Ask HN: Introductory Books on the Stock Market?

Many here have mentioned "A Random Walk Down Wall Street"; let me add that there exists a book called "A Non-Random Walk Down Wall Street", but I haven't read it yet.

Browse Wikipedia on any trading-related topic you find interesting and you are probably going to find some books, such as "The Quants" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quants

Finally, you might want to check out the works of Jack Schwager [1], Michael Lewis [2] or Ed Thorpe [3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_D._Schwager

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lewis

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O._Thorp

Yes, to be fair I was skeptical at first as well, the title does look like click-bait. But it was recommended to me by somebody that I trust knew what he was talking about, after that person gave us a talk about the stock market's financial reports and shareholders meetings. I guess the down-votes I got were because of a similar reaction from others, I'll have to keep in mind to write a disclaimer next time I recommend it.

By the way, if you get around to reading it, please drop me an email if you'd like to discuss about the content or need extra clarification on certain topics, or more practical examples (you'll find your way to my email from my user profile). I know I needed in the beginning and couldn't find anybody to talk to since I was the only one in the group that read it, and I was too embarrassed to ask the "mentor" such trivial questions.