Personal finance books worth reading
Read in this rough order. Skip anything that promises a system with an acronym.
The Psychology of Money
Twenty short essays on why sensible people do odd things with money; start here.
The Simple Path to Wealth
Index funds explained as letters to a daughter; the strategy fits on a postcard.
Your Money or Your Life
Every purchase reframed as hours of your life; the chapter on “enough” stays.
I Will Teach You to Be Rich
Under the loud title, the most practical automation setup in print.
The Millionaire Next Door
The data says the rich neighbor drives a used truck; decades later it still holds.
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
Bogle saying “buy everything, pay nothing” for two hundred pages, with receipts.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Fifty years of editions and the market still has not proved it wrong.
Die with Zero
The corrective for over-savers: memories pay a dividend that compounds too.