Book · 2009
Too Big to Fail
by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Wall Street CEOs and Treasury officials spend one September weekend deciding which banks live, which die, and which get nationalized.
What does Reddit think of Too Big to Fail?
Three mentions in seven years, from three separate accounts. This is as thin as the data gets in this catalogue, and there's no debate to report because there's barely a conversation. r/investing supplies the only two direct opinions: one commenter just tells someone to "Read 'Too Big To Fail' by Andrew Ross Sorkin" (↑35), no elaboration, and another calls it "an enjoyable read" (↑26), four words of actual assessment. The r/financialindependence mention (↑5) is secondhand: the poster admits they haven't read any of the 2008-crisis books themselves but has "heard good things" about this one, and takes care to specify "the book, not the movie." That distinction, book versus movie, is the only real texture in the whole sample. None of the three displayed excerpts carry a scored sentiment value individually. Whatever this book's reputation is elsewhere, Reddit hasn't built a case for it in the subs this site tracks.
Community feedback & reader fit
Themes
- · Extremely thin Reddit footprint, three mentions total
- · The book-versus-movie distinction as the one specific detail
- · Endorsements exist but stay one sentence deep
- · No debate, because there's barely a conversation to have one in
Common praise
- + One reader distinguishes the book from the 2011 movie specifically: "the book, not the movie" (↑5).
- + A direct, if brief, endorsement calls it an enjoyable read (↑26).
- + It gets a bare imperative recommendation with the author's full name attached, not just a vague title drop (↑35).
Common criticism
- − There are only three recognized mentions in seven years across the tracked subs, nowhere near enough to call this a Reddit favorite.
- − None of the three displayed excerpts explain why the book works; the praise stays at enjoyable and stops there (↑26).
- − The only r/financialindependence mention is secondhand, someone who hasn't read it passing along that they've heard good things (↑5).
Who it's for
If "enjoyable read" from a single r/investing commenter is enough to go on, that's the strongest endorsement on record (↑26). Want the book specifically and not the 2011 film adaptation? One financialindependence poster went out of their way to make that distinction (↑5). Looking for a crowd opinion on 2008-crisis reading? This isn't where you'll find one, the crowd hasn't shown up yet.
Mentions over time
Top subreddits
Which Reddit comments matter for Too Big to Fail?
The most relevant excerpts across the subreddits where this book is mentioned — opinionated, argued takes first, then top-upvoted mentions. Click through to read the full thread.
“Read "Too Big To Fail" by Andrew Ross Sorkin.
“Too Big to Fail by Sorkin I thought was an enjoyable read.
“I actually haven't read any of the books about the era. I had visibility into the actual event on the periphery and followed it as closely as I could as it unveiled itself in real time. I have heard good things about "Too Big to Fail" by Sorkin. The book, not the movie.
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What else does r/investing read?
Other books mentioned in the same sub, ranked. Shared-sub overlap with this title breaks ties.
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Is Too Big to Fail worth reading, based on Reddit?+
The sample is too small to say with confidence, only three total mentions across seven years. What's there is positive: one r/investing commenter calls it an enjoyable read (↑26) and another just tells people to read it outright, author included (↑35). Treat that as a couple of individual data points, not evidence of a wider fanbase.
Is Too Big to Fail the book different from the movie?+
Yes, and Reddit specifically flags that distinction. One r/financialindependence comment (↑5) makes a point of clarifying "the book, not the movie" while passing along secondhand praise for Sorkin's version, suggesting the two get confused often enough that it's worth spelling out.
Who recommends Too Big to Fail on Reddit?+
A small number of r/investing and r/financialindependence commenters, and not many of them. One gives a bare instruction, "Read 'Too Big To Fail' by Andrew Ross Sorkin" (↑35); another calls it enjoyable without much elaboration (↑26). There's no dissenting or critical view in this data at all, but there's also barely enough volume to call it a trend.