Trung Phan

41 Trung Phan Recommended Books

Trung Phan is an emerging Vietnamese-American artist whose work explores identity, displacement, and belonging. His multimedia installations, paintings, and photographs are inspired by his own experiences as a first-generation immigrant. Phan's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Queens Museum and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D. C.

41 Books recommended by Trung Phan

Dethroning the King

Dethroning the King

The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon

Author :Julie MacIntosh

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Empires of Light

Empires of Light

Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

Author :Jill Jonnes

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The World for Sale

The World for Sale

Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources

Author :Javier Blas

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Digital Gold

Digital Gold

Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money

Author :Nathaniel Popper

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Alchemy of Air

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

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Master Switch

The Master Switch

The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

Author :Tim Wu

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Creativity, Inc.

Creativity, Inc.

Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Author :Ed Catmull

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Perfectionists

The Perfectionists

How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

Author :Simon Winchester

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

Author :David Halberstam

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

How Music Got Free

How Music Got Free

A Story of Obsession and Invention

Author :Stephen Richard Witt

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Emperors of Chocolate

The Emperors of Chocolate

Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars

Author :Joël Glenn Brenner

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Lords of Strategy

Lords of Strategy

The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World

Author :Walter Kiechel

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Big Payback

The Big Payback

The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

Author :Dan Charnas

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate

The Fall of RJR Nabisco

Author :Bryan Burrough

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Easy Riders Raging Bulls

Easy Riders Raging Bulls

How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Author :Peter Biskind

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Author :Richard Rhodes

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation

The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Author :Eric Schlosser

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Goal

The Goal

A Process of Ongoing Improvement

Author :Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Hard Landing

Hard Landing

The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos

Author :Thomas Petzinger Jr.

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Genentech

Genentech

The Beginnings of Biotech

Author :Sally Smith Hughes

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Cable Cowboy

Cable Cowboy

John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business

Author :Mark Robichaux

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Box

The Box

How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

Author :Marc Levinson

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Prize

The Prize

The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

Author :Daniel Yergin

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

"If you were to ask me what single business book most changed my perception of the world, it is [this one.]" - Trung Phan [Source]

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

Author :Donald N. Thompson

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Masters of Doom

Masters of Doom

How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

Author :David Kushner

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Nothing Like It In the World

Nothing Like It In the World

The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

Author :Stephen E. Ambrose

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The House of Morgan

The House of Morgan

An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

Author :Ron Chernow

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Elements of Power

The Elements of Power

Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age

Author :David S. Abraham

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Power Law

The Power Law

Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

Author :Sebastian Mallaby

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Setting the Table

Setting the Table

The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

Author :Danny Meyer

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Bad Pharma

Bad Pharma

How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

Author :Ben Goldacre

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Liar's Poker

Liar's Poker

Author :Michael Lewis

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Fish That Ate the Whale

The Fish That Ate the Whale

The Life and Times of America's Banana King

Author :Rich Cohen

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Power Broker

The Power Broker

Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Author :Robert A. Caro

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Powerhouse

Powerhouse

The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency

Author :James Andrew Miller

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

More Money Than God

More Money Than God

Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

Author :Sebastian Mallaby

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The World in a Grain

The World in a Grain

The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization

Author :Vince Beiser

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Junkyard Planet

Junkyard Planet

Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade

Author :Adam Minter

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

The Attention Merchants

The Attention Merchants

The Epic Struggle to Get Inside Our Heads

Author :Tim Wu

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

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

Fire in the Valley

Fire in the Valley

The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer

Author :Michael Swaine

Trung Phan- Trung Phan

"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.

I strive to always maintain an up-to-date list of recommended books, so I usually update it on a quarterly basis.

My book recommendations span across a wide array of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, biographies, and more.

My list of recommended books is available via my blog or page, so anyone interested can simply visit the blog or page to access the list.