Read 93 books and choose 13 favorite book.

I have to read a few pages every day, which is my requirement for myself.

In 2020, I spent about 640 hours and read 93 books.

The number seems quite large, but I made a summary and found that my favorite book is only 13.

Among them, six books are about financial investment-

The most important thing in investment, issue 1, by Howard Marx.

This is a practical book, which talks about the concept of value investment, rather than real skills and methods.

After reading many excellent investors' books and comments, I found the correct ideas and good mentality, which must be followed by skills and methods.

No wonder many bloggers recommend reading this book before investing.

After reading it, I was deeply impressed.

I also made a rule for myself-as long as I am still investing, I will read this book at least once a year.

Yes, it is such an important book.

In the process of reading, I will reflect on my investment experience or make adjustments according to my status.

This book will have such a magical effect-

When you are impetuous, see if it can calm you down;

When you envy others, see if it can calm you down;

When you doubt whether you will persist, see if it can help you regain your confidence. ...

Investment needs psychological massage from time to time, and this book can give me psychological massage.

"Civilization, Modernization, Value Investment and China" ranks second, and the author is far from home.

Lu Li, the fund manager worshipped by Charles Munger, has a unique aspect in value investment. Unfortunately, this book does not reflect his investment system.

But I still like this book very much, especially the first half about human civilization and modernization.

The viewpoint provided by the author is not necessarily correct, but it provides me with an alternative perspective that I have never thought of or contacted before.

In fact, investment is related to the future. What kind of mentality should be held in the future, whether it is pessimistic or optimistic, confident or not, we must first think about the past.

The existence of this book just allows me to think about the past and the future from more angles.

Third place: Peter Lynch's "Successful Investment in Peter Lynch"

This is another investment classic worth reading again and again.

Peter Lynch is an excellent professional investor. After several stock market crashes, his performance is still outstanding.

Most importantly, what he said in this book is "people's words", and people without investment foundation can understand it in minutes.

And he is almost teaching an ordinary person how to choose stocks, when to buy and sell, how to understand the company's financial report and investment strategy, and so on.

I seldom see an excellent fund manager, who has nothing to hide, and takes all his money out to teach investment knowledge and skills. He is the only person I have seen so far.

If you have a stock account, you might as well read this classic book first, instead of speculating for hours.

Fourth place: The Richest Man in Babylon, by George S. klassen.

This is a fable booklet, which is easy to read and reads well.

What I said seems to be nothing new, but it tells the true meaning of financial management and the law of wealth-

Work hard and make more money;

Save at least 10% of income every month;

Living within our means, spending should be less than income;

Do not bear any consumer debt (mortgage is not consumer debt), if there is, pay it off as soon as possible;

Learn to invest to increase the value of assets;

Finally, give yourself and your family a guarantee for the future. ...

Simple, right? But there are still many difficulties, of which self-control is the most difficult.

Fifth place "Children with High Wealth and Business" by Emma Shen.

This is another small book, which is very suitable for adults and children to read together. Actually, I think it's okay for adults to see for themselves.

The book not only talks about the basic knowledge of financial management, but also talks about how to cultivate children's financial quotient, and also reveals the author's view on parenting. I think it's worth learning from.

In fact, the sooner you learn this thing, the sooner you accumulate it, the better. Unfortunately, it is not in the textbook, and the teacher will not impart this knowledge. The role of parents is very important at this time.

Whether financial business is good or not has a great influence on a person's life.

If you have time, you can observe the people around you, carefully feel the difference between good people and bad people in financial business, and then feel it well. I won't go into details here.

The sixth issue of Understanding Financial Statements with Common Sense of Life, Lin

In order to understand the company's financial statements, I taught myself the basic knowledge of accounting. However, when I got the company's annual report, I still couldn't understand the information that the data wanted to reveal.

I really know all the words, but I don't know what I said.

This book, with simple life metaphors, makes you understand three financial statements.

I have to say that the author is still very powerful, but what was originally boring is very interesting.

Unfortunately, the author is from Taiwan Province Province, China. There are only two books written by him in the mainland, and one is not easy to buy.

He usually teaches people to read financial reports through lectures, and I don't know where to listen to these courses. If you know anything, please tell me.

The above are the books on financial management and investment that I read very much last year.

The following are six books that I like very much, except financial investment-

NO.7 Anai's Hard Making and The River of No Return.

The River Never Returning tells the story of state-owned enterprises, township enterprises, self-employed enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises in the 20 years before the reform and opening up, which makes me feel that all kinds of things in that special era seem to have been experienced by myself.

After reading it, I have a little understanding of that history and have different thoughts on different types of enterprises-

Why do township enterprises disappear when they develop?

Why do employees and cadres of state-owned enterprises feel so good about themselves?

The self-employed really survived in that era, and how many people can understand the difficulties?

"Bitterness" should be regarded as a sequel to "The River Never Returning", but it doesn't have a strong sense of connection.

This book mainly talks about the survival of manufacturing industry between policy and market from 1998 to 10 in 2008.

Why do many bosses prefer to buy a house rather than open a factory?

Why is it so difficult for manufacturing to survive?

Why is the cottage so blatant but nobody cares?

Look at this book and feel the story of that era. It seems far away from our life, but it is not far away.

"Old Things in the South of the City", No.8, by Lin.

This is a book suitable for reading on weekends.

Find a sunny place, pose in the most comfortable position, and spend an afternoon quietly. You won't regret it.

Every short story in it is interesting and touching, and often has endless aftertaste. I have to admire the author's aura.

The ninth "Moscow gentleman" Emmer Toles

"If a person can't control his own destiny, he will be controlled by it."

I like this sentence in the book very much.

This is a novel about Russian aristocrats, which is light, sweet and comfortable to read.

I especially like the hero in the book. I was almost stunned by his calmness, calmness and elegance when facing prison.

This is the real gentleman. He is noble in his bones. Even in the mire, he will still maintain the noble character.

I like this attitude of being a man!

No. 10 "Life is up to me" by Meyer Musk.

This is an autobiography of a character, telling the story of Meyer's difficult life, which is quite inspiring.

To be honest, sometimes we really need to look at other people's hard lives to cheer ourselves up.

Anthropology in the kitchen by Tzu-I Chuang.

My little friend likes to eat scallion noodles, which was taught to me by this author.

In fact, there are not many recipes in this book, only a few are not convenient for me to cook at home.

However, the author's experience in learning cooking and internship in star-rated hotels is still of great reference value.

12 shark fin and pepper, Deng Lupu, Fuxia.

It never occurred to me that I would be interested in Chengdu because of a Sichuan food story written by a foreigner. I really want to go there to eat and feel it myself.

Under the author's description, I even began to accept peppers that didn't catch a cold. It's really incredible!

Friends who like food, this book is really worth reading.

Today's sharing is over. That's it for today!