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Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2001)

75%
of reader questions named this book
2
average position when named
6/8
questions it appeared in

The questions it was named for

Each of these is a question a reader might ask an AI assistant, written from the subject of the book without reference to its title. The books listed underneath are the ones named in the same answer.

what are the best books about randomness and luck in financial markets?

Named at position 1

  • 1. Fooled by Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • 2. A Random Walk Down Wall Street - Burton G. Malkiel
  • 3. The Success Equation - Michael J. Mauboussin
  • 4. The Black Swan - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • 5. The Misbehavior of Markets - Benoit Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson

I keep assuming my good results are down to skill when they might just be luck - what should I read?

Named at position 2

  • 1. The Success Equation - Michael J. Mauboussin
  • 2. Fooled by Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • 3. Thinking in Bets - Annie Duke
  • 4. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman

books that explain why so many successful traders eventually blow up?

Named at position 2

  • 1. When Genius Failed - Roger Lowenstein
  • 2. Fooled by Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • 3. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator - Edwin Lefevre
  • 4. The Misbehavior of Markets - Benoit Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson
  • 5. Manias, Panics, and Crashes - Charles P. Kindleberger

what should I read to stop confusing a lucky streak with a winning strategy?

Named at position 2

  • 1. The Success Equation - Michael J. Mauboussin
  • 2. Fooled by Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • 3. Thinking in Bets - Annie Duke
  • 4. A Random Walk Down Wall Street - Burton G. Malkiel

I want to get better at spotting survivorship bias in success stories - any book recommendations?

Named at position 3

  • 1. The Halo Effect - Phil Rosenzweig
  • 2. The Success Equation - Michael J. Mauboussin
  • 3. Fooled by Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • 4. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman

recommend a book that mixes statistics and philosophy about how much of life is chance

Named at position 2

  • 1. The Drunkard's Walk - Leonard Mlodinow
  • 2. Fooled by Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • 3. Against the Gods - Peter L. Bernstein
  • 4. The Improbability Principle - David J. Hand
  • 5. Luck: A Fresh Look at Fortune - Nicholas Rescher

What this measures

This is one reading, taken on 2026-07-30, of whether an AI assistant names this book when asked about its subject. It is not a judgement of the book. It measures how present the book is in what the assistant has read.

Across all 100 books we tested, the average was 51% and 23 were never named at all. See the full index.

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