Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2025-07-26
Books mentioned on BONUS | Jefferson Fisher's Reading List (From Ryan Holiday)
After their conversation for The Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan gives communication expert and The Next Conversation author Jefferson Fisher book recommendations at The Painted Porch. 📚 Check out all the books mentioned here: https://www.
Ryan Holiday recommended The intelligent investor by Benjamin Graham, and discussed Meditations by Aurelius Marcus and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a profound collection of personal reflections and Stoic philosophy written by the Roman emperor.
Discussed“I I'll show you my copy of Meditations. Where is it? Look at this. I've had to tape the cover back on. It's filled with notes, different flags. I have marked almost every page of this book over the years.”
Where to get it
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The intelligent investor
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is a seminal 1949 text on value investing that outlines timeless principles for managing risk and analyzing market behavior.
Recommended“Warren Buffett has said that the single greatest investment that he made was a book. He bought this copy of Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor when he was like 19 years old. A paperback book there was probably a dollar, $2.”
Where to get it
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F.
Discussed“Like here is my copy of Gatsby which I read in high school. This is the copy I got in 9th or 10th grade. So I read it in my teens. I read it in my 20s. I've read it in my 30s. I've read it many many times.”
Where to get it
