Young Money (Book)

Why it’s on the list: Jack Raines’s first book, on the opportunity costs of the transitional years between youth and adulthood, and on walking away from the “get the grades, get the job, climb the ladder” path when it starts to feel like a trap.

Status: Currently reading.

Where I heard about it

• Jack Raines — I already follow his newsletter, Young Money, which the book grew out of.

About this edition

Penguin Random House, August 2026.

Connections

• Young Money — the newsletter the book grew out of.
• Infinite Games — Raines’s essay on the same theme, already in the long-reads.