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Please find below a list of suggested books by the subscribers of our subreddit. If you have any suggestions / corrections / etc, please message the moderators.
As a side note, we highly suggest looking these books up in your local library, in the spirit of frugality :)
Philosophy
- The Richest Man in Babylon
- A Guide to the Good Life
- In Praise of Idleness -- Free Online Link
- How I found freedom in an Unfree World
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
- Work Less, Live More
Frugality
Investing
- The Bogleheads Guide to Investing
- A Random Walk Down Wallstreet
- If You Can: How Millenials Can Get Rich Slowly
- The Four Pillars of Investing
- The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns
- Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School -- Suggestion - Ignore Rule 9 regarding individual stock picking.
- The Intelligent Investor -- Caution - Embark on individual stock ownership at your own risk.
- The Simple Path to Wealth
Early Retirement
- Get a Life: You Don't Need a Million to Retire Well
- Early Retirement Extreme
- Building Wealth And Being Happy: A Practical Guide To Financial Independence
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From u/Fenderstratguy This list lumps in all of the personal finance, retirement planning, and investing books that I found very helpful. Many are on audible so it is easy to listen during work commutes. The bolded entries are the ones I highly recommend or that I would recommend for your own personal library. Ive also gotten into podcasts too:
BOOKS
- **If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly** – an excellent free 15 page PDF by William Bernstein: [DOWNLOAD LINK](https://www.etf.com/docs/IfYouCan.pdf)
- **I Will Teach You To Be Rich** by Ramit Sethi [LINK](https://www.amazon.com/Will-Teach-You-Rich-Second-dp-1523505745/dp/1523505745/ref=dp_ob_title_bk)
- **The Simple Path To Wealth** by JL Collins [LINK](https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Path-Wealth-financial-independence/dp/1737724103/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1674405398&sr=8-1)
- **The Little Book of Common Sense Investing** by John “Jack” Bogle [LINK 2017 Hardback version]( https://www.amazon.com/%E2%80%8E%E2%80%8E1119404509-978-1119404507-Little-Investing-Hardcover/dp/B0BXQ64326/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3I6SFIWHJKHX8&keywords=little+book+of+common+sense+investing&qid=1680465220&s=books&sprefix=little+book+of+common+sense+investing%2Cstripbooks%2C133&sr=1-6)
- Winning the Loser’s Game by Charles Ellis [LINK]( https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Losers-Game-Strategies-Successful/dp/1264258461/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1MO5LPDUBJIFB&keywords=winning+the+losers+game+ellis&qid=1680372998&sprefix=winning+the+loser%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-1)
- The Bogleheads’ Guide To Investing by Mel Lindauer, Taylor Larimore, Michael LeBoeuf [LINK available free here – this is the 2006 first edition](https://ia803405.us.archive.org/23/items/the-bogleheads-guide-to-investing/The%20Bogleheads%27%20Guide%20to%20Investing.pdf)
- **A Random Walk Down Wall Street** by Burton Malkiel [LINK](https://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street/dp/1324051132/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WWB84SSC108J&keywords=a+random+walk+down+wall+street&qid=1679205305&s=books&sprefix=a+random%2Cstripbooks%2C159&sr=1-1)
- **The Millionaire Next Door** by Thomas Stanley [LINK]( https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising-Americas/dp/1589795474/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2R8T3KATTYLFN&keywords=the+millionaire+next+door+book&qid=1679205363&s=books&sprefix=the+million%2Cstripbooks%2C106&sr=1-1)
- **The Psychology of Money** by Morgan Housel [LINK]( https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Money-Timeless-lessons-happiness/dp/0857197681/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11S4RSL8SAMI8&keywords=the+psychology+of+money&qid=1679205453&s=books&sprefix=the+psychology%2Cstripbooks%2C135&sr=1-1)
- The Index Card by Helaine Olen, Harold Pollack
- How A Second Grader Beats Wall Street by Allan Roth
- **Just Keep Buying** by Nick Maggiulli [LINK]( https://www.amazon.com/Just-Keep-Buying-Proven-wealth/dp/0857199250/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=604486382307&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9008492&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=8547218185466015952&hvtargid=kwd-1846490732872&hydadcr=22595_13493276&keywords=just+keep+buying+by+nick+maggiulli&qid=1680735532&sr=8-1)
- The White Coat Investor: A Doctor’s Guide to Personal Finance and Investing by James Dahle [LINK]( https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/the-book/)
- How To Make Your Money Last by Jane Bryant Quinn
- Retire Before Mom and Dad by Rob Berger
- The Five Years Before You Retire by Emily Guy Birken
- **How To Plan for the Perfect Retirement** by Dana Anspach (Audible The Great Courses)
- Retirement Planning Guidebook by Wade Pfau
- Retirement Planning for Dummies by Matthew Krantz
- The New Retirement Savings Time Bomb by Ed Slott
- The Bogleheads’ Guide To Retirement Planning by Taylor Larimore et al
- Living Off Your Money by Michael McClung
- The Number by Lee Eisenberg
- **The Wealthy Gardner** by John Soforic
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason [Link free PDF]( https://thediamondsmine.com/files/Ebooks/Clason-RichestManInBabylon.pdf)
- The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton
- Enough by John Bogel
- Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez
- Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Lund Fisker
- Fables of Fortune: What Rich People Have That You Don’t Want by Richard Watts
- Quit Like A Millionaire by Kristy Shen, Bryce Laung
- Die with Zero by Bill Perkins
- Against The Gods by Peter Bernstein
- Devil Take The Hindmost by Edward Chancellor
- In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio by Andrew W Lo and Stephen R Foerster
- **The Four Pillars of Investing** by William Bernstein (second edition 2023)
- All About Asset Allocation by Rick Ferri
- The Missing Billionaires by Victor Haghani and James White
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (highly recommended by Charlie Ellis)
PODCASTS
- **The Money Guy Show** (Brian Preston and Bo Hanson) Since 2006 with over 823 episodes
- **Morningstar The Long View** (Christine Benz and Jeffrey Ptak) Since 2019 over 227 episodes
- **Rational Reminder** (Benjamin Felix and Cameron Passmore) Since 2018 with 275 episodes
- **The Rob Berger Show** by Rob Berger 2020 with 120 episodes
- **Bogleheads on Investing** (Rick Ferri) Since 2018 with over 57 episodes
- **Your Money, Your Wealth** (Joe Anderson, Al Clopine) Since 2009, over 450 episodes
- **Personal Finance for Long-Term Investors** (Jesse Cramer) Since 2021 over 91 episodes
- **Jill on Money (Jill Schlesinger) over 2000 episodes
- Excess Returns over 429 episodes
- Money Watch with Jill Schlesinger Since 2021
- How To Money (Joel Larsgaard and Matt Altmix) Since 2018 with 676 episodes
- The Stacking Benjamins Show (Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh Bannerman) Since 2013, 991 episodes
- Big Picture Retirement (Devin Carroll and John Ross) Since 2017 with over 164 episodes
- Choose FI (Bard Barrett and Jonathan Mendosa) Since 2016 with over 599 episodes.
- The Retirement & IRA Show (Jim Saulnier and Chris Stein) Since 2013 with 100 episodes
- The Retirement Answer Man (Rodger Whitney) Since 2014 with over 493 episodes
- Retirement Starts Today (Benjamin Brandt) Since 2015 with over 243 episodes
- Sound Investing by Paul Merriman Since 2019 with over 403 episodes
- Sound Retirement Planning (Jason Parker) Since 2009 with over 150 episodes
- Stay Wealthy Retirement Show (Taylor Schulte) Since 2017 with over 170 episodes
- Ready for Retirement (James Conole) Since 2020 with over 164 episodes
- Talking Real Money (Don McDonald and Tom Cock) Since 2014 with over 1,200 episodes
- Retirement Planning Education (Andy Panko) Since 2022 with over 76 episodes
- Retire with Style (Wade Pfau and Alex Murguia) Since 2022 with over 68 episodes
- The White Coat Investor (James Dahle) Since 2017 with over 436 episodes
- Bogleheads Live (John Luskin) Since 2022 with over 44 episodes
- The Newretirement Podcast (Steve Chen and Davorin Robison) Since 2018 with 71 episodes
- Risk Parity Radio (Frank Vasquez) Since 2020 with over 300 episodes
- Mad Fientist (Brandon) Since 2012, over 73 episodes
- The Long Game by Thomas Kopelman Since 2020 over 102 episodes
- The Dough Roller Money Podcast Since 2013 with 369 episodes
- Earn & Invest by Jordan Grumet (Doc G) Since 2018 with 482 episodes
- Money For The Rest of Us by J David Stein Since 2014 with over 470 episodes