Liar's PokerMichael Lewis
Very few of us are going to actually get to be traders in Wall Street. And very few writers get to be insiders in a Bond trading firm and possess the ability to write as well as Mike Lewis can. Most important of all, the writer is not overly caught up in the self-importance that might have accompanied being a trader. These are just a few reasons to seek out this book.
I like Michael Lewis' books, and can especially recommend MoneyBall for those who like statistics and attempts to quantify subjective things (baseball, in this case).
Liar's Poker is a great read for anyone even remotely interested in life on the Street. With all the fanfare that accompanies anything to do with stocks, this book about what it was like for a bond trader, right from getting interviewed, to training to be a training, all the floor politics -- petty or otherwise -- and finally emerging as a full fledged trader make for fascinating reading.
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