Wall Street Book Clubs: What Traders Are Reading Now

WHAT’S INSIDE those sleek briefcases in lower Manhattan? Obviously secret documents, a fresh shirt and a few stacks of cash but perhaps also a couple paperbacks. While tastes might be more refined in the literary alleys uptown, each year some of Wall Street’s top firms release recommended reading lists for their clients and employees, sourced from staffers themselves. You won’t find Marx or Piketty here, but it’s not all business-school bromides: the history of rain, anyone?