The House of Morgan

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

• Spotted at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, Beaverton — July 2023 (Books photo album)

• Spotted at Barnes & Noble at Fashion Place, Murray — November 2024 (Books photo album)

• 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.

• 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).

• 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).

• 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.