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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as risk)
avg rating 3.95 — 14,683 ratings — published 1996
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as risk)
avg rating 3.96 — 123,577 ratings — published 2007
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
by (shelved 44 times as risk)
avg rating 4.08 — 72,462 ratings — published 2001
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as risk)
avg rating 4.10 — 58,857 ratings — published 2012
The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as risk)
avg rating 3.95 — 416 ratings — published 2009
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as risk)
avg rating 3.91 — 32,419 ratings — published 2018
Risk Savvy: How to Make Good Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as risk)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,920 ratings — published 2013
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as risk)
avg rating 4.08 — 22,674 ratings — published 2015
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 24,360 ratings — published 2018
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 603,749 ratings — published 2011
Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as risk)
avg rating 3.96 — 674 ratings — published 2002
The (Mis)Behavior of Markets
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avg rating 4.09 — 6,197 ratings — published 1997
The Flaw of Averages: Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as risk)
avg rating 3.85 — 577 ratings — published 2009
Risk Management And Financial Institutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as risk)
avg rating 4.14 — 170 ratings — published 2013
Risk: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.35 — 230 ratings — published 2011
The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as risk)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,763 ratings — published 2008
On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as risk)
avg rating 3.66 — 5,744 ratings — published 2024
Risk Analysis: A Quantitative Guide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 30 ratings — published 2000
An Economist Walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as risk)
avg rating 3.56 — 2,205 ratings — published 2019
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as risk)
avg rating 3.97 — 52,823 ratings — published 2012
The Essentials of Risk Management (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 155 ratings — published 2005
Risk: A User's Guide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.64 — 807 ratings — published
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as risk)
avg rating 4.07 — 16,023 ratings — published 2020
The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 48,603 ratings — published 2018
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as risk)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,606 ratings — published 2006
Red-Blooded Risk: The Secret History of Wall Street (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as risk)
avg rating 3.94 — 166 ratings — published 2011
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 76,614 ratings — published 2009
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as risk)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,225 ratings — published 2012
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as risk)
avg rating 3.78 — 11,104 ratings — published 2010
A Practical Guide to Risk Management (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.54 — 177 ratings — published 2011
Risk Management: Concepts and Guidance, Fourth Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as risk)
avg rating 3.71 — 62 ratings — published 1997
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 24,763 ratings — published 2008
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as risk)
avg rating 4.12 — 132,327 ratings — published 2008
Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 797 ratings — published 1986
Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 707 ratings — published 1984
How Risky Is It, Really?: Why Our Fears Don't Always Match the Facts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.72 — 211 ratings — published 2010
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 173,217 ratings — published 2010
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 32,040 ratings — published 2000
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 9,965 ratings — published 2008
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as risk)
avg rating 4.28 — 344,834 ratings — published 2020
Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as risk)
avg rating 4.33 — 7,136 ratings — published 1991
Fundamentals of Risk Management: Understanding, Evaluating and Implementing Effective Risk Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as risk)
avg rating 3.58 — 67 ratings — published 2010
Safe Haven: Investing for Financial Storms (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 883 ratings — published
The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as risk)
avg rating 4.22 — 635 ratings — published 2002
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 3,764 ratings — published 1985
Foolproof: Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as risk)
avg rating 3.69 — 336 ratings — published 2015
Catastrophe: Risk and Response (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as risk)
avg rating 3.22 — 65 ratings — published 2004
Risk Intelligence: How to Live with Uncertainty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as risk)
avg rating 3.71 — 256 ratings — published 2012
Risk Management (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as risk)
avg rating 3.67 — 45 ratings — published 2000
Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as risk)
avg rating 4.31 — 113 ratings — published 2014
“I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.”
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”
― Fear of Flying
― Fear of Flying
