January 1, 2026
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s 1929 provides a readable account of the market’s collapse, highlighting the destructive role of margin debt and providing interesting vignettes on figures like Jesse Livermore. However, we found the analysis somewhat surface-level, lacking the rich atmospheric detail and unique observations found in works like Galbraith’s The Great Crash or Benjamin Roth’s Diary. While the sections on the Glass-Steagall Act are informative, the book offers few new lessons for those already familiar with the era. For the value investor seeking to genuinely understand the mood and psychology of a panic, we believe those earlier titles remain the more insightful choices.