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My megalist of banking books.

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John Maxfield
May 15, 2025
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The J.P. Morgan Library in New York City.

I’ve spent more hours reading banking books over the last fifteen years than probably anyone in America, save my good friend Mark Lynch. With that in mind, I wanted to share with you my megalist of banking books. It contains 397 titles and covers everything you could ever want to know about American banking.

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1. Abboud, Robert, Money in the Bank: How Safe Is It?, 1988.

2. Ackerman, Kenneth D., The Gold Ring: Jim Fisk, Jay Gould and Black Friday, 1869, 1988.

3. Adams, Eugene, The Pioneer Western Bank: First of Denver, 1860-1980, 1984.

4. Adams, James R., The Big Fix: Inside the S&L Scandal — How an Unholy Alliance of Politics and Money Destroyed America's Banking System, 1990.

5. Admati, Anat, The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do About It, 2014.

6. Ahamed, Liaquat, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, 2009.

7. Allen, Frederick Lewis, Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s, 2010.

8. Allen, Frederick Lewis, The Big Change: America Transforms Itself, 1900-1950, 1993.

9. Alletzhauser, Albert J., The House of Nomura: The Inside Story of the Legendary Japanese Financial Dynasty, 1990.

10. Allison, John, The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism is the World Economy's Only Hope, 2012.

11. Allison, John, The Leadership Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why the Future of Business Depends on the Return to Life, Liberty…, 2014.

12. Arndt, H.W., The Australian Trading Banks, 1960.

13. Arrington, Leonard, Tracy Collins Bank and Trust Company : A Record of Responsibility, 1884-1984, 1984.

14. Auburn, H.W., Comparative Banking in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France…, 1960.

15. Augar, Philip, The Bank That Lived a Little: Barclays in the Age of the Very Free Market, 2019.

16. Auletta, Ken, Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman, 1986.

17. Bagehot, Walter, Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market, 2020.

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