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“It is one of the best narrative histories I’ve read.” —Judge Glock, The Wall Street Journal Named a Most Anticipated Book by New York Times Books Review, TIME, Washington Post, Associated Press, Town & Country, New York Post, and more From the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail, “the definitive history of the 2008 banking crisis,” (The Atlantic) comes a riveting narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history—one with ripple effects that still shape our society today. In 1929, the world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market went into a freefall, wiping out fortunes and igniting a depression that would reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes and panicked traders, another drama unfolded—one of visionaries and fraudsters, titans and dreamers, euphoria and ruin. With unparalleled access to historical records and newly uncovered documents, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Ross Sorkin takes readers inside the chaos of the crash, behind the scenes of a raging battle between Wall Street and Washington and the larger-than-life characters whose ambition and naivete in an endless boom led to disaster. The dizzying highs and brutal lows of this era eerily mirror today’s world—where markets soar, political tensions mount, and the fight over financial influence plays out once again. This is not just a story about money. 1929 is a tale of power, psychology, and the seductive illusion that this time is different. It’s about disregarded alarm bells, financiers who fell from grace, and skeptics who saw the crash coming—only to be dismissed until it was too late. Hailed as a landmark book, Too Big to Fail reimagined how financial crises are told. Now, with 1929, Sorkin delivers an immersive, electrifying account of the most pivotal market collapse of all time—with lessons that remain as urgent as ever. More than just a history, 1929 is a crucial blueprint for understanding the cycles of speculation, the forces that drive financial upheaval, and the warning signs we ignore at our peril. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking


Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 14, 2025


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 592 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593296966


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 67


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.38 x 1.89 x 9.27 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #2 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Economic History (Books) #1 in Microeconomics (Books) #1 in Banks & Banking (Books)


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    • Enjoyable, Extremely Well-Written, Not Afraid of Uncertainty or Nuance
Format: Hardcover
This was a terrific read! 1929 is the type of non-fiction we all long for – interesting, factual, balanced, and avoiding minutia that can render too much of works in this genre a dry slog. Sorkin takes a broad cast of characters and intertwines their actions during the pivotal year leading up to the Great Crash. Enough background on the players is given to separate them from the large cast without drowning reader attention in an avalanche of extraneous biography. (Would that the great author Ron Chernow have embraced this in his too long recent bio of Mark Twain) The book pacing is excellent. Characters act and interact over relatively short pages in the many chapters, with important occurrences given a bit longer treatment. As the play navigates among bankers, Wall Street manipulators, Federal Reserve officials and politicians, their actions and non-actions weave a connected story that sets the stage for the great calamity we know to be ahead in late October. While Sorkin does what a lot of nonfiction authors do and ascribes thoughts and descriptions that I am sure he in some cases invented, they ring very true and plausible due to great sourcing and believability due to what we know about his cast. Finance and banking can be a dry morass to those unfamiliar with the field. One of the great accomplishments of this book is Sorkin's ability to skillfully, simply, and effectively convey financial structures and strategies for lay readers. Anyone not familiar with stock pools and bear raids, partnerships like JP Morgan, short selling, margin accounts and a host of other financial practices that figure in the story need not worry. This book brilliantly reveals them without making them seem like future exam questions in a finance course. Credit to the author for his confidence with the unknown and his ability to see two sides of a situation. I think many want an answer to why the 1929 crashed happened and who was to blame. Beyond the obvious "irrational exuberance" that flooded the market with the emergence of unknowledgeable retail investors using high margin accounts as a buying source, there were a lot of practices that were questionable and risky. However, it is still all these decades later unclear as to what was the specific trigger or major factor that may have loomed above others in precipitating the great decline. As Sorkin's information and telling shows, the entire system needed transparency and safeguards. It is not altogether clear even today what worked and what didn't in terms of all the reforms made in the 1930's. Clearly audited financial statements and limits on margin accounts have added a lot of informational confidence and reduced a lot of risk in the market. But, the Glass-Steagall separation of commercial and investment banking (touted as a major necessity to right our financial markets) has been greatly relaxed (in the 1990s) to no apparent ill effect. Still unclear is how much deposit insurance (the Steagall part of Glass-Steagall) is appropriate without eliminating depositor attention to the risks of their local bank. Sorkin describes well this moral hazard issue – a real issue in many federal financial changes made and contemplated to this day). I like the fact that Sorkin is confident to present as uncertain what is uncertain and acknowledge that we just don't and won't be able to unwind causation from all the many strands making the 1920's market, except at a broad level. The cast of characters are terrific as well. Dumont, Mitchell, Lamont, Glass, Roosevelt and others are colorful and fascinating. I particularly liked his focus on John Jacob Raskob (being a Delawarean and familiar with him because of the huge impact he had here). Raskob was a significant and brilliant financial and corporate innovator who went on to run the DNC as Al Smith's chief enabler and build the Empire State Building (as an aside, there is a terrific bio of Raskob worth picking up called "Everybody Ought to Be Rich.") Particular attention is worthy to pages 443 and 444 where the author sums up his grand takeaway from this exercise. I believe he is absolutely correct in highlighting human nature as the real story here. In about a page he succinctly and memorably casts the whole drama and what came after as a display of human nature. I think he is correct in this summation. The author's humility at not claiming a bright sparkling new "discovery" with his work (a tiresome and unnecessary coda for too much non-fiction) is impressive. I rather like it and really think highly of this book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2026 by Wayne A. Smith
    • “Déjà vu all over again.” (Yogi Berra)
Format: Kindle
The great stock market crash of 1929 was one of the defining moments of the twentieth century. The market ultimately lost 80% of its value, more than 1,000 banks were wiped out, and, more importantly, Americans’ trust in the financial system was greatly undermined, with lasting consequences. This is not a financial primer. It is the story of the people involved, in all their humanity. As Sorkin explains, he sought “to restore the texture and detail of the human lives at the center of an epic historical event.” And he does that masterfully, without judgement. To his credit, the reader is not told how to react. As Walter Cronkite might have said, ‘That’s the way it is…’ There is no consensus as to whether the great crash caused the great recession. There is more than a coincidence in timing, but both were the result of common themes as well. The biggest culprit was debt. Institutions and individuals alike were drowning in it, much of it used to buy stock on speculation, without taking the time to understand the mechanics of leverage and, ultimately, deleverage. (Mathematically, deleverage is far more powerful when it comes to financial matters.) Investors deluded themselves in an addictive cocktail of excessive exuberance and borrowed funds. Some good did come out of the crash, such as the Glass-Steagall Act, which formally separated investment and commercial banking, as well as government deposit insurance for consumers. More than anything else, however, it was a grim reminder that government guardrails, properly applied, are essential to countering the behavioral excesses that inevitably flow from self-interest. The underlying message, for me, although Sorkin never explicitly states it, is that all of life is personal and we, as humans, are essentially selfish. The saga, at its core, is the saga of individuals exuberantly pushing a perspective that is in their best interests. While not evil, or even corrupt, necessarily, there is little selfless heroism. The writing is crisp and clean. You do not have to be a financial analyst to understand it. He assiduously avoids the technical jargon of the industry. This is a narrative about people, not the stuff of an MBA classroom. Beyond just being an enjoyable and informative read, perhaps the best reason to read this book are the parallels between 1929 and today. The similarities, particularly the crushing debt currently suffocating most consumers and the federal government. Consumers are using the debt to get by instead of buying stocks, but the effect is the same. It is a house of cards. So, even if you aren’t a fan of history, I highly recommend you read it. It will give you great insight into what is happening around us today. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2026 by Gary Moreau, Author
    • Good biographies, poor technical trading practices
Format: Hardcover
Detailed and interesting review of the people involved. I wished there was more on the technical aspects of some of the trading schemes, especially the ones that are now illegal. Overall an enjoyable read
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2026 by D. Flores

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