[Havoc]

The authors need to compete against other books. Book sale targets means it has to appeal to anyone vaguely business-y in the airport book shop. That plus shorter attention spans in general plus need to cater to a wide audience forces the authors to market it on a "One trick doctors hate" level magic fixes.

They of course fail to deliver on that, but don't think that makes them entirely a waste of time. As article author says "partly true".

Which is OK. I read Liars Poker because I enjoyed it, not because I'm about to be a world class bond trader

[xhevahir]

I don't think Liars Poker is a business book in the sense that this author means. These books are supposed to impart specific, practical insights that you can apply to your own work. Lewis in his books just wants to tell a story that will entertain and be interesting to a general audience.

[caleblloyd]

I love Michael Lewis’ writing style! I have probably read half of the books in this blog article and can remember hardly any of them, but I could still summarize Flash Boys because it was such a cool story.

[Havoc]

There is a new one by Gary Stevenson that has a very similar vibe to liars poker fyi. London not New York and FX not bonds