Start with high-confidence private equity books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Bad Company
Megan Greenwell, Dan Bittner
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital
Robert Finkel, David Greising
Inside Private Equity
James M. Kocis, James C. Bachman IV
Venture Capital Due Diligence
Justin J. Camp
Corporate Finance
Pierre Vernimmen, Pascal Quiry
Plunder
Brendan Ballou
These Are the Plunderers
Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner
The Problem of Twelve
John Coates
The Asset Class
Hettie O'Brien, Hettie O'Brien