Trung Phan Book Recommendations

Setting the Table

The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

by Danny Meyer

"About the Restaurants industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Empires of Light

Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

by Jill Jonnes

"About the Electricity industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Genentech

The Beginnings of Biotech

by Sally Smith Hughes

"About the Biotech industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The House of Morgan

An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

by Ron Chernow

"About the Banking industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Master Switch

The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

"About the Media Platforms industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

by Donald N. Thompson

"About the Contemporary Art industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Powerhouse

The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency

by James Andrew Miller

"About the Talent industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Nothing Like It In the World

The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

by Stephen E. Ambrose

"About the Railroads industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Lords of Strategy

The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World

by Walter Kiechel

"About the Management consulting industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Junkyard Planet

Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade

by Adam Minter

"About the Trash industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Dethroning the King

The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon

by Julie MacIntosh

"About the Beer industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Goal

A Process of Ongoing Improvement

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

"About the Operations industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Emperors of Chocolate

Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars

by Joël Glenn Brenner

"About the Confectionary industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The World in a Grain

The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization

by Vince Beiser

"About the Sand industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Elements of Power

Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age

by David S. Abraham

"About the Rare metals industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Bad Pharma

How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

by Ben Goldacre

"About the Pharma industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Perfectionists

How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

by Simon Winchester

"About the Machining industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Fire in the Valley

The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer

by Michael Swaine

"About the Early PC industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

How Music Got Free

A Story of Obsession and Invention

by Stephen Richard Witt

"About the Digital Music industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Cable Cowboy

John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business

by Mark Robichaux

"About the Cable TV industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Big Payback

The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

by Dan Charnas

"About the Hip-hop industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Power Broker

Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

by Robert A. Caro

"About the Urban Planning industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Box

How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

by Marc Levinson

"[Has] comparable breadth as The Prize in terms of globe-spanning industries." - Trung Phan (Source)

The World for Sale

Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources

by Javier Blas

"[Has] comparable breadth as The Prize in terms of globe-spanning industries." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes

"As good as it gets in describing the development of the nuclear industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

More Money Than God

Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

by Sebastian Mallaby

"About the Hedge Funds industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Hard Landing

The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos

by Thomas Petzinger Jr.

"About the Post-deregulation Airlines industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Fast Food Nation

The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

by Eric Schlosser

"About the Fast-food industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Shoe Dog

A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

by Phil Knight

"About the Footwear industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Power Law

Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

by Sebastian Mallaby

"About the Venture Capital industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Reckoning

by David Halberstam

"About the Auto industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Prize

The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

by Daniel Yergin

"If you were to ask me what single business book most changed my perception of the world, it is [this one.]" - Trung Phan (Source)

The Alchemy of Air

A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler

by Thomas Hager

"About the Chemicals industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Masters of Doom

How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner

"About the PC Gaming industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Barbarians at the Gate

The Fall of RJR Nabisco

by Bryan Burrough

"About the Private Equity industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Creativity, Inc.

Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

by Ed Catmull

"About the Animation industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Digital Gold

Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money

by Nathaniel Popper

"About the Bitcoin industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis

"About the Trading industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

Easy Riders Raging Bulls

How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

by Peter Biskind

"About the Post-70s Hollywood industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Attention Merchants

The Epic Struggle to Get Inside Our Heads

by Tim Wu

"About the Digital Ads industry." - Trung Phan (Source)

The Fish That Ate the Whale

The Life and Times of America's Banana King

by Rich Cohen

"About the Bananas industry." - Trung Phan (Source)