Skippy and Doogles' Must Consume List

Recommended books and podcasts about investing, business, and life

We recently received some listener mail asking about our book and podcast recommendations, so here it goes — this list includes content about personal finance, investing, economics, and just other business and life glory. Enjoy!

(and if you have other recommendations, we’d love to hear about this, either in the comments or at skippydoogles@gmail.com)

Investing

Skippy

• #1 book recommendation: Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth (runner up: Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor)

  

• #1 podcast recommendation: Richer, Wiser, Happier Podcast (runner up: The Meb Faber Show)

  

Doogles

• #1 book recommendation: The Intelligent Investor (runner up: The Most Important Thing)

• #1 podcast recommendation: Skippy and Doogles Talk Investing (runner up: Invest Like the Best)

Other Honorable Mentions

• Books

  • The Black Swan

  • Richer, Wiser, Happier

  • A Random Walk Down Wall Street

  • A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

• Podcasts

  • The Twenty Minute VC

  • We Study Billionaires

Personal Finance

Skippy

• #1 book recommendation: The Wealthy Barber

  

• #1 podcast recommendation: Don’t listen to personal finance podcasts, they are boring ;)

Doogles

• #1 book recommendation: The Psychology of Money (runner up: The Millionaire Next Door)

• #1 podcast recommendation: Popcorn Finance — only one…Doogles doesn’t listen to personal finance podcasts….

Other Honorable Mentions

• The Richest Man in Babylon

Economics

Skippy

• #1 book recommendation: Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending

  

• #1 podcast recommendation: Freakonomics Radio

  

Doogles

• #1 book recommendation: Capital in the Twenty-First Century (runner up: Americana)

• #1 podcast recommendation: Freakonomics Radio (runner up: Planet Money)

Other Honorable Mentions

• Debt

• Principles for Dealing With the Changing World Order

General Business

Skippy

• #1 book recommendation: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

  

• #1 podcast recommendation: How I Built This

  

Doogles

• #1 book recommendation: Good to Great (runner up: The Outsiders)

  

• #1 podcast recommendation: Masters in Business (runner up: Acquired)

Other Honorable Mentions

• Books

  • The Innovator’s Dilemma

  • Business Adventures

  • The Essential Drucker

• Podcasts

  • Masters of Scale

Other Related Goodness

Skippy

• #1 book recommendation: Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

  

• #1 podcast recommendation: The Tony Kornheiser Show

  

Doogles

• #1 book recommendation: Influence (runner up: Don’t Make Me Think)

• #1 podcast recommendation: The Tim Ferriss Show (runner up: Pivot)

Other Honorable Mentions

• Books

  • Thinking in Systems

  • Personal History

• Podcasts

  • Work Life with Adam Grant

  • All-In

There’s some great content here and hope that you enjoy. If you have other recommendations, we’d love to hear about this, either in the comments or at skippydoogles@gmail.com. Thank you!