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Ben Mezrich

American author of dramatised nonfiction about card counting, Facebook's founding, the Winklevoss bitcoin position and the GameStop squeeze.

The books reconstruct financial episodes scene by scene from participant interviews, which is why several became films and why they reach readers who never open a market history. Read them as accounts told from one side, with dialogue and detail reconstructed rather than documented.

5 books of their own

Books they wrote 5

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  1. The Accidental BillionairesBen Mezrich, 2009
  2. Bitcoin BillionairesBen Mezrich, 2019
  3. The Antisocial NetworkBen Mezrich, 2021
Ben Mezrich · 2009 · Dramatised founding story; source for The Social Network.
Ben Mezrich · 2021 · GameStop and Citadel Securities' order flow; dramatised.
Ben Mezrich · 2002 · The MIT blackjack team; dramatised and disputed in places.
Ben Mezrich · 2023 · Fast narrative of the takeover and the layoffs.

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