Dad★ where it startedRobert Kiyosaki

    The book that started everything for me. My mother — she ran her own cyber — handed it to me when I was 13, and I don't think she knew what she was setting off. It rewired how I think about money, work, and the kind of life you can build on purpose. If you read one book on this list first, read this one.

  • Set for LifeScott Trench
  • Tax-Free WealthTom Wheelwright
  • The Millionaire FastlaneM. J. DeMarco
  • The Millionaire MindThomas J. Stanley
  • The Millionaire Next DoorThomas J. Stanley
  • The One-Page Financial PlanCarl Richards
  • The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel
  • The Richest Man in BabylonGeorge S. Clason
  • The Secret of Shelter IslandAlexander Green
  • The Simple Path to WealthJ. L. Collins
  • The Total Money MakeoverDave Ramsey
  • The Wealthy BarberDavid Chilton
  • Work OptionalTanja Hester
  • You Need a BudgetJesse Mecham
  • Your Money or Your LifeVicki Robin & Joe Dominguez

Business & Startups

  • Better Than a Lemonade StandDaryl Bernstein
  • Blue Ocean StrategyW. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
  • Built to LastJim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
  • Click MillionairesScott Fox
  • Competition DemystifiedBruce Greenwald & Judd Kahn
  • Extreme OwnershipJocko Willink & Leif Babin
  • Great by ChoiceJim Collins
  • Intelligent Fanatics ProjectSean Iddings
  • Leaders Eat LastSimon Sinek
  • Start with WhySimon Sinek
  • Start Your Own CorporationGarrett Sutton
  • The 4-Hour WorkweekTim Ferriss
  • The Education of MillionairesMichael Ellsberg
  • The Fred FactorMark Sanborn
  • The GoalEliyahu M. Goldratt
  • The Innovator's DilemmaClayton Christensen
  • The OutsidersWilliam Thorndike
  • The Visual MBAJason Barron
  • Up from NothingJohn Hope Bryant
  • What Color Is Your Parachute?Richard N. Bolles
  • Zero to OnePeter Thiel & Blake Masters

Biographies & Company Stories

  • Cable CowboyMark Robichaux
  • Elon MuskAshlee Vance
  • Hard DriveJames Wallace
  • In the PlexSteven Levy
  • Made in AmericaSam Walton
  • Steve JobsWalter Isaacson
  • The Airbnb StoryLeigh Gallagher
  • The Everything StoreBrad Stone
  • The Smartest Guys in the RoomBethany McLean & Peter Elkind
  • The SnowballAlice Schroeder

Psychology & Decisions

  • Braving the WildernessBrené Brown
  • Emotional IntelligenceDaniel Goleman
  • How to DecideAnnie Duke
  • How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
  • InfluenceRobert Cialdini
  • Never Split the DifferenceChris Voss
  • OriginalsAdam Grant
  • Predictably IrrationalDan Ariely
  • The Behavior GapCarl Richards
  • The Happiness CurveJonathan Rauch
  • The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini
  • The Upside of IrrationalityDan Ariely
  • Think AgainAdam Grant
  • Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke
  • Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman
  • Why Smart People Make Big Money MistakesGary Belsky & Thomas Gilovich
  • Your Money and Your BrainJason Zweig

Habits & Self-Mastery

  • 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't DoAmy Morin
  • Atomic HabitsJames Clear
  • Can't Hurt MeDavid Goggins
  • Getting Things DoneDavid Allen
  • How Successful People ThinkJohn C. Maxwell
  • How Will You Measure Your Life?Clayton Christensen, James Allworth & Karen Dillon
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleStephen Covey
  • The Checklist ManifestoAtul Gawande
  • The Compound EffectDarren Hardy
  • The Law of SuccessNapoleon Hill
  • The One ThingGary Keller & Jay Papasan
  • The Power of HabitCharles Duhigg
  • The Success PrinciplesJack Canfield
  • Think and Grow RichNapoleon Hill
  • Who Moved My Cheese?Spencer Johnson

Economics, Science & Society

  • A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson
  • Against the GodsPeter L. Bernstein
  • AntifragileNassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Clean DisruptionTony Seba
  • FreakonomicsSteven Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
  • Guns, Germs, and SteelJared Diamond
  • How an Economy Grows and Why It CrashesPeter D. Schiff
  • Incerto (series)Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Original WisdomRobert Wolff
  • Rule Makers, Rule BreakersMichele J. Gelfand
  • Skin in the GameNassim Nicholas Taleb
  • SuperFreakonomicsSteven Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
  • The Age of TurbulenceAlan Greenspan
  • The Black SwanNassim Nicholas Taleb
  • The Coddling of the American MindGreg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt
  • The Future Is Faster Than You ThinkPeter Diamandis & Steven Kotler
  • The Ultimate Resource I & IIJulian L. Simon
  • When Money DiesAdam Fergusson

Fiction & Philosophy

  • As a Man ThinkethJames Allen
  • Harry Potter (series)J.K. Rowling
  • Ishmael (series)Daniel Quinn
  • MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
  • Ready Player OneErnest Cline
  • Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseCharlie Mackesy
  • The Four AgreementsDon Miguel Ruiz
  • The MartianAndy Weir
  • The Power of NowEckhart Tolle
  • The Tao of PoohBenjamin Hoff

Personal recommendations, not sponsored. I'll add notes to more of these over time — the ones that changed how I build get a star.