The House of Morgan
| Full title | The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance |
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| Author | Ron Chernow |
| Published | 1990 |
| Pages | 812 |
| Recommended | 6 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Ron Chernow’s history of the Morgan banking dynasty across four generations and the rise of modern finance around it. |
Where I heard about it
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Spotted at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, Beaverton — July 2023 (Books photo album)
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Spotted at Barnes & Noble at Fashion Place, Murray — November 2024 (Books photo album)
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A Goldman Sachs reading list — on the firm’s recommended reading list (careers site), under Industry Background and Flavor, shared by @F_Compounders on X in July 2025.
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A reply to @WillManidis — named in answer to his question “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” in a thread on X, June 2025. Full list: what is the single best book… (tweet).
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A reply to @typesfast — named in answer to “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” in a thread on X, June 2025. Full list: What’s the best history book… (tweet).
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Li Lu — on Li Lu’s Recommended Book List, under Biography and Others.
Connections
- Ron Chernow — author.
- Goldman Sachs Recommended reading list… (tweet) — the list this came from.
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — recommendation #2: named in this crowd-sourced thread.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — recommendation #3: named in this crowd-sourced thread.