Depreciate Boredom: What to Read, Watch, and Listen to This Summer

by Benjamin Warren

illustration: ©iStock/AlexBrylov

Summer is here and in between vacations, internships, summer classes, studying for the CPA Exam, and everything else you have going on, you may be looking for other ways to pass the time. Lucky for you, we have a great list of accounting related books, movies, podcasts, and more to keep you entertained.

Novels

• The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
• Risk by Dick Francis
• The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes
• The Tally Master by J.M. Ney-Grimm

Non-Fiction (History) 

• A White Collar Profession: African American Certified Public Accountants since 1921 by Theresa A. Hammond
• The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard   Paul Regan
• The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations by Jacob Soll
• Final Accounting by Barbara Toffler and Jennifer Reingold
• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight 

Non-Fiction (Professional Development)

• Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession: How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities (2^nd Edition) by Jerry Maginnis, CPA
• The Joy of Accounting: A Game-Changing Approach That Makes Accounting Easy by Peter Frampton and Mark Robilliard
• Talk Sporty to Me: Thinking Outside the Box Scores by Jen Mueller
• StrengthsFinder 2.0  by Tom Rath 

Online Articles

• Journal of Accountancy (AICPA)
• Accounting Today
• Going Concern
• The CPA Journal

Podcasts

• The Accounting Podcast
• Next Stop: CPA (AICPA)
• The Bottom Line (Accounting+)
• Accounting Leaders
• G-Suite (Gonzaga)

Documentaries

• All the Queen’s Horses (2017)
• American Greed (2007-2023)
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
• Inside Job (2010)
• Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (2023)

Television 

• The Office (US 2005-2013)
• Ozark (2017-2022)
• Parks and Recreation (2009-2015)
• Succession (2018-2023)
• Breaking Bad (2008-2013)

Movies

• The Accountant I & II (2016 / 2025)
• The Producers (original 1968 / remake 2005)
• Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
• Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
• Ghostbusters I & II (1984 / 1989)

Are we missing something? Have your own list? Student and CPA Candidate Members can share their accounting entertainment go-tos in the Student Resource Group on WSCPA Circle.

Members can also use Circle to find and share resources, ask questions, and connect with other WSCPA members. Stay engaged this summer with the WSCPA!