5 Personal Finance Books for Beginners

I love to read and have read, or more recently, listened to dozens of the best personal finance books. Finance and money is not something that is often taught in schools, and I believe that is a tragedy. More often, we rely on our parents to educate us on how to be good stewards of our own money, and how to save, and spend, and invest whatever is left over. 

 

 

My recommended books below focus on many introductory personal finance concepts like how to budget and track your spending, how to intelligently use credit and ensure you don’t go into debt, how to live within your means, and how to set up an emergency fund. They also include other topics like the traits and habits of wealthy people, and how to invest for your future. 

Recommended Money and Personal Finance Books

The Psychology of Money - Morgan Housel

Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.
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Napkin Finance: Build Your Wealth in 30 Seconds or Less - Tina Hay

Great for visual learners and people with ADHD, this illustrated guide makes finance fun and accessible. Napkin Finance can help even the most numbers-phobic reader learn about complex financial topics without dying of boredom.
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The Automatic Millionaire - David Bach

David Bach presents an easy, realistic system, based on timeless principles, with everything you need to know so you can put the secret to becoming an Automatic Millionaire in place from the comfort of your own home. All you have to do is follow his one-step program to financial security—the rest is automatic!
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Get Good with Money - Tiffany Aliche

Get Good with Money introduces the powerful concept of building wealth through financial wholeness: a realistic, achievable, and energizing alternative to get-rich-quick and over-complicated money management systems.
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The Next Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley & Sarah Stanley Fallaw

In this book the authors highlight how specific decisions, behaviors, and characteristics align with the discipline of wealth building, covering areas such as consumption, budgeting, careers, investing, and financial management in general.
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