41 Books recommended by Trung Phan

Dethroning the King
The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon
Author :Julie MacIntosh

"About the Beer industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Empires of Light
Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
Author :Jill Jonnes

"About the Electricity industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The World for Sale
Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources
Author :Javier Blas

"[Has] comparable breadth as The Prize in terms of globe-spanning industries." - Trung Phan [Source]

Digital Gold
Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
Author :Nathaniel Popper

"About the Bitcoin industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The Alchemy of Air
A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
Author :Thomas Hager

"About the Chemicals industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Author :Tim Wu

"About the Media Platforms industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Creativity, Inc.
Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Author :Ed Catmull

"About the Animation industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The Perfectionists
How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
Author :Simon Winchester

"About the Machining industry." - Trung Phan [Source]


How Music Got Free
A Story of Obsession and Invention
Author :Stephen Richard Witt

"About the Digital Music industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The Emperors of Chocolate
Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars
Author :Joël Glenn Brenner

"About the Confectionary industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Lords of Strategy
The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World
Author :Walter Kiechel

"About the Management consulting industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The Big Payback
The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
Author :Dan Charnas

"About the Hip-hop industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Barbarians at the Gate
The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Author :Bryan Burrough

"About the Private Equity industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Easy Riders Raging Bulls
How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Author :Peter Biskind

"About the Post-70s Hollywood industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Author :Richard Rhodes

"As good as it gets in describing the development of the nuclear industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Author :Eric Schlosser

"About the Fast-food industry." - Trung Phan [Source]


Hard Landing
The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos
Author :Thomas Petzinger Jr.

"About the Post-deregulation Airlines industry." - Trung Phan [Source]


Cable Cowboy
John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business
Author :Mark Robichaux

"About the Cable TV industry." - Trung Phan [Source]



The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
Author :Donald N. Thompson

"About the Contemporary Art industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Masters of Doom
How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
Author :David Kushner

"About the PC Gaming industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Nothing Like It In the World
The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
Author :Stephen E. Ambrose

"About the Railroads industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The House of Morgan
An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
Author :Ron Chernow

"About the Banking industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The Elements of Power
Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
Author :David S. Abraham

"About the Rare metals industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The Power Law
Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
Author :Sebastian Mallaby

"About the Venture Capital industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Setting the Table
The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
Author :Danny Meyer

"About the Restaurants industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Bad Pharma
How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
Author :Ben Goldacre

"About the Pharma industry." - Trung Phan [Source]


The Fish That Ate the Whale
The Life and Times of America's Banana King
Author :Rich Cohen

"About the Bananas industry." - Trung Phan [Source]


The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Author :Robert A. Caro

"About the Urban Planning industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Powerhouse
The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency
Author :James Andrew Miller

"About the Talent industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

More Money Than God
Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
Author :Sebastian Mallaby

"About the Hedge Funds industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The World in a Grain
The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
Author :Vince Beiser

"About the Sand industry." - Trung Phan [Source]
Junkyard Planet
Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
Author :Adam Minter

"About the Trash industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

The Attention Merchants
The Epic Struggle to Get Inside Our Heads
Author :Tim Wu

"About the Digital Ads industry." - Trung Phan [Source]

Fire in the Valley
The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer
Author :Michael Swaine

"About the Early PC industry." - Trung Phan [Source]
FAQs
Q1: What criteria does Trung Phan use when recommending a book?
Trung Phan recommends books that are educational, actionable, accessible, entertaining, concise, and relevant to current topics. He looks for books that make readers smarter on business, finance, technology, etc.
Q2: How often do you update your list of book recommendations?
I strive to always maintain an up-to-date list of recommended books, so I usually update it on a quarterly basis.
Q3: What types of books do you recommend?
My book recommendations span across a wide array of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, biographies, and more.
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