The core book is Andrew Ross Sorkin's 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation. The book provides a riveting narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history—one with ripple effects that still shape our society today. The world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market went into a freefall, wiping out fortunes and igniting a depression that would reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes another drama unfolded—one of visionaries and fraudsters, titans and dreamers, euphoria and ruin. With unparalleled access to historical records and newly uncovered documents, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Ross Sorkin takes readers inside the chaos of the crash, behind the scenes of a raging battle between Wall Street and Washington and the larger-than-life characters whose ambition and naivete in an endless boom led to disaster.
The SDG will be held on Zoom and consist of 7 sessions, but run over the course of 9 weeks. See Weekly topics for associated dates.
09.02.2026: 1. Prologue, Part I, Chapters One through Three.
09.09.2026: 2. Chapters Four through Ten.
09.16.2026: 3. Chapters Eleven through Seventeen.
09.23.2026: 4. Chapters Eighteen through Twenty-Three.
09.30.2026: 5. Chapters Twenty-Four through Twenty-Five. Part II, Chapters Twenty-Six through Thirty.
10.07.2026: No Session.
10.14.2026: No Session.
10.21.2026: 6. Chapters Thirty-One through Thirty-Eight.
10.28.2026: 7. Chapters Thirty-Nine through Forty-Two. Epilogue and Afterword.
Andrew Ross Sorkin, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation, New York, Viking, 2025.