Books like The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort reads as brash, cynical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis · 1989

Both explore greed & excess

83% genome match

Billion dollar whale

Wright, Tom (Wall Street Journal reporter) · 2018

Both explore corruption & greed

61% genome match

Chaos Monkeys

Antonio Garcia Martinez · 2016

Both explore ambition

56% genome match

The scam

Debashis Basu · 1993

Both explore corruption

53% genome match

Wall Street Meat

Andy Kessler · 2003

Both explore capitalism

59% genome match

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight · 2016

Same memoir feel

51% genome match

Bad Blood

John Carreyrou · 2018

Both explore ambition

52% genome match

Ponzi's Scheme

Mitchell Zuckoff · 2005

Both explore greed & capitalism

55% genome match

Lords of Easy Money

Christopher Leonard · 2022

Both explore capitalism

48% genome match

Too Big to Fail

Andrew Ross Sorkin · 2009

Both explore greed

51% genome match

Masters of Doom

David Kushner · 2003

Both explore ambition

50% genome match

Disco Bloodbath

James St. James · 1999

Both explore excess

51% genome match