Episode · Acquired · 2025-12-15
Books mentioned on 10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)
Why has Acquired — seemingly against all odds — “worked”? It's a puzzling question: episodes are four hours long, they come out infrequently, and they usually don’t have guests or video.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss is an acclaimed fantasy novel that follows the early life of a legendary figure named Kvothe.
Recommended“It's called The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothus and it's a fantasy trilogy. He never got to the third book and I don't know what's happened to him.”
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Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing by Duff McDonald is a detailed examination of leadership, corporate strategy, and the financial sector, focusing heavily on prominent figures in modern banking.
Recommended“One great book I read for research was Last Man Standing to prep for the Jamie Diamond interview. That was really good.”
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The Emperors of Chocolate
The Emperors of Chocolate by Joel Glenn Brenner is a narrative nonfiction account detailing the fierce corporate rivalry and historical development behind the major chocolate empires of Mars and Hershey.
Recommended“Emperors of Chocolate by Joel Glenn Brener. You ever read that? You know, so good.”
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Going Infinite
“Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, Liars Poker, The Blind Side, The Undoing Project, Going Infinite, on and on and on.”
Passing Liar's Poker
“Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, Liars Poker, The Blind Side, The Undoing Project, Going Infinite, on and on and on.”
Passing Moneyball
“Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, Liars Poker, The Blind Side, The Undoing Project, Going Infinite, on and on and on.”
Passing The Blind Side
“Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, Liars Poker, The Blind Side, The Undoing Project, Going Infinite, on and on and on.”
Passing The undoing project
“Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, Liars Poker, The Blind Side, The Undoing Project, Going Infinite, on and on and on.”
Passing 1929
“Our last episode was with Andrew Ross Sorcin, founder of the New York Times Deal Book, host of CNBC's Squawkbox, and author of 1929.”
Own book The undoing project
“What I'm thinking of in my head is Conoran interverski that I wrote a book called the undoing project and and and you could see if you could see two people and then it got me thinking about collaboration”
Own book Going Infinite
“I bought these shares in 2008 when I was working on going infinite.”