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1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Before the crash came the party—and Andrew Ross Sorkin takes readers inside the ambition, fraud, and blind faith that turned Wall Street's greatest boom into its most catastrophic bust.

Named one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year and a New York Times Notable Book, 1929 was praised by The Wall Street Journal as "one of the best narrative histories I've read."

From the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail comes a riveting narrative history of the 1929 stock market crash, told through the visionaries, fraudsters, and titans whose ambition set the stage for disaster. Drawing on historical records and newly uncovered documents, Sorkin brings the chaos of the crash to vivid life.

Behind the ticker tape were real people—bankers, brokers, and politicians—locked in a battle between Wall Street and Washington that would reshape the American economy for a generation. Sorkin captures both the euphoria of the boom and the devastation of the bust with the same narrative drive that made his previous books bestsellers.

Timely and unsettling, 1929 reveals just how much today's financial landscape still echoes the mistakes—and the hubris—of a century ago.

A masterclass in narrative nonfiction from one of the most trusted financial journalists working today, this is history that reads like a thriller.

Before the crash came the party—and Andrew Ross Sorkin takes readers inside the ambition, fraud, and blind faith that turned Wall Street's greatest boom into its most catastrophic bust.

Named one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year and a New York Times Notable Book, 1929 was praised by The Wall Street Journal as "one of the best narrative histories I've read."

From the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail comes a riveting narrative history of the 1929 stock market crash, told through the visionaries, fraudsters, and titans whose ambition set the stage for disaster. Drawing on historical records and newly uncovered documents, Sorkin brings the chaos of the crash to vivid life.

Behind the ticker tape were real people—bankers, brokers, and politicians—locked in a battle between Wall Street and Washington that would reshape the American economy for a generation. Sorkin captures both the euphoria of the boom and the devastation of the bust with the same narrative drive that made his previous books bestsellers.

Timely and unsettling, 1929 reveals just how much today's financial landscape still echoes the mistakes—and the hubris—of a century ago.

A masterclass in narrative nonfiction from one of the most trusted financial journalists working today, this is history that reads like a thriller.

  • Publisher: Viking

    Title: 1929

    Author: Andrew Ross Sorkin

    On Sale Date: October 14, 2025

    ISBN 13: 9780593296967

    ISBN 10: 593296966

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $35.00

    BISAC: Economics / 20th Century U.S. History

    Page Count: 592 pages

    Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches

  • Andrew Ross Sorkin is an award-winning journalist for The New York Times and co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box; he founded DealBook in 2001, authored the bestselling Too Big to Fail, co-produced its Emmy-nominated film adaptation, and co-created the Showtime drama series Billions.

  • Readers are calling it gripping, timely, and revelatory:

    • Early readers describe 1929 as one of the best narrative histories they've read in years.

    • Fans say Sorkin's reporting brings the crash's larger-than-life characters vividly to life.

    • Reviewers praise the book for showing how eerily today's financial landscape echoes 1929.

    • Readers highlight the pacing, calling it as gripping as a thriller despite being straight history.

This book is for you if

  • You love narrative nonfiction that reads like a thriller.

  • You want to understand how the 1929 crash still echoes in today's markets.

  • You're a fan of Andrew Ross Sorkin's reporting or Too Big to Fail.

  • You enjoy character-driven history full of larger-than-life figures.

  • You're looking for one of the most acclaimed books of the year.

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