# More Money Than God by Sebastian Mallaby

2 Hacker News commenters recommended More Money Than God by Sebastian Mallaby and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a historical perspective on hedge funds and how well-known managers thought about markets, gains and losses. One critic found it biased toward certain managers.

## Why people recommend it

- Historical perspective on hedge funds (1 comments): "For a nice historic perspective on hedge funds and the industry as a whole, read Mallaby's "More Money Than God"." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155988))
- Lessons on how managers traded (1 comments): "Great lessons in how each thought about markets, how they lost and made money" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49907623))

## What people warn about

- Seen as biased toward certain managers (1 comments): "It was pretty biased to the point that I did not recognize one of the managers I knew about" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970926))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Eccentric Orbits by John Bloom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eccentric-orbits-the-iridium-story.md): 8 recommend
- [The Man Who Solved the Market by Gregory Zuckerman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/man-who-solved-the-market.md): 7 recommend
- [Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/barbarians-at-the-gate.md): 3 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0747592276?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780747592273) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "More Money Than God by Sebastian Mallaby", https://hackerapproved.com/p/more-money-than-god/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).