Top 10 Books on Personal Finance
Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping by and Get Your Financial Life Together (eBook)
by Erin Lowry

Based on her successful blog of the same name, the author helps readers go from in debt and overwhelmed to informed and financially empowered by using humor and real-life examples to demystify the world of money for Millennials.

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Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together
by Gaby Dunn

The author, a comedic podcaster and LGBTQ activist, provides an empowering guide to financial literacy for millennials that includes coverage of topics ranging from student loans and credit cards to buying a car and choosing insurance plans.
The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to be Complicated
by Helaine Olen & Harold Pollack

Shares 10 simple rules of personal finance that outperform more complicated financial strategies. Details an easy-to-follow action plan that works in good times and bad, giving you the tools, knowledge, and confidence to seize control of your financial life.
The Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio
by Taylor Larimore

An easy-to-read guide that shows how to get better investment returns with just three index funds and a buy-and-hold strategy.
The Financial Diet: A Total Beginner's Guide to Getting Good with Money
by Chelsea Fagan

The founder of "The Financial Diet" blog outlines practical advice for securing a healthy financial life, explaining the basics of creating a budget, choosing worthwhile investments and managing credit responsibly while negotiating for raises and learning how to afford small luxuries.
The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio
by William J. Bernstein

Provides a distinctive blend of market history, investing theory, and behavioral finance designed to help every investor become more self-sufficient and make better-informed investment decisions.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
by Burton Gordon Malkiel

Revised and updated edition of a best-selling investment guide which includes new information on "tax-loss harvesting," bitcoin, automated investment advisers, factor investing, and risk parity along with the author's insights on stocks, bonds, real estate investments, gold, and collectibles.
You Need a Budget
by Jesse Mecham

A guide which argues that a well-planned budget does not involve deprivation and counsels readers on how to prioritize financial goals, reduce stress through strategic cash flow allocations, and meet the challenges of unplanned expenses.
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
by Dave Ramsey

A strategy for changing attitudes about personal finances covers such topics as getting out of debt, the dangers of cash advances, and keeping spending within income limits.
Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living
by Elizabeth Willard Thames

Shares the deeply personal story of how the author left her successful career in the city and embraced frugality to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life on a homestead in the Vermont woods.
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