I've been a fan of Nassim Taleb for a long time. Say what you want about him as a person or his language on Social Media but the man has come with some real original and profound ways to look at the world.
"Fooled by Randomness" remains my favorite book from him.
Fooled by Randomness is a great pick up and read a random chapter kind of book, even when you've read it cover to cover - also my favourite.
One thing to his credit, he acknowledges his influences such as his huge admiration for Mandelbrot.
A blog post like this tries to dumb 3 books of Taleb in 500 words without adding actually more than functioning as a summary. Read the books , take the time and enjoy the conversation with Taleb himself. You can't cheat on learning.