Ben Mezrich

Bitcoin Billionaires

4.5
2 948 ratings
Recommended by: James Altucher

Following the very public fallout from their Facebook lawsuit, the Winklevoss twins take on a journey in the world of cryptocurrency. They ride the wild market waves of Bitcoin up and down to eventually become the world's first Bitcoin billionaires. It captures their journey from when digital money was first considered to now winning with crypto. It's a story of innovation, determination, and the birth of a new epoch in finance – how two underdogs bet on a digital future and nailed it.

Ugly Americans

4.4
576 ratings

The disturbing non-fiction chronicle of life for these young American expats in Japan in the 1990s, amid the swirl of fast finance. It dramatically portrays the excesses, cultural collisions, and personal and professional challenges of that epoch. One of the most vivid and compelling portraits of a moment in global economic history.