SELECTION OF ART BOOKS ABOUT BUSINESS AND FINANCE

People who have found their calling in the world of finance are constantly making intellectual efforts and are engaged in self-education. This is one of the industries with the highest rate of information obsolescence, so the literature for business is constantly updated. If you have not followed the latest economic news, have not studied new business models and innovative strategies for more than half a year, then your knowledges ar outdated. People of the financial world are constantly learning something. On their table you can see “Kapital” by Karl Marx, books about investments written  by Warren Buffett, and “Psychology of Finance” by Lars Tweed. Business books are food for thought for those who have been in this business for a long time and continue to develop. But also books about business for beginners are becoming more and more popular.

But even the most notorious specialists are need to change the type of consumed information from time to time. Traders also need fresh emotions, imagination training and creative relaxation. The left hemisphere requires training no less than the right. How useful it is to refresh your head by drawing, dancing, playing music! Well, and of course, read high-quality fiction! Art books about successful people and art books about professions are especially popular.

We have selected 10 fascinating books, which are based on the conflict “man-money”

1. Theodor Dreiser.  The cycle of novels “Trilogy of Desire : The Financier, The Titan,  The Stoic”.

The story of an enterprising and hardworking American Frank Cowperwood, a bank clerk, stock speculator, investor. The action of the novel takes place at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, and is based on the biography of a real person - an American millionaire named Charles Yerkes. The reader will have to follow his difficult path from a small financial schemer to an outstanding magnate. Money, love, politics, big business. An important advantage of the book is a detailed description of the US financial system. The “Trilogy of Desire” was banned many times, in America due to compromising facts, in the USSR due to the presence of erotic scenes.

2. Arthur Hayley “The Moneychangers” 

The owner of a large bank dies. Those who wish to take his post, begin a severe confrontation. Not a single employee can remain on the sidelines - even the smallest clerk, even the service staff are the cogs of a huge mechanism. It is the US banking system that is the main character of this novel. This novel is written according to Arthur Hayley's style - he takes a large organization, for example, an airport, or a hotel, and breaks down its work piece by piece, from the beginning to the end.

3. Guy de Maupassant “Dear friend”

You have always thought that under the cover with such a name lies a sugary French novel: mimosa roses and love languor. Of course it is. But first of all, “Dear friend” is a story about a man who decided to break through from a beggar to a rich man. He deceives, pretends and constantly seduces women. It is the lovebirds who make up the steps of his social ladder.

4. Francis Scott Fitzgerald “The Great Gatsby” 

Recently this novel, which was written almost a hundred years ago, experienced a surge in popularity, thanks to the screening with DiCaprio in the title role. Without retelling the plot once again, we can say that this is a story about a man who squandered his wealth and his life in pursuit of false ideals. As Fitzgerald himself wrote: “My novel is about how illusions are squandered, which give the world such brilliance that, having experienced this magic, a person becomes indifferent to the concept of the true and.”

5. Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov “ The 12 chairs” “ The Golden Calf”

You have probably watched one of the adaptations of this masterpiece of Odessa satirists, and most likely you have already read the duology about Ostap Bender. But this is exactly the kind of book that you can and should re-read. A living anecdote about a great swindler, a die-hard optimist who takes command of the parade, honors the criminal code and does not like money, but desires it out of principle. How to manage the fictitious company "Horns and Hooves", how to get the key to the apartment where the money is, why Zelenodolsk is not Rio de Janeiro. Read, reread and enjoy.

6. Nikolai Nosov “Dunno on the Moon”

No, this is not a mistake or a hoax. To appreciate the beauty of this book, it is worth reading as an adult. Dunno and other shorties found a civilization on the surface of the hollow moon. They were growing potatoes on an alien planet before it became mainstream. They sold salt and traded futures for giant vegetables, and opposed a dishonest tycoon who conceived an economic fraud. Utopia, sci-fi and economic thriller rolled into one.

7. John Grisham “The Firm”

John Grisham has been working as a criminal lawyer for 10 years. His books have been translated into 30 world languages. The plot of The Firm is based on a typical situation. A young lawyer gets a highly paid position in a respectable Firm, and “accidentally” learns a terrible secret. Employees of the Firm die under mysterious circumstances, the FBI and the mafia enter the scene, and our hero finds himself in a position from which it is difficult to get out alive. A fascinating detective story, a legal thriller written in the best traditions of the genre.

8. Christopher Buckley “Thank you for smoking”

Smoking is injurious to health. The protagonist of this work refutes this well-known truth. He does it so skillfully that the reader himself begins to believe in favor of tobacco addiction. It turns out that cheese and popsicles are much more harmful than nicotine. Evil genius? Not! His well-being simply depends on the cigarette business. Cynically? Yes! Not fair? Yes! Fascinatingly? And how!

9. Jordan Belfort "The Wolf of Wall Street"

People familiar with the exchange criticize the film adaptation of this book negatively. This is not surprising, after the “epic frenzy” and carnival extravaganza shown there. I would like to say that the book "The Wolf of Wall Street" is about something else, but it is not. The autobiography of the famous broker is more like the confession of a drug addict than the success story of a millionaire. However, the mechanisms of some exchange fraud are described there. The value of the story of Jordan Belfort, first of all, lies in a reminder of the true values ​​- friendship, honesty, love.

10. Satoshi Azuchi “Supermarket”

The Japanese are known for their hard work and corporate loyalty. The protagonist of the novel "Supermarket" is a bank employee who retrained as a top manager of a supermarket chain. A difficult period begins in his life. He is torn between family and work, the role of a professional and a loving father. On one side of the scale is the honor of the company, and on the other - personal happiness. The book describes in detail the internal structure of supermarkets. As the abstract says: “After reading the novel and once again finding yourself in a supermarket, you will not just mechanically fill the cart with products, but look around with interest and curiosity ...”

We hope that among these books you will find something new and exciting for yourself.

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