What the Wheaten is reading? Aug/07 Edition

The Wheaten is an avid reader that enjoys a range of fiction and non-fiction genres including business, biographies, mysteries, how-to books on a variety of topics. The Wheaten typically goes through 2 books a week as he has plenty of time of reading while his humans go about their business. The list below is a synopsis of some of his most recent reads. All ratings are from 0 (Oh boy that was bad) to 5 (Fantastic).

He always like suggestions on great books to read so feel free to leave a comment.



Bad luck and trouble by Lee Child
Mystery Fiction 4.5
Reacher reunites with his old team to solve the murder of their former squad mates.

Adventure Capitalist by Jim Rogers
Business Non-Fiction 4.5
Great book in terms of learning about the world various countries, chronicling a fantastic journey with interesting financial/economic perspectives

Investment Biker by Jim Rogers
Business Non-Fiction 4.5
Classic as it is the first round the world adventure by Rogers not as exciting as book two but still well written and engaging. Rogers has a great why of thinking about macro events and the prospects for various countries from an on the ground view.

Absolut : biography of a bottle by Carl Hamilton
Business Non-Fiction 4.0
Neat story about how Absolut came to the market and became an icon in the liquour industry and popular culture.

How to sell anything to anybody by Joe Girard
Business Non-Fiction 3.5
A few good tips about how to sell in the context of consumer products despite an author that is at times overbearing.

The accidental investment banker by Jonathan Knee
Business Non-Fiction 4.0
Unique perspective on investment banking from former Goldman and Morgan banker that grew up through the 1990s in the Media sector.

The Google story by David Vise
Business Non-Fiction 3.5
A useful and quick read that provides a profile of the formation of Google through to ~ mid 2005 covering a range of topics from start-up, IPO, innovation, new product introduction etc…