The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine is a very good book on the crisis. The Economist calls it "One of the best books on the recent crisis". I very much agree with this assessment. It's written by the former investment banker Michael Lewis who is the author of Liar's Poker and Moneyball.
I just finished reading Bill Carter's The War for Late Night. The book recaps the Leno/Conan saga. I thought it was excellent. Lots of little lessons in there too, believe it or not. Not on the list, but highly recommended.
somehow a book is missing that would explain why the 'Economist' (sic!) had no idea of the upcoming financial crisis and completely failed to understand the catastrophic effects of economic politics that were promoted by the Economist, which lead to the crisis.