This flowing narrative about legendary 1920's investor Jesse Livermore, who made and lost millions on the Street, is an investment classic. I have had this book in my investment library since I began investing over 25 years ago. Livermore got his start in the "bucket shops" of that era, but later this adept trader made and lost fortunes over his time on the Street. This book is a great read!

This simple guide to investing like the pros will serve you over a lifetime. The author describes in an easy to read fashion, the method he has developed during his many years of investing, with specific real time examples. Highly useful and an excellent read!

Do you know how famed investor Peter Lynch, legendary portfolio manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund, made money on Wall Street? You will come away after reading this book with nuggets of wisdom that will stay with you and guard your own nest egg from the mistakes many investors make. One interesting thing: the pages of charts with Lynch's handwritten notes on them. This book will endure.

The robber barons of the late 19th century were mythical figures. J.Pierpont Morgan, whose imposing presence and gaze ruled over his contemporaries during this time into the 1900's, was the head of the House of Morgan. Morgan's bank was instrumental in rescuing the financial system from the effects of the Panic of 1907. This book is a fascinating view of the rise of a dynasty.

Nuff said: the original book on business by an American original.

Are there similarities between our recent stock markets and the markets of the 1920's that led to the equities crash of 1929? Before the 1929 Crash, equities would get pummeled, only to recover and then cascade upward for a while: this would repeat itself until the final collapse. Well written and a great history of those market years.

I have always admired John Neff's investing acumen. The retired Vanguard mutual fund manager compiled an enviable record for Vanguard, sticking with tried and true measures of value such as low price-earnings ratios. He has often bought companies when their outlook is most dismal, as when he bought Citibank when it was a candidate for failure in the early 1990's. Read and learn.

The father of index fund investing fills this volume with a plethora of wisdom. I like the chapter on the aftermath of the 1987 Crash. Buy it!

Once you own a Buffett stock, do you know how to handle it? Hagstrom identifies and explains focus investing as the structure for portfolio management. Good reading for the investor.

Do you know where security analysis first began? It started in the depths of the Great Depression when equities had a very bad reputation. Here the subject is explained in this classic volume by Benjamin Graham.

Do you know what the so-called momentum stock market investors are doing - those that typically attempt to buy high and sell higher? This book by famed publisher and investor William O'Neil, is heavy on charts, and is a great read if you are knowledgeable and have a little experience with the reading and interpretation of stock charts.

How did William O'Neil, founder of Investor Business Daily, get his start in investing? Here are 24 lessons he created and teaches to the reader to invest as he does.