Basics
These books cover the basics. If you don't have much experience in personal finance or investing, start here. If you mastered the basics, you are more than 90% there.
Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy PeopleThe Random Walk Guide To InvestingThe Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need
Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for B...
by Jane Bryant Quinn
$19.76
Jane Bryant Quinn, a columnist for Newsweek magazine, covered a wide array of topics in this book. She did the research for yo...
The Random Walk Guide To Investing
by Burton G. Malkiel
$10.85
An easier-to-read version of the author's classic Random Walk Down Wall Street book in the Intermediate section below.
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need
by Andrew Tobias
$10.08
Another time-tested, easy to read book. You really don't need much more than what's covered here.
The Bogleheads' Guide to InvestingThe Coffeehouse Investor: How to Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street, and Get On With Your Life
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
by Taylor Larimore
$16.47
A book from non-professional authors I hang out with on the Vanguard Diehards forum. Good, honest advice from fellow investors.
The Coffeehouse Investor: How to Build Weal...
by Bill Schultheis
$12.82
Former stock broker reveals a simple and effective 3-part strategy: save, asset allocation, index.