Candide, Voltaire The Sea Wolf, Jack London An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, DT Suzuki The Art of War, Sun Tzu There are many books on trading, but many other good, solid sources to find what it take to be a good trader/investor/businessman/person. It's all about the journey and perfection of the process along the way.
Never read a trading book... Written by someone who needs to make money off the book. If someone is not independently wealthy from running a trading business... What they know is simply not valuable.
Gary Smith, "How I Trade for a living". a real guy, thinking outside of the box, actually making it after nearly 20 years of struggle. He is still a full time trader and not working at McDonalds. He is the man. P.S. I lent the book to a friend who never returned it yet. I must be contagious...
Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas, it changed me, and if there is something that I can contribute to my still being here on ET right now and still trading, it definitely has to be that book, along with experience.
Out of Control - Kevin Kelly http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201483408/ref=nosim/kkorg-20 and/or http://www.kk.org/outofcontrol/contents.php
Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield Night - Elie Wiesel A Voyage for Madmen - Peter Nichols The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran