We’ve reviewed a number of personal finance books over the years and naturally have some favorites. Check out James’ Top Finance Books.
As finance book critics, here are most of our book reviews, by subject. You can also go to our online library, available tomorrow, to click through and buy these on Amazon; note, we only have links for those books we recommend, not all that we review.
General Personal Finance Management
Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People, by Jane Bryant Quinn
Making the Most from your Money, by Jane Bryant Quinn Checklist
The Total Money Makeover, by Dave Ramsey
Grow Your Money: 101 Easy Tips to Plan, Save and Invest! by Jonathan D Pond
Personal Finance For Dummies, by Eric Tyson
Complete Idiots Guide to Managing Your Money, by Robert & Christy Heady
Money Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make, by Paul Lim Part II
Save Now or Die Trying, by Mark Bruno
Getting Started: The Financial Guide For The Younger Generation, by Brian Jones
Couples
Smart Couples Finish Rich, by David Bach (Values Circle Exercise, Discussing Values)
Conscious Spending For Couples, by Deborah Knuckey
Wealth Building
Science of Getting Richer, by Wallace Wattles (1910)
Millionaire by Thirty:The Quickest Path to Early Financial Independence, by Douglas Andrew
A Million Bucks by 30, by Alan Corey
How I turned $1,000 into Three Million in Real Estate – In My Spare Time, by William Nickerson
Eight Steps to Seven Figures, by Charles Carlson
How To Get Rich, by Donald Trump
The Millionaire Next Door, by Thomas J. Stanley
Your Wealth Building Years, by Adriane G. Berg
The Millionaire Maker, by Loral Langemeier
Secrets of Six-Figure Women, by Barbara Stanny
Ordinary People: Extraordinary Wealth, by Ric Adelman
Multiple Streams of Income, by Robert Allen
50 Prosperity Classics: Attract It, Create It, Manage It, Share It: Wisdom from the Most Valuable Books on Wealth Creation and Abundance, by Tom Butler Bowdon
Real Estate & Investing
How to Manage Residential Property for Maximum Cash Flow and Resale Value, by John T. Reed
How To Make Millions In Real Estate In Three Years Starting With No Cash, by Tyler G. Hick
Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest In, that the Poor and Middle Class Do Not, by Robert Kiyosaki
Economics
The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith
Origins of Capitalist, by Max Weber
Aspects of Aristocracy: Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britain, by David Cannadine
Natural Capitalism, by Paul Hawkins, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins
Freakonomics, by Stephen Levitt
Nickel and Dimed – On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Bait & Switch – The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Lifestyle & Contemporary
Get Ahead by Going Abroad: A Woman’s Guide to Fast-Track Career Success, by C. Perry Yeatman and Stacie Nevadomski Berdan
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them, by Gary Belsky & Thomas Gilovich
Why we Buy, by Juliet Schor
You’re Broke Because You Want to Be, by Larry Winget
Money for Nothing: One Man’s Journey Through The Dark Side of Lottery Millions, by Edward Ugel
Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying, by David Bauch
New Ideas From From Dead CEOs, by Todd Buchholz
The Online Millionaire: Strategies for Building a Web-Based Empire On EBay and Beyond, by Amy Joyner
Rich Dad, Poor Dad, By Robert Kiyosaki
Eric Tyson from Finance for Dummies has so many great tips that we have multiple posts. Check them out: 1, 2, 3
Plus, don’t forget to check out the best eBooks on Personal Finance and this massive list of personal finance resources.
James also likes to do finance guru ratings, including Carleton Sheets, Ben Stein, and Robert Kiyosaki. James originally rated Suze Orman very low, with Miel defending her value in the personal finance world. Now James has turned around his thinking to be more favorable about Suze’s approach to finances during this recession.
Happy Reading,
Miel & James
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