Friends recommendation.

Great read
Great book good inside look of what was going on.

Too big to fail???

Review: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves

An amazing piece of reporting about one of the most momentous periods in our country's economic history. The New York Times' Sorkin gives us the inside scoop as the nation's financial regulators ... Read full review

Review: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves

Probably the most definitive read of all the books about the 2007 financial crisis. Entertaining and educational. Read full review

Review: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves

I had retired from the Federal Reserve System just before the The financial crisis of 2008-2009, but I was aware of many of the issues. This is a solid and well researched story of the crisis. The ... Read full review

Review: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves

Reads like a novelization of the aftermath of the credit crisis starting in 2007. Includes play-by-play narrative following the frantic scrambling in the public and private sectors. The profiles of ... Read full review

Review: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves

In my opinion, this book is an example of the blame game; in other words: "It's all your fault!" "No, it's all your fault!" I am not much for reading books about the impact of Wall Street versus Main ... Read full review

Review: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves

September 2008. I remember it being the month where mainstream media is filled with bad news. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Washington Mutual, etc. etc... Stock market was crashing ... Read full review

Review: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves

I very much enjoyed this long and detailed book. With regards to its length, I was glad that Sorkin included photos of the main players, because occasionally I had to stop to check who the hell was ... Read full review