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Best Personal Finance Books

Navigate your financial future with confidence by exploring the most endorsed personal finance books, pooled together from the suggestions of leading financial experts and blogs. These titles are frequently cited as essential reads for anyone looking to improve their financial health.

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Best Personal Finance Books
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The Millionaire Next Door
The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
Thomas J. Stanley - 1998-10-01 (first published in 1995)
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Discover the secrets of the wealthy and how to increase your own net worth in The Millionaire Next Door. Explore the lives, habits, and investments of America's rich, and learn how to become one of them. This national bestseller is changing lives and offering surprising insights into the world of wealth.
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The Total Money Makeover
Dave Ramsey - 2007-02-06 (first published in 1994)
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Transform your finances and build up your money muscles with the help of America's favorite finance coach. The Total Money Makeover offers a simple and straightforward game plan to completely overhaul your money habits, based on real results rather than empty promises. Discover how to design a sure-fire plan for paying off all debt, recognize 10 dangerous money myths, and secure a big nest egg for emergencies and retirement. Say goodbye to flabby expenses and hello to a well-toned budget with this New York Times bestseller.
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I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Second Edition
No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works
Ramit Sethi - 2019-05-14 (first published in 2009)
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Learn how to earn more, save more, and live a rich life with this groundbreaking bestseller that Forbes calls a "wealth wizard." Personal finance expert Ramit Sethi has updated and expanded this modern money classic with a simple, powerful 6-week program that just works. Discover how to crush your debt, set up no-fee high-interest bank accounts, automate your finances, save hundreds or thousands every month, and more with word-for-word scripts and a dead simple investment strategy. This revised 2nd edition also includes new tools, insights on money and psychology, and amazing stories from readers who created their rich lives using the book. Master your money and get on with your life guilt-free.
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Rich Dad Poor Dad
What the Rich Teach their Kids About Money
Robert T Kiyosaki - 2001-12-31 (first published in 1997)
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"Transform your views on money and investing with this global personal finance phenomenon. Discover the story of two fathers, one wealthy and entrepreneurial and the other struggling financially, and how their differing perspectives shaped the author's mindset. With over 36 million copies sold worldwide, this book will explode the myth of needing a high income to become rich, challenge traditional beliefs about assets, and show parents why relying on schools for financial education is not enough. Join the millions who have already taken the path to financial freedom with Rich Dad Poor Dad."
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Your Money or Your Life
9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
Vicki Robin - 1999-09-01 (first published in 1992)
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Transform your relationship with money with this go-to guide that has helped hundreds of thousands of people change their lives. The nine-step program taught by a renowned expert covers a range of modern financial topics, from investing in index funds to managing revenue streams and having tough money conversations. Learn how to get out of debt, develop savings, declutter your life, invest wisely, save the planet and much more.
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The Automatic Millionaire
A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich
David Bach - 2005-12-27 (first published in 2003)
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Learn the surprising plan to become a millionaire without a budget or willpower. In The Automatic Millionaire, David Bach shares the story of an average American couple who retire at 55 with over $1 million in savings. The secret: a totally automatic plan to pay yourself first. You don't need to make a lot of money, be interested in money, or even need willpower. With this realistic system, based on timeless principles, you can secure your financial future from the comfort of your own home.
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The Richest Man in Babylon
George S. Clason - 2002-01-01 (first published in 1926)
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Discover the secrets to personal wealth and prosperity in this timeless classic. Through Babylonian parables, this book teaches the vital principles of financial planning and thrift, presented in simple and inspiring language. With over two million copies sold, it's a celebrated bestseller that will guide you towards a lifetime of financial security and happiness.
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Broke Millennial
Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together
Erin Lowry - 2017-05-02
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Take control of your finances and stop living paycheck to paycheck with the savvy and smart guide, Broke Millennial. This book goes beyond the basics of personal finance to tackle tricky money matters most of us face #IRL. Learn how to manage student loans, handle splitting the bill with friends, and even how to get "financially naked" with your partner. Packed with refreshingly simple advice and hilarious true stories, Broke Millennial is the essential roadmap every financially clueless millennial needs to become a money master. Let's #GYFLT!
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The Intelligent Investor
The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)
Benjamin Graham - 2006-02-21 (first published in 1949)
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This classic investment guide has been updated for today's market conditions. Benjamin Graham's philosophy of "value investing" teaches how to shield investors from substantial error and develop long-term strategies. With updated commentary by financial journalist Jason Zweig, readers gain a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles. This edition is a vital and indispensable read for anyone striving to reach their financial goals.
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books. Big Profits)
John C. Bogle - 2007-03-05
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Discover the key to successful investing with The Little Book of Common Sense Investing. Mutual fund expert John C. Bogle reveals the simplest and most effective investment strategy for building long-term wealth: low-cost index funds. Bogle's principles have endured through market ups and downs, and this tenth anniversary edition includes updated data and additional guidance on asset allocation and retirement investing. Supported by Warren Buffett and other financial experts, this guidebook offers a solid strategy for anyone looking to build a broadly diversified, low-cost portfolio without the risks of individual stocks or sector rotation.
The Simple Path to Wealth by J L Collins
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel
Get a Financial Life by Beth Kobliner
Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School? by Cary Siegel
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing by Taylor Larimore
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
Financial Freedom by Grant Sabatier
You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero
Personal Finance For Dummies by Eric Tyson
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias
MONEY Master the Game by Tony Robbins
Smart Women Finish Rich by David Bach
The Index Card by Helaine Olen
You're So Money by Farnoosh Torabi
The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ Demarco
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
All Your Worth by Elizabeth Warren
Secrets of Six-Figure Women by Barbara Stanny
The Behavior Gap by Carl Richards
The One-Page Financial Plan by Carl Richards
The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton
Broke Millennial Takes On Investing by Erin Lowry
The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman
The Financial Diet by Chelsea Fagan
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
The Four Pillars of Investing by William Bernstein
Unshakeable by Tony Robbins
Financially Fearless by Alexa von Tobel
Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant by Robert T. Kiyosaki
How to Make Your Money Last by Jane Bryant Quinn
Retire Before Mom and Dad by Rob Berger
Mindful Money by Jonathan K. Deyoe
Stacked by Joe Saul-Sehy, Emily Guy Birken
Make Your Kid A Money Genius by Beth Kobliner
Spend Well, Live Rich by Michelle Singletary
Bad with Money by Gaby Dunn
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Get Good with Money by Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche
Financial Peace Revisited by Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey's Complete Guide To Money by Dave Ramsey
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings by Philip A. Fisher
The Snowball by Alice Schroeder
Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Lund Fisker
The Essays of Warren Buffett by Lawrence A. Cunningham
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them by Gary Belsky
You Only Live Once by Jason Vitug
What to Do with Your Money When Crisis Hits by Michelle Singletary
Worth It by Amanda Steinberg
Women & Money by Suze Orman
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Get Money by Kristin Wong
The 30-Day Money Cleanse by Ashley Feinstein Gerstley
How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free by Ernie J. Zelinski
Nudge by Richard H. Thaler
The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks
One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch
The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner
The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles
The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller
The Wealthy Gardener by John Soforic
The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn
How to Turn $100 into $1,000,000 by James McKenna
How Much Money Do I Need to Retire? by Todd R. Tresidder
The Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio by Taylor Larimore
The Only Guide To Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need by Larry E. Swedroe
Raising Financially Fit Kids, Revised by Joline Godfrey
Soldier of Finance by Jeff Rose
Your Money and Your Brain by Jason Zweig
Smart Couples Finish Rich by David Bach
The Opposite of Spoiled by Ron Lieber
The Wealthy Barber Returns by David Barr Chilton
Clever Girl Finance by Bola Sokunbi
The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty by Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
Your Money by J. D. Roth
How to Retire with Enough Money by Teresa Ghilarducci
Women with Money by Jean Chatzky
Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl by The Motley Fool
Pogue's Basics by David Pogue
I Want More Pizza by Steve Burkholder