Reading list · 13 books
Mohnish Pabrai's reading list
Founder of Pabrai Investment Funds, a devoted Buffett-Munger disciple, and author of "The Dhandho Investor." A famously voracious reader who maintains a public 340+ title "bookshelf," with hand-annotated recommendations, and who spent 14 years dining and playing bridge with Charlie Munger.
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01
Thomas Phelps
One of two books Pabrai named on CNBC (2022) as a current favorite; he calls it "extremely well-written" on compounding wealth a hundredfold via buy-and-hold.
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02
100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them
Christopher Mayer
Pabrai's other CNBC (2022) favorite; he praises its study of companies that returned $100 for every $1 invested.
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03
Charlie Munger
Pabrai re-reads it every year and told YPO that absorbing its eleven speeches is "better than a four-year college degree anywhere."
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04
Warren Buffett
On his bookshelf he notes it's "the only book on Buffett endorsed by him" and a great pick after reading 20 years of the shareholder letters.
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05
Benjamin Graham
Pabrai's bookshelf note insists you read the 1934 edition: "a terrific work and should be digested slowly."
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06
Benjamin Graham
His bookshelf calls it a "Wonderful Book... Needs to be read slowly and carefully — and then re-read. Strongly recommended."
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07
Robert G. Hagstrom
Annotated "Good first book on Buffett"; Pabrai recommends reading all of Hagstrom's Buffett books in sequence.
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08
Peter Lynch
His bookshelf note: "I strongly recommend all of Peter Lynch's book esp. this one and One Up on Wall Street."
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09
Peter Lynch
Recommended alongside Beating the Street in Pabrai's strong Lynch endorsement.
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10
John C. Bogle
"Wonderful Book. I highly recommend all of John Bogle's writings... grounded with both theory and extensive empirical data."
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12
Damn Right! Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger
Janet Lowe
His bookshelf verdict: "Great book. Highly Recommended."
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13
The Education of a Value Investor
Guy Spier
On Pabrai's bookshelf; the memoir centers on Spier's relationship with Pabrai (incl. the "Buffett-Pabrai Way" chapter).
More on Mohnish Pabrai's picks
Pabrai publishes an extensive investing bookshelf on chaiwithpabrai.com where he annotates specific titles with personal verdicts ("Strongly Recommended. Great data."). He re-reads "Poor Charlie's Almanack" annually, telling YPO that understanding its speeches is "better than a four-year college degree." In a 2022 CNBC Pro Talks he singled out two favorite investing books on hundred-fold compounding.
