Great books about life on the Street:
Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle, John Rolfe and Peter Troob
- Great, albeit sensationalized, view of life as an Associate in I-banking.

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
- One of the greatest “war stories” ever told. M&A in all its glory.

Big Deal, Bruce Wasserstein (note Part III, in particular)
- The nuts and bolts of M&A.

Mergers & Acquisition Handbook (2nd edition), McGraw-Hill
- A comprehensive guidebook of M&A. Chapter on asset based / buyout financing by David Deutsch.

Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street, Michael Lewis
- Frank and funny account of a young career in institutional sales and trading.

The Financier, Cary Reich
- Lazard Freres, the prototypical advisory firm, under legendary financier Andre Meyer.

Greed & Glory on Wall Street, Ken Auletta
- The story of Lehman Brothers in the ‘80s: banking vs. institutional sales & trading.