Reading list
Every fortnight, Nick Seale interviews a series of UK leaders in business and finance in the podcast ‘A Different Perspective’. His guests provide their book recommendations, which form a fantastic reading list, highly recommended for anyone embarking on a career in financial services, or as a business leader.
A Different Perspective is a Zeus podcast, hosted by Nick Searle, Equity Sales. Zeus is an independent financial services group working across public and private capital markets in the UK. We work alongside many of the most exciting businesses in the UK and we are passionate about supporting our clients. This podcast is a series of interviews with interesting characters from the world of business and finance, uncovering a different perspective.
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| Book Title | Author | Guest | Episode Link |
| The Key Man: How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale | Simon Clark & Will Louch | Adam Bond, CEO of AFC Energy | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0400876769/ |
| Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life | Gillian Tett | Fergus Wylie, Director & Co-Founder of SIFA Strategy | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1044160431/ |
| Four Iron in the Soul | Lawrence Donegan | Martin Gilbert, Chairman and Co-Founder of AssetCo | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5953808766/ |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | Campbell Fleming, CEO of AssetCo | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5953808766/ |
| Intelligent Investor | Benjamin Graham | Albert Ellis, CEO of Staffline and Mike Allen, Head of Research at Zeus | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9896593730/ |
| The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari | Robin Sharma | Richard Howarth | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1366303812/ |
| Atlas Shrugged | Ayn Rand | Richard Howarth | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1366303812/ |
| Catch 22 | Joseph Heller | Richard Howarth | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1366303812/ |
| A Life On Our Planet | David Attenborough | Mike Allen, Head of Research at Zeus | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/3837477006/ |
| The Gap in the Curtain | John Buchan | Hugh Hendry, Acid Capitalist | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5690614732/ |
| The Art of War | Sun Tzu | Richard Simpson, CEO of Watkin Jones and Helena Marston, CEO of Purplebricks | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/2068160313/ |
| The Outsiders | William Thorndike | Simon Young, UK Fund Manager | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6226708698/ |
| Think Lead Succeed: The Admiral Way | Henry Engelhardt | Simon Young, UK Fund Manager | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6226708698/ |
| Capital Returns: Investing Through the Capital Cycle | Edward Chancellor | Simon Young, UK Fund Manager | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6226708698/ |
| Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman: Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual | Yvon Chouinard | Helena Marston, CEO of Purplebricks | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/8182138857/ |
| The Kabul Beauty School | Deborah Rodriguez | Helena Marston, CEO of Purplebricks | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/8182138857/ |
| Cochrane the Dauntless, The Life and Adventures of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 1775-1860 | David Cordingly | Tim Steer, Top-Rated UK Fund Manager | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6063617946/ |
| Putin's People | Catherine Belton | Tim Steer, Top-Rated UK Fund Manager | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6063617946/ |
| Red Notice | Bill Browder | Tim Steer, Top-Rated UK Fund Manager | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6063617946/ |
| The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels | Alex Epstein | Barry Norris, Founder of Argonaut Capital Partners | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6046088580/ |
| Diplomacy and World Order | Henry Kissinger | Bobby Vedral, Portfolio Manager at Toscafund | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/7216994023/ |
| Zohar, Book of Splendor: Basic Readings from the Kabbalah | Gershom Scholem | William Green, Author and Journalist | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/2366968153/ |
| The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Ben Horowitz | Zoe Watkiss, Co-Founder of SunGod | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/7896259656/ |
| High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best | Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes | Mark Cutler, CEO of Van Elle | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/4257313739/ |
| What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School | Mark H. McCormack | Mark Cutler, CEO of Van Elle | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/4257313739/ |
| The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor: Uncommon Sense for Thoughtful Investors | Howard Marks | Richard Staveley, Lead Fund Manager at Rockwood Strategic | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9675021764/ |
| Assorted Novels | Tom Clancy | Ian Strafford Taylor, CEO of Equals PLC | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/8131491764/ |
| The 48 Laws of Power | Robert Greene | Mark Costar, Senior Fund Manager at JO Hambro | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9374290391/ |
| The Avoidable War | Kevin Rudd | Mark Costar, Senior Fund Manager at JO Hambro | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9374290391/ |
| Entangled Life | Martin Sheldrake | Mark Costar, Senior Fund Manager at JO Hambro | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9374290391/ |
| The Sea Is Not Made of Water Life Between the Tides | Adam Nicolson | Mark Costar, Senior Fund Manager at JO Hambro | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9374290391/ |
| Daring Greatly | Brene Brown | Jasmine Skee, CEO of Guild Esports | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1267105117/ |
| The Big Short | Michael Lewis | Ken Wootton, Managing Director, Public Equity at Gresham House | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0788844729/ |
| Hillbilly Elegy | J. D. Vance | Ken Wootton, Managing Director, Public Equity at Gresham House | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0788844729/ |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change | Stephen R. Covey | Jason Tebb, CEO of OnTheMarket and Judith Batchelar OBE | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/4133354308/ |
| Becoming Supernatural | Dr Joe Dispenza | Isobel Stirling, Founder of Inner Friend | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9311731445/ |
| The Infinite Game: How great Businesses Achieve Long -Lasting Success | Simon Sinek | George Latham, Managing Partner at WHEB Group | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5775119328/ |
| Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World | David Epstein | George Latham, Managing Partner at WHEB Group | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5775119328/ |
| The First Tycoon | T.J. Stiles | Harris Kupperman, Founder of Praetorian Capital Fund LLC | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5676924565/ |
| The Bank That Lived a Little Barclays in the Age of the Very Free Market | Philip Augar | James Ashton, Author and CEO of Quoted Companies Alliance | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/8496632963/ |
| Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty | Patrick Radden Keefe | James Ashton, Author and CEO of Quoted Companies Alliance | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/8496632963/ |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Arthur C Clarke | Michael Tobin OBE, Author and Entrepreneur | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5343806395/ |
| Good To Great | Jim Collins | Martin Varley, Entrepreneur | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0424062248/ |
| Odyssey | John Sculley | Martin Varley, Entrepreneur | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0424062248/ |
| The Five Secrets of a Sales C.O.A.C.H. | Hilmon Sorey and Cory Bray | Andy Lee, Founder and CIO of Parallaxes Capital | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/7439903792/ |
| Assorted Works | Tom Bower | Bob Holt OBE, acclaimed business leader and philanthropist | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0280497336/ |
| Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living | Glennon Doyle | Emily Williams, Co-Founder of IW Aviation | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5076195438/ |
| The Odyssey | Homer | Stephen Julius, Entrepreneur & Investor | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1308857031/ |
| La Serenissima: The Story of Venice | Jonathan Keates | Stephen Julius, Entrepreneur & Investor | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1308857031/ |
| Selling the Invisible | Harry Beckwith | Richard Mulholland, Founder of Missing Link | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9914317268/ |
| Your Business Brickyard: Getting back to the basics | Howard Mann | Richard Mulholland, Founder of Missing Link | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9914317268/ |
| Profit First | Mike Michalowicz | Richard Mulholland, Founder of Missing Link | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9914317268/ |
| Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future | Ed Conway | Anthony Chow, Co-Founder of Agronomics | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/9906909192/ |
| The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Ben Horowitz | Swen Lorenz, CEO & Founder of Sarnia Asset Management | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/8649249468/ |
| Reach for the Sky | Paul Brickhill | Edwin Brenninkmeyer, CEO of Oriens Aviation | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0205450563/ |
| Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! | Robert T. Kiyosaki | Graeme Carling, Chairman & Co-Founder of The Carling Group and Mark Mills, Entrepreneur and Advisor | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6017756855/ |
| Do The Work | Steven Pressfield | Graeme Carling, Chairman & Co-Founder of The Carling Group | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6017756855/ |
| Turning Pro | Steven Pressfield | Graeme Carling, Chairman & Co-Founder of The Carling Group | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6017756855/ |
| War of Art | Steven Pressfield | Graeme Carling, Chairman & Co-Founder of The Carling Group | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6017756855/ |
| The Creative Act: A Way Of Being | Rick Rubin | Nick Searle | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/3740979110/ |
| The Lost City of Z | Davin Grann | Zeke Faux, Investigative Reporter and Author | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/7757167444/ |
| Maestro | Bob Woodward | Sid Lall, Fund Manager | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5004173069/ |
| The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando | William J. Mann | Sid Lall, Fund Manager | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5004173069/ |
| My Name is Barbra | Barbra Streisand | Sid Lall, Fund Manager | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5004173069/ |
| Hedgehogging | Barton Biggs | Sid Lall, Fund Manager | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/5004173069/ |
| Finding the Mother Tree | Suzanne Simard | Judith Batchelar OBE | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1108694576/ |
| Remarkable Creatures | Tracy Chevalier | Judith Batchelar OBE | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1108694576/ |
| Gipsy Moth Circles the World | Francis Chichester | Giles English, Founder of Bremont Watch Company | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0633222645/ |
| The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses | Eric Ries | Houman Ashrafzadeh, Founder of Urban Greens and Founder of Padium | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1200602353/ |
| E-Myth Mastery | Michael E. Gerber | Brian Cook, Fitness Entrepreneur | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0933377692/ |
| Rich Dad Poor Dad | Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter | Brian Cook, Fitness Entrepreneur | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0933377692/ |
| Think and Grow Rich | Napoleon Hill | Brian Cook, Fitness Entrepreneur | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0933377692/ |
| Good to Great | Jim Collins | Brian Cook, Fitness Entrepreneur | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0933377692/ |
| Investing with Keynes: How the World's Greatest Economist Overturned Conventional Wisdom and Made a Fortune on the Stock Market | Justyn Walsh | Mark Sheppard, Co-Founder of Manchester and London Investment Trust | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/2289971826/ |
| The World without Work | Daniel Susskind | Mark Sheppard, Co-Founder of Manchester and London Investment Trust | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/2289971826/ |
| DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online | Russell Brunson | Marc Adams, CEO of Acquisitions4you | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1499985350/ |
| Secrets to 10xing Your Business and Cashing Out Tax | Marc Adams | Marc Adams, CEO of Acquisitions4you | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1499985350/ |
| The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Ben Horowitz | Magnus Houston, Alternative Investor and Entrepreneur | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/2689694312/ |
| The Pyramid of Lies: Lex Greensill and the Billion-Dollar Scandal Hardcover | Duncan Mavin | Magnus Houston, Alternative Investor and Entrepreneur | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/2689694312/ |
| The World for Sale | Javier Blas | Magnus Houston, Alternative Investor and Entrepreneur | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/2689694312/ |
| Chasing the Scream | Johann Hari | Daniel Daniel, Crypto Trainer | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/4635408197/ |
| Talking to Strangers | Malcolm Gladwell | Daniel Daniel, Crypto Trainer | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/4635408197/ |
| Outliers | Martin Gladwell | Martin Higginson, Founder & CEO of Huddled Group plc | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/2955608360/ |
| The Federalist Papers | Stewart Hall, CEO and Co-Founder of Public Policy Holding Company | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/6552279592/ | |
| The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | Christian Purcell, Co-Founder of DropPoint | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1954449046/ | |
| The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie | Christian Purcell, Co-Founder of DropPoint | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/1954449046/ | |
| Man's Search For Meaning | Viktor E Frankl | Carl Herberger, CEO of Corero Network Security | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0191672230/ |
| How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie | Carl Herberger, CEO of Corero Network Security | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0191672230/ |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell | Carl Herberger, CEO of Corero Network Security | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0191672230/ |
| Built to Last | James Collins | Carl Herberger, CEO of Corero Network Security | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/0191672230/ |
| Invention: A Life of Learning Through Failure | James Dyson | John Roberts, CEO & Co-Founder of AO.com | https://zeuscapital.co.uk/exclusives/8850612560/ |
A Different Perspective is a Zeus podcast, hosted by Nick Searle, Co-Head of Equity Sales. Here, Nick interviews interesting characters from the world of business and finance, to uncover a different perspective.
Zeus is an independent financial services group working across public and private capital markets in the UK. We work alongside many of the most exciting businesses in the UK and we are passionate about supporting our clients. This podcast is a series of interviews with interesting characters from the world of business and finance, uncovering a different perspective.
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